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Wang N, Chai W, Zhao L, Tao L, Cao W, Liu Z. Losartan increases muscle insulin delivery and rescues insulin's metabolic action during lipid infusion via microvascular recruitment. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E538-45. [PMID: 23299501 PMCID: PMC3602659 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00537.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Insulin delivery and transendothelial insulin transport are two discrete steps that limit muscle insulin action. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) blockade recruits microvasculature and increases glucose use in muscle. Increased muscle microvascular perfusion is associated with increased muscle delivery and action of insulin. To examine the effect of acute AT1R blockade on muscle insulin uptake and action, rats were studied after an overnight fast to examine the effects of losartan on muscle insulin uptake (protocol 1), microvascular perfusion (protocol 2), and insulin's microvascular and metabolic actions in the state of insulin resistance (protocol 3). Endothelial cell insulin uptake was assessed, using (125)I-insulin as tracer. Systemic lipid infusion was used to induce insulin resistance. Losartan significantly increased muscle insulin uptake (∼60%, P < 0.03), which was associated with a two- to threefold increase in muscle microvascular blood volume (MBV; P = 0.002) and flow (MBF; P = 0.002). Losartan ± angiotensin II had no effect on insulin internalization in cultured endothelial cells. Lipid infusion abolished insulin-mediated increases in muscle MBV and MBF and lowered insulin-stimulated whole body glucose disposal (P = 0.0001), which were reversed by losartan administration. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase abolished losartan-induced muscle insulin uptake and reversal of lipid-induced metabolic insulin resistance. We conclude that AT1R blockade increases muscle insulin uptake mainly via microvascular recruitment and rescues insulin's metabolic action in the insulin-resistant state. This may contribute to the clinical findings of decreased cardiovascular events and new onset of diabetes in patients receiving AT1R blockers.
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- Nasui Wang
- Div. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Eringa EC, Serne EH, Meijer RI, Schalkwijk CG, Houben AJHM, Stehouwer CDA, Smulders YM, van Hinsbergh VWM. Endothelial dysfunction in (pre)diabetes: characteristics, causative mechanisms and pathogenic role in type 2 diabetes. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2013; 14:39-48. [PMID: 23417760 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-013-9239-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Endothelial dysfunction associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease is characterized by changes in vasoregulation, enhanced generation of reactive oxygen intermediates, inflammatory activation, and altered barrier function. These endothelial alterations contribute to excess cardiovascular disease in diabetes, but may also play a role in the pathogenesis of diabetes, especially type 2. The mechanisms underlying endothelial dysfunction in diabetes differ between type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D): hyperglycemia contributes to endothelial dysfunction in all individuals with diabetes, whereas the causative mechanisms in T2D also include impaired insulin signaling in endothelial cells, dyslipidemia and altered secretion of bioactive substances (adipokines) by adipose tissue. The close association of so-called perivascular adipose tissue with arteries and arterioles facilitates the exposure of vascular endothelium to adipokines, particularly if inflammation activates the adipose tissue. Glucose and adipokines activate specific intracellular signaling pathways in endothelium, which in concert result in endothelial dysfunction in diabetes. Here, we review the characteristics of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes, the causative mechanisms involved and the role of endothelial dysfunction(s) in the pathogenesis of T2D. Finally, we will discuss the therapeutic potential of endothelial dysfunction in T2D.
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- Etto C Eringa
- Departments of Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Tanigaki K, Vongpatanasin W, Barrera JA, Atochin DN, Huang PL, Bonvini E, Shaul PW, Mineo C. C-reactive protein causes insulin resistance in mice through Fcγ receptor IIB-mediated inhibition of skeletal muscle glucose delivery. Diabetes 2013; 62:721-31. [PMID: 23069625 PMCID: PMC3581204 DOI: 10.2337/db12-0133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Elevations in C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance. Whether CRP plays a causal role is unknown. Here we show that CRP transgenic mice and wild-type mice administered recombinant CRP are insulin resistant. Mice lacking the inhibitory Fcγ receptor IIB (FcγRIIB) are protected from CRP-induced insulin resistance, and immunohistochemistry reveals that FcγRIIB is expressed in skeletal muscle microvascular endothelium and is absent in skeletal muscle myocytes, adipocytes, and hepatocytes. The primary mechanism in glucose homeostasis disrupted by CRP is skeletal muscle glucose delivery, and CRP attenuates insulin-induced skeletal muscle blood flow. CRP does not impair skeletal muscle glucose delivery in FcγRIIB(-/-) mice or in endothelial nitric oxide synthase knock-in mice with phosphomimetic modification of Ser1176, which is normally phosphorylated by insulin signaling to stimulate nitric oxide-mediated skeletal muscle blood flow and glucose delivery and is dephosphorylated by CRP/FcγRIIB. Thus, CRP causes insulin resistance in mice through FcγRIIB-mediated inhibition of skeletal muscle glucose delivery.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- C-Reactive Protein/genetics
- C-Reactive Protein/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Glucose/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Insulin/genetics
- Insulin/metabolism
- Insulin Resistance
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microvessels/cytology
- Microvessels/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/blood supply
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/antagonists & inhibitors
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/genetics
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/metabolism
- Organ Specificity
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Receptors, IgG/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, IgG/genetics
- Receptors, IgG/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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- Keiji Tanigaki
- Division of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Hypertension Section, Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Division of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cardiovascular Research Center and Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Division of Pulmonary and Vascular Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
- Corresponding author: Chieko Mineo,
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Cocks M, Shepherd SO, Shaw CS, Achten J, Costa ML, Wagenmakers AJM. Immunofluorescence microscopy to assess enzymes controlling nitric oxide availability and microvascular blood flow in muscle. Microcirculation 2013; 19:642-51. [PMID: 22642427 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00199.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The net production of NO by the muscle microvascular endothelium is a key regulator of muscle microvascular blood flow. Here, we describe the development of a method to quantify the protein content and phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS content and eNOS ser(1177) phosphorylation) and NAD(P)H oxidase expression. METHODS Human muscle cryosections were stained using antibodies targeting eNOS, p-eNOS ser(1177) and NOX2 in combination with markers of the endothelium and the sarcolemma. Quantitation was achieved by analyzing fluorescence intensity within the area stained positive for the microvascular endothelium. Analysis was performed in duplicate and repeated five times to investigate CV. In addition, eight healthy males (age 21 ± 1 year, BMI 24.4 ± 1.0 kg/m(2)) completed one hour of cycling exercise at ~65%VO(2max) . Muscle biopsies were taken from the m. vastus lateralis before and immediately after exercise and analyzed using the new methods. RESULTS The CV of all methods was between 6.5 and 9.5%. Acute exercise increased eNOS serine(1177) phosphorylation (fold change 1.29 ± 0.05, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These novel methodologies will allow direct investigations of the molecular mechanisms underpinning the microvascular responses to insulin and exercise, the impairments that occur in sedentary, obese and elderly individuals and the effect of lifestyle interventions.
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- Matthew Cocks
- Exercise Metabolism Research Group, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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Meijer RI, Bakker W, Alta CLA, Sipkema P, Yudkin JS, Viollet B, Richter EA, Smulders YM, van Hinsbergh VW, Serné EH, Eringa EC. Perivascular adipose tissue control of insulin-induced vasoreactivity in muscle is impaired in db/db mice. Diabetes 2013; 62:590-8. [PMID: 23048187 PMCID: PMC3554353 DOI: 10.2337/db11-1603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Microvascular recruitment in muscle is a determinant of insulin sensitivity. Whether perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) is involved in disturbed insulin-induced vasoreactivity is unknown, as are the underlying mechanisms. This study investigates whether PVAT regulates insulin-induced vasodilation in muscle, the underlying mechanisms, and how obesity disturbs this vasodilation. Insulin-induced vasoreactivity of resistance arteries was studied with PVAT from C57BL/6 or db/db mice. PVAT weight in muscle was higher in db/db mice compared with C57BL/6 mice. PVAT from C57BL/6 mice uncovered insulin-induced vasodilation; this vasodilation was abrogated with PVAT from db/db mice. Blocking adiponectin abolished the vasodilator effect of insulin in the presence of C57BL/6 PVAT, and adiponectin secretion was lower in db/db PVAT. To investigate this interaction further, resistance arteries of AMPKα2(+/+) and AMPKα2(-/-) were studied. In AMPKα2(-/-) resistance arteries, insulin caused vasoconstriction in the presence of PVAT, and AMPKα2(+/+) resistance arteries showed a neutral response. On the other hand, inhibition of the inflammatory kinase Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) in db/db PVAT restored insulin-induced vasodilation in an adiponectin-dependent manner. In conclusion, PVAT controls insulin-induced vasoreactivity in the muscle microcirculation through secretion of adiponectin and subsequent AMPKα2 signaling. PVAT from obese mice inhibits insulin-induced vasodilation, which can be restored by inhibition of JNK.
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- Rick I. Meijer
- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Medicine, University College London, London, U.K
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- INSERM, U1016, Cochin Institute, Paris, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR8104, Paris, France
- Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Corresponding author: Etto C. Eringa,
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Eskens BJM, Mooij HL, Cleutjens JPM, Roos JMA, Cobelens JE, Vink H, Vanteeffelen JWGE. Rapid insulin-mediated increase in microvascular glycocalyx accessibility in skeletal muscle may contribute to insulin-mediated glucose disposal in rats. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55399. [PMID: 23383178 PMCID: PMC3561231 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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It has been demonstrated that insulin-mediated recruitment of microvascular blood volume is associated with insulin sensitivity. We hypothesize that insulin rapidly stimulates penetration of red blood cells (RBC) and plasma into the glycocalyx and thereby promotes insulin-mediated glucose uptake by increasing intracapillary blood volume. Experiments were performed in rats; the role of the glycocalyx was assessed by enzymatic degradation using a bolus of hyaluronidase. First, the effect of insulin on glycocalyx accessibility was assessed by measuring the depth of penetration of RBCs into the glycocalyx in microvessels of the gastrocnemius muscle with Sidestream Dark-field imaging. Secondly, peripheral insulin sensitivity was determined using intravenous insulin tolerance tests (IVITT). In addition, in a smaller set of experiments, intravital microscopy of capillary hemodynamics in cremaster muscle and histological analysis of the distribution of fluorescently labeled 40 kDa dextrans (D40) in hindlimb muscle was used to evaluate insulin-mediated increases in capillary blood volume. Insulin increased glycocalyx penetration of RBCs by 0.34±0.44 µm (P<0.05) within 10 minutes, and this effect of insulin was greatly impaired in hyaluronidase treated rats. Further, hyaluronidase treated rats showed a 35±25% reduction in whole-body insulin-mediated glucose disposal compared to control rats. Insulin-mediated increases in capillary blood volume were reflected by a rapid increase in capillary tube hematocrit from 21.1±10.1% to 29.0±9.8% (P<0.05), and an increase in D40 intensity in individual capillaries of 134±138% compared to baseline at the end of the IVITT. These effects of insulin were virtually abolished in hyaluronidase treated animals. In conclusion, insulin rapidly increases glycocalyx accessibility for circulating blood in muscle, and this is associated with an increased blood volume in individual capillaries. Hyaluronidase treatment of the glycocalyx abolishes the effects of insulin on capillary blood volume and impairs insulin-mediated glucose disposal.
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- Bart J M Eskens
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Dong Z, Chai W, Wang W, Zhao L, Fu Z, Cao W, Liu Z. Protein kinase A mediates glucagon-like peptide 1-induced nitric oxide production and muscle microvascular recruitment. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304. [PMID: 23193054 PMCID: PMC3543568 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00473.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) causes vasodilation and increases muscle glucose uptake independent of insulin. Recently, we have shown that GLP-1 recruits muscle microvasculature and increases muscle glucose use via a nitric oxide (NO)-dependent mechanism. Protein kinase A (PKA) is a major signaling intermediate downstream of GLP-1 receptors. To examine whether PKA mediates GLP-1's microvascular action in muscle, GLP-1 was infused to overnight-fasted male rats for 120 min in the presence or absence of H89, a PKA inhibitor. Hindleg muscle microvascular recruitment and glucose use were determined. GLP-1 infusion acutely increased muscle microvascular blood volume within 30 min without altering microvascular blood flow velocity or blood pressure. This effect persisted throughout the 120-min infusion period, leading to a significant increase in muscle microvascular blood flow. These changes were paralleled with an approximately twofold increase in plasma NO levels and hindleg glucose extraction. Systemic infusion of H89 completely blocked GLP-1-mediated muscle microvascular recruitment and increases in NO production and muscle glucose extraction. In cultured endothelial cells, GLP-1 acutely increased PKA activity and stimulated endothelial NO synthase phosphorylation at Ser(1177) and NO production. PKA inhibition abolished these effects. In ex vivo studies, perfusion of the distal saphenous artery with GLP-1 induced significant vasorelaxation that was also abolished by pretreatment of the vessels with PKA inhibitor H89. We conclude that GLP-1 recruits muscle microvasculature by expanding microvascular volume and increases glucose extraction in muscle via a PKA/NO-dependent pathway in the vascular endothelium. This may contribute to postprandial glycemic control and complication prevention in diabetes.
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- Zhenhua Dong
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Eggleston EM, Jahn LA, Barrett EJ. Early microvascular recruitment modulates subsequent insulin-mediated skeletal muscle glucose metabolism during lipid infusion. Diabetes Care 2013; 36:104-10. [PMID: 22961574 PMCID: PMC3526221 DOI: 10.2337/dc11-2399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To test whether early, insulin-mediated microvascular recruitment in skeletal muscle predicts steady-state glucose metabolism in the setting of physiological elevation of free fatty acid concentrations. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We measured insulin's microvascular and metabolic effects in 14 healthy young adults during a 2-h euglycemic insulin clamp. Plasma free fatty acid concentrations were raised (Intralipid and heparin infusion) for 3 h before the clamp and maintained at postprandial concentrations during the clamp. Microvascular blood volume (MBV) was measured by contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEU) continuously from baseline through the first 30 min of the insulin clamp. Muscle glucose and insulin uptake were measured by the forearm balance method. RESULTS The glucose infusion rate (GIR) necessary to maintain euglycemia during the clamp varied by fivefold across subjects (2.5-12.5 mg/min/kg). The early MBV responses to insulin, as indicated by CEU video intensity, ranged widely, from a 39% decline to a 69% increase. During the clamp, steady state forearm muscle glucose uptake and GIR each correlated significantly with the change in forearm MBV (P < 0.01). To explore the basis for the wide range of vascular and metabolic insulin sensitivity observed, we also measured V(O(2max)) in a subset of eight subjects. Fitness (V(O(2max))) correlated significantly with the GIR, the forearm glucose uptake, and the percentage change in MBV during the insulin clamp (P < 0.05 for each). CONCLUSIONS Early microvascular responses to insulin strongly associate with steady state skeletal muscle insulin-mediated glucose uptake. Physical fitness predicts both metabolic and vascular insulin responsiveness.
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- Emma M Eggleston
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Landsberg L, Aronne LJ, Beilin LJ, Burke V, Igel LI, Lloyd-Jones D, Sowers J. Obesity-related hypertension: pathogenesis, cardiovascular risk, and treatment--a position paper of the The Obesity Society and The American Society of Hypertension. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013; 21:8-24. [PMID: 23401272 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In light of the worldwide epidemic of obesity, and in recognition of hypertension as a major factor in the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with obesity, The Obesity Society and The American Society of Hypertension agreed to jointly sponsor a position paper on obesity-related hypertension to be published jointly in the journals of each society. The purpose is to inform the members of both societies, as well as practicing clinicians, with a timely review of the association between obesity and high blood pressure, the risk that this association entails, and the options for rational, evidenced-based treatment. The position paper is divided into six sections plus a summary as follows: pathophysiology, epidemiology and cardiovascular risk, the metabolic syndrome, lifestyle management in prevention and treatment, pharmacologic treatment of hypertension in the obese, and the medical and surgical treatment of obesity in obese hypertensive patients.
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- Lewis Landsberg
- Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Kolka CM, Bergman RN. The barrier within: endothelial transport of hormones. Physiology (Bethesda) 2012; 27:237-47. [PMID: 22875454 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00012.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hormones are involved in a plethora of processes including development and growth, metabolism, mood, and immune responses. These essential functions are dependent on the ability of the hormone to access its target tissue. In the case of endocrine hormones that are transported through the blood, this often means that the endothelium must be crossed. Many studies have shown that the concentrations of hormones and nutrients in blood can be very different from those surrounding the cells on the tissue side of the blood vessel endothelium, suggesting that transport across this barrier can be rate limiting for hormone action. This transport can be regulated by altering the surface area of the blood vessel available for diffusion through to the underlying tissue or by the permeability of the endothelium. Many hormones are known to directly or indirectly affect the endothelial barrier, thus affecting their own distribution to their target tissues. Dysfunction of the endothelial barrier is found in many diseases, particularly those associated with the metabolic syndrome. The interrelatedness of hormones may help to explain why the cluster of diseases in the metabolic syndrome occur together so frequently and suggests that treating the endothelium may ameliorate defects in more than one disease. Here, we review the structure and function of the endothelium, its contribution to the function of hormones, and its involvement in disease.
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- Cathryn M Kolka
- Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Department of Biomedical Science, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Landsberg L, Aronne LJ, Beilin LJ, Burke V, Igel LI, Lloyd-Jones D, Sowers J. Obesity-related hypertension: pathogenesis, cardiovascular risk, and treatment: a position paper of The Obesity Society and the American Society of Hypertension. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2012; 15:14-33. [PMID: 23282121 DOI: 10.1111/jch.12049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In light of the worldwide epidemic of obesity, and in recognition of hypertension as a major factor in the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with obesity, The Obesity Society and the American Society of Hypertension agreed to jointly sponsor a position paper on obesity-related hypertension to be published jointly in the journals of each society. The purpose is to inform the members of both societies, as well as practicing clinicians, with a timely review of the association between obesity and high blood pressure, the risk that this association entails, and the options for rational, evidenced-based treatment. The position paper is divided into six sections plus a summary as follows: pathophysiology, epidemiology and cardiovascular risk, the metabolic syndrome, lifestyle management in prevention and treatment, pharmacologic treatment of hypertension in the obese, and the medical and surgical treatment of obesity in obese hypertensive patients.
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- Lewis Landsberg
- Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Docherty PD, Berkeley JE, Lotz TF, Te Morenga L, Fisk LM, Shaw GM, McAuley KA, Mann JI, Chase JG. Clinical validation of the quick dynamic insulin sensitivity test. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2012; 60:1266-72. [PMID: 23232364 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2012.2232667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The quick dynamic insulin sensitivity test (DISTq) can yield an insulin sensitivity result immediately after a 30-min clinical protocol. The test uses intravenous boluses of 10 g glucose and 1 U insulin at t = 1 and 11 min, respectively, and measures glucose levels in samples taken at t = 0, 10, 20, and 30 min. The low clinical cost of the protocol is enabled via robust model formulation and a series of population-derived relationships that estimate insulin pharmacokinetics as a function of insulin sensitivity (SI). Fifty individuals underwent the gold standard euglycaemic clamp (EIC) and DISTq within an eight-day period. SI values from the EIC and two DISTq variants (four-sample DISTq and two-sample DISTq30) were compared with correlation, Bland-Altman and receiver operator curve analyses. DISTq and DISTq30 correlated well with the EIC [R = 0.76 and 0.75, and receiver operator curve c-index = 0.84 and 0.85, respectively]. The median differences between EIC and DISTq/DISTq30 SI values were 13% and 22%, respectively. The DISTq estimation method predicted individual insulin responses without specific insulin assays with relative accuracy and thus high equivalence to EIC SI values was achieved. DISTq produced very inexpensive, relatively accurate immediate results, and can thus enable a number of applications that are impossible with established SI tests.
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- Paul D Docherty
- Centre for Bioengineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
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High-fat load: mechanism(s) of insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY SUPPLEMENTS 2012; 2:S31-S36. [PMID: 26052434 DOI: 10.1038/ijosup.2012.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Skeletal muscle from sedentary obese patients is characterized by depressed electron transport activity, reduced expression of genes required for oxidative metabolism, altered mitochondrial morphology and lower overall mitochondrial content. These findings imply that obesity, or more likely the metabolic imbalance that causes obesity, leads to a progressive decline in mitochondrial function, eventually culminating in mitochondrial dissolution or mitoptosis. A decrease in the sensitivity of skeletal muscle to insulin represents one of the earliest maladies associated with high dietary fat intake and weight gain. Considerable evidence has accumulated to suggest that the cytosolic ectopic accumulation of fatty acid metabolites, including diacylglycerol and ceramides, underlies the development of insulin resistance in skeletal muscle. However, an alternative mechanism has recently been evolving, which places the etiology of insulin resistance in the context of cellular/mitochondrial bioenergetics and redox systems biology. Overnutrition, particularly from high-fat diets, generates fuel overload within the mitochondria, resulting in the accumulation of partially oxidized acylcarnitines, increased mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) emission and a shift to a more oxidized intracellular redox environment. Blocking H2O2 emission prevents the shift in redox environment and preserves insulin sensitivity, providing evidence that the mitochondrial respiratory system is able to sense and respond to cellular metabolic imbalance. Mitochondrial H2O2 emission is a major regulator of protein redox state, as well as the overall cellular redox environment, raising the intriguing possibility that elevated H2O2 emission from nutrient overload may represent the underlying basis for the development of insulin resistance due to disruption of normal redox control mechanisms regulating protein function, including the insulin signaling and glucose transport processes.
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Meijer RI, De Boer MP, Groen MR, Eringa EC, Rattigan S, Barrett EJ, Smulders YM, Serne EH. Insulin-induced microvascular recruitment in skin and muscle are related and both are associated with whole-body glucose uptake. Microcirculation 2012; 19:494-500. [PMID: 22360160 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2012.00174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Insulin-induced capillary recruitment is considered a determinant of insulin-mediated glucose uptake. Insulin action on the microvasculature has been assessed in skin; however, there is concern as to whether the vascular responses observed in skin reflect those in the muscle. We hypothesized that insulin-induced capillary recruitment in skin would correlate with microvascular recruitment in muscle in a group of subjects displaying a wide variation in insulin sensitivity. METHODS Capillary recruitment in skin was assessed using capillary videomicroscopy, and skeletal muscle microvascular recruitment (i.e., increase in MBV) was studied using CEU in healthy volunteers (n = 18, mean age: 30.6 ± 11.1 years). Both microvascular measurements were performed during saline infusion, and during a hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp. RESULTS During hyperinsulinemia, capillary recruitment in skin was augmented from 58.1 ± 18.2% to 81.0 ± 23.9% (p < 0.0001). Hyperinsulinemia increased MBV in muscle from 7.00 (2.66-17.67) to 10.06 (2.70-41.81) units (p = 0.003). Insulin's vascular effect in skin and muscle was correlated (r = 0.57). Insulin's microvascular effects in skin and muscle showed comparable strong correlations with insulin-mediated glucose uptake (r = 0.73 and 0.68, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Insulin-augmented capillary recruitment in skin parallels insulin-mediated microvascular recruitment in muscle and both are related to insulin-mediated glucose uptake.
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- Rick I Meijer
- Department of Internal Medicine and the Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Panazzolo DG, Sicuro FL, Clapauch R, Maranhão PA, Bouskela E, Kraemer-Aguiar LG. Obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired fasting glucose, and microvascular dysfunction: a principal component analysis approach. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2012; 12:102. [PMID: 23148545 PMCID: PMC3534385 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background We aimed to evaluate the multivariate association between functional microvascular variables and clinical-laboratorial-anthropometrical measurements. Methods Data from 189 female subjects (34.0±15.5 years, 30.5±7.1 kg/m2), who were non-smokers, non-regular drug users, without a history of diabetes and/or hypertension, were analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA). PCA is a classical multivariate exploratory tool because it highlights common variation between variables allowing inferences about possible biological meaning of associations between them, without pre-establishing cause-effect relationships. In total, 15 variables were used for PCA: body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP), fasting plasma glucose, levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), triglycerides (TG), insulin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and functional microvascular variables measured by nailfold videocapillaroscopy. Nailfold videocapillaroscopy was used for direct visualization of nutritive capillaries, assessing functional capillary density, red blood cell velocity (RBCV) at rest and peak after 1 min of arterial occlusion (RBCVmax), and the time taken to reach RBCVmax (TRBCVmax). Results A total of 35% of subjects had metabolic syndrome, 77% were overweight/obese, and 9.5% had impaired fasting glucose. PCA was able to recognize that functional microvascular variables and clinical-laboratorial-anthropometrical measurements had a similar variation. The first five principal components explained most of the intrinsic variation of the data. For example, principal component 1 was associated with BMI, waist circumference, systolic BP, diastolic BP, insulin, TG, CRP, and TRBCVmax varying in the same way. Principal component 1 also showed a strong association among HDL-c, RBCV, and RBCVmax, but in the opposite way. Principal component 3 was associated only with microvascular variables in the same way (functional capillary density, RBCV and RBCVmax). Fasting plasma glucose appeared to be related to principal component 4 and did not show any association with microvascular reactivity. Conclusions In non-diabetic female subjects, a multivariate scenario of associations between classic clinical variables strictly related to obesity and metabolic syndrome suggests a significant relationship between these diseases and microvascular reactivity.
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- Diogo G Panazzolo
- Clinical and Experimental Research Laboratory on Vascular Biology (BioVasc),Biomedical Center, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Ioannou GN, Boyko EJ. Effects of menopause and hormone replacement therapy on the associations of hyperuricemia with mortality. Atherosclerosis 2012; 226:220-7. [PMID: 23141471 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Revised: 09/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Serum uric acid (SUA) levels have been associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. It remains unclear whether these associations differ by gender, menopausal status and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and whether they persist after adjustment for known cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS We determined the associations between fasting SUA level and death certificate-based mortality among 5856 participants of the third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey aged ≥20 years recruited between 1988 and 1994 and followed for mortality until December 2006 (mean follow-up: 13.5 years; maximum follow-up: 18 years). Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to adjust for demographic characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors and other variables potentially associated with SUA levels. RESULTS Among women, SUA level was associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR] 1.17, 95% CI 1.03-1.32 and AHR 1.23 (1.01-1.51) respectively per unit increase in SUA. These associations persisted among postmenopausal but not premenopausal women. Furthermore, among postmenopausal women, significant associations were identified between SUA and all-cause (AHR 1.30 [1.11-1.51]) or cardiovascular (AHR 1.61 [1.33-1.94]) mortality only among women not taking HRT, but not among women on HRT. We did not identify associations between SUA levels and all-cause or cardiovascular mortality in men, either under or over 51 years of age, in unadjusted or adjusted analyses. CONCLUSIONS SUA level predicts cardiovascular and all-cause mortality independently of major predictors and risk factors in postmenopausal women not taking HRT but not in premenopausal women, postmenopausal women on HRT, or men.
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- George N Ioannou
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Cocks M, Shaw CS, Shepherd SO, Fisher JP, Ranasinghe AM, Barker TA, Tipton KD, Wagenmakers AJM. Sprint interval and endurance training are equally effective in increasing muscle microvascular density and eNOS content in sedentary males. J Physiol 2012; 591:641-56. [PMID: 22946099 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.239566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Sprint interval training (SIT) has been proposed as a time efficient alternative to endurance training (ET) for increasing skeletal muscle oxidative capacity and improving certain cardiovascular functions. In this study we sought to make the first comparisons of the structural and endothelial enzymatic changes in skeletal muscle microvessels in response to ET and SIT. Sixteen young sedentary males (age 21 ± SEM 0.7 years, BMI 23.8 ± SEM 0.7 kg m(-2)) were randomly assigned to 6 weeks of ET (40-60 min cycling at ∼65% , 5 times per week) or SIT (4-6 Wingate tests, 3 times per week). Muscle biopsies were taken from the m. vastus lateralis before and following 60 min cycling at 65% to measure muscle microvascular endothelial eNOS content, eNOS serine(1177) phosphorylation, NOX2 content and capillarisation using quantitative immunofluorescence microscopy. Whole body insulin sensitivity, arterial stiffness and blood pressure were also assessed. ET and SIT increased skeletal muscle microvascular eNOS content (ET 14%; P < 0.05, SIT 36%; P < 0.05), with a significantly greater increase observed following SIT (P < 0.05). Sixty minutes of moderate intensity exercise increased eNOS ser(1177) phosphorylation in all instances (P < 0.05), but basal and post-exercise eNOS ser(1177) phosphorylation was lower following both training modes. All microscopy measures of skeletal muscle capillarisation (P < 0.05) were increased with SIT or ET, while neither endothelial nor sarcolemmal NOX2 was changed. Both training modes reduced aortic stiffness and increased whole body insulin sensitivity (P < 0.05). In conclusion, in sedentary males SIT and ET are effective in improving muscle microvascular density and eNOS protein content.
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- Matthew Cocks
- Exercise Metabolism Research Group, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Selkow NM, Day C, Liu Z, Hart JM, Hertel J, Saliba SA. Microvascular perfusion and intramuscular temperature of the calf during cooling. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2012; 44:850-6. [PMID: 21988932 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31823bced9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE The study's purpose was to examine how the microvascularity of the gastrocnemius changed after a cryotherapy intervention based on subcutaneous tissue thickness. A secondary purpose was to compare intramuscular temperature change to subcutaneous tissue thickness. METHODS This was a single-blinded crossover study; each subject received both conditions (cryotherapy or sham). Subjects had baseline measurements of blood flow, blood volume, and intramuscular temperature recorded at 1 cm into the muscle belly of the medial gastrocnemius. The randomized condition was applied for 10, 25, 40, or 60 min, depending on subcutaneous tissue thickness. Immediate posttreatment microvascular measures were taken. After a designated rewarming period, again based on subcutaneous tissue thickness, measurements were retaken. At least 48 h separated the two conditions. RESULTS There were significant condition × time interactions for blood flow (P = 0.01), blood volume (P = 0.022), and intramuscular temperature (P < 0.001). For blood flow and volume, the cryotherapy condition maintained baseline levels, whereas the sham condition increased immediately after treatment and rewarming. For intramuscular temperature, the cryotherapy condition caused a decrease in intramuscular temperature from baseline compared with no change in the sham condition from baseline. Intramuscular temperature change was significantly correlated to subcutaneous tissue thickness (r = 0.49, P = 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Cryotherapy did not decrease blood flow and blood volume from resting levels, although the intramuscular temperature decreased. An intramuscular change of 7°C-9°C may not be cold enough to cause local vasoconstriction.
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- Noelle M Selkow
- School of Kinesiology and Recreation, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761, USA.
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van der Zijl NJ, Moors CCM, Goossens GH, Blaak EE, Diamant M. Does interference with the renin-angiotensin system protect against diabetes? Evidence and mechanisms. Diabetes Obes Metab 2012; 14:586-95. [PMID: 22226145 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2012.01559.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Agents interfering with the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) were consistently shown to lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), as compared to other antihypertensive drugs, in hypertensive high-risk populations. The mechanisms underlying this protective effect of RAS blockade using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers on glucose metabolism are not fully understood. In this article, we will review the evidence from randomized controlled trials and discuss the proposed mechanisms as to how RAS interference may delay the onset of T2DM. In particular, as T2DM is characterized by β-cell dysfunction and obesity-related insulin resistance, we address the mechanisms that underlie RAS blockade-induced improvement in β-cell function and insulin sensitivity.
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- N J van der Zijl
- Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Sauder MA, Liu J, Jahn LA, Fowler DE, Chai W, Liu Z. Candesartan acutely recruits skeletal and cardiac muscle microvasculature in healthy humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012; 97:E1208-12. [PMID: 22508711 PMCID: PMC3387407 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-3455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT(1)R) tone restricts muscle microvascular blood volume (MBV) and decreases muscle insulin delivery and glucose use. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to examine whether acute AT(1)R blockade alters microvascular perfusion in skeletal and cardiac muscle in humans. SETTING The study was conducted at the General Clinical Research Center at the University of Virginia. METHODS Eight overnight-fasted healthy young adults were studied thrice in random order. In study 1, each subject received candesartan (32 mg) orally at time 0. In study 2, each subject received placebo at time 0 and a 1 mU/min · kg euglycemic insulin clamp from time 240 to 360 min. In study 3, each subject received candesartan (32 mg) orally at time 0 and insulin infusion from 240 to 360 min. Forearm skeletal and cardiac muscle MBV, microvascular flow velocity, and microvascular blood flow (MBF) were determined at baseline and at 240 and 360 min. RESULTS Candesartan treatment acutely recruited microvasculature in both skeletal and cardiac muscle by significantly increasing MBV (P < 0.03 and P = 0.02, respectively) and MBF (P < 0.03 for both) without altering microvascular flow velocity. Insulin infusion significantly increased cardiac MBV (P = 0.02) and MBF (P < 0.02). Superimposing insulin infusion 4 h after candesartan ingestion did not further recruit microvasculature. Insulin-mediated whole-body glucose disposal did not differ with or without candesartan pretreatment. CONCLUSIONS Acute AT(1)R blockade with candesartan recruits skeletal as well as cardiac muscle microvasculature in healthy humans without altering insulin-mediated whole-body glucose disposal. This may contribute to the observed improvement in the cardiovascular outcomes in patients receiving prolonged treatment with AT(1)R blockers.
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- Matthew A Sauder
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 801410, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Jill N Barnes
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Lambadiari V, Mitrou P, Maratou E, Raptis A, Raptis SA, Dimitriadis G. Increases in muscle blood flow after a mixed meal are impaired at all stages of type 2 diabetes. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2012; 76:825-30. [PMID: 21950653 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04211.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In type 2 diabetes, although the impairment of postprandial muscle blood flow response is well established, information on the effect of this impairment on glucose uptake and lipid metabolism is controversial. DESIGN Postprandial forearm blood flow responses and metabolic parameters were assessed in a cross-sectional study of subjects at various stages of insulin resistance. PATIENTS Eleven healthy subjects (CONTROLS), 11 first-degree relatives of type-2 diabetics (RELATIVES), 10 patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), 10 diabetic patients with postprandial hyperglycaemia (DMA), and 13 diabetic patients with both fasting and postprandial hyperglycaemia (DMB). MEASUREMENTS All subjects received a meal. Blood was drawn from a forearm deep vein and the radial artery at specific time-points during a period of 360 min for measurements of glucose, insulin, triglycerides and nonesterified-fatty acids. Forearm muscle blood flow was measured with strain-gauge plethysmography. Glucose uptake and ISI Index were calculated. RESULTS Peak-baseline muscle blood flow was higher in CONTROLS (3.32 ± 0.4) than in RELATIVES (0.53 ± 0.29), IGT (0.82 ± 0.2), DMA (1.44 ± 0.34), DMB (1.23 ± 0.35 ml/min/100 ml tissue), P < 0.001. Glucose uptake (AUC(0-360,) μmol/100 ml tissue) was higher in CONTROLS (1023 ± 132) than in RELATIVES (488 ± 42), IGT (458 ± 43), DMA (347 ± 63), DMB (543 ± 53), P < 0.001. ISI index, postprandial triglycerides and nonesterified-fatty acids behaved in a similar way. Peak-baseline muscle blood flow correlated positively with glucose uptake (r = 0.440, P = 0.001) and ISI index (r = 0.397, P = 0.003), and negatively with postprandial triglycerides (r = -0.434, P = 0.001) and nonesterified-fatty acids (r = -0.370, P = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that increase in muscle blood flow after a meal is impaired at all stages of type-2 diabetes. This defect influences glucose uptake and is associated with impaired lipid metabolism in the postprandial state.
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- Vaia Lambadiari
- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Research Institute and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Siervo M, Bluck LJC. In vivo nitric oxide synthesis, insulin sensitivity, and asymmetric dimethylarginine in obese subjects without and with metabolic syndrome. Metabolism 2012; 61:680-8. [PMID: 22146092 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is associated with impaired endothelial function. Here the association between nitric oxide (NO) production and insulin sensitivity (Si) in obese subjects with and without MetSyn was evaluated. The relationship between NO production and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) was also explored. Seven healthy normal-weight subjects (male/female [M/F], 3/4; age, 27.4 ± 10.9 years; body mass index [BMI], 21.9 ± 2.2 kg/m(2)), 7 obese subjects without MetSyn (M/F, 1/6; age, 48.0 ± 8.0 years; BMI, 34.5 ± 2.3 kg/m(2)), and 7 with MetSyn (M/F, 3/4; age, 48.0 ± 10.7 years; BMI, 33.4 ± 2.9 kg/m(2)) were recruited. Body composition and cardiometabolic functions (blood pressure, glucose, insulin, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, ADMA) were measured. A frequent sampling intravenous glucose tolerance test was performed to measure Si. A novel stable isotopic method was used to measure in vivo rates of NO production. The NO production was lower in obese subjects with MetSyn compared with normal-weight subjects and obese subjects without MetSyn. Similarly, Si was significantly lower in obesity, both without and with MetSyn, compared with the control group. A significant direct association was found between NO synthesis and Si (ρ = 0.47, P = .03). Circulating levels of ADMA were significantly higher in the obese group with MetSyn. A nonsignificant negative trend between ADMA and NO synthesis was observed. The association between Si and NO production suggests a close mechanistic link between endothelial function and insulin signaling. The results may be highly informative for the development of controlled longitudinal interventions to improve endothelial and metabolic regulation.
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- Mario Siervo
- MRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson, Laboratory, Fulbourn Rd, Cambridge CB1 9NL, United Kingdom
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De Boer MP, Meijer RI, Wijnstok NJ, Jonk AM, Houben AJ, Stehouwer CD, Smulders YM, Eringa EC, Serné EH. Microvascular dysfunction: a potential mechanism in the pathogenesis of obesity-associated insulin resistance and hypertension. Microcirculation 2012; 19:5-18. [PMID: 21883642 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2011.00130.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The intertwined epidemics of obesity and related disorders such as hypertension, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and subsequent cardiovascular disease pose a major public health challenge. To meet this challenge, we must understand the interplay between adipose tissue and the vasculature. Microvascular dysfunction is important not only in the development of obesity-related target-organ damage but also in the development of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and insulin resistance. The present review examines the role of microvascular dysfunction as an explanation for the associations among obesity, hypertension, and impaired insulin-mediated glucose disposal. We also discuss communicative pathways from adipose tissue to the microcirculation.
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- Michiel P De Boer
- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Insulin increases microvascular perfusion and substrate exchange surface area in muscle, which is pivotal for hormone action and substrate exchange, by activating insulin signaling cascade in the endothelial cells to produce nitric oxide. This action of insulin is closely coupled with its metabolic action and type 2 diabetes is associated with both metabolic and microvascular insulin resistance. Muscle microvascular perfusion/volume can be assessed by 1-methylxanthine metabolism, contrast-enhanced ultrasound and positron emission tomography. In addition to insulin, several factors have been shown to recruit muscle microvasculature, including exercise or muscle contraction, mixed meals, glucagon-like peptide 1 and angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT(1)R) blocker. On the other hand, factors that cause metabolic insulin resistance, such as inflammatory cytokines, free fatty acids, and selective activation of the AT(1)R, are capable of causing microvascular insulin resistance. Therapies targeting microvascular insulin resistance may help prevent or control diabetes and decrease the associated cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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- Zhenqi Liu
- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Chai W, Dong Z, Wang N, Wang W, Tao L, Cao W, Liu Z. Glucagon-like peptide 1 recruits microvasculature and increases glucose use in muscle via a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism. Diabetes 2012; 61:888-96. [PMID: 22357961 PMCID: PMC3314347 DOI: 10.2337/db11-1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) increases tissue glucose uptake and causes vasodilation independent of insulin. We examined the effect of GLP-1 on muscle microvasculature and glucose uptake. After confirming that GLP-1 potently stimulates nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) phosphorylation in endothelial cells, overnight-fasted adult male rats received continuous GLP-1 infusion (30 pmol/kg/min) for 2 h plus or minus NOS inhibition. Muscle microvascular blood volume (MBV), microvascular blood flow velocity (MFV), and microvascular blood flow (MBF) were determined. Additional rats received GLP-1 or saline for 30 min and muscle insulin clearance/uptake was determined. GLP-1 infusion acutely increased muscle MBV (P < 0.04) within 30 min without altering MFV or femoral blood flow. This effect persisted throughout the 120-min infusion period, leading to a greater than twofold increase in muscle MBF (P < 0.02). These changes were paralleled with increases in plasma NO levels, muscle interstitial oxygen saturation, hind leg glucose extraction, and muscle insulin clearance/uptake. NOS inhibition blocked GLP-1-mediated increases in muscle MBV, glucose disposal, NO production, and muscle insulin clearance/uptake. In conclusion, GLP-1 acutely recruits microvasculature and increases basal glucose uptake in muscle via a NO-dependent mechanism. Thus, GLP-1 may afford potential to improve muscle insulin action by expanding microvascular endothelial surface area.
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- Weidong Chai
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Chan A, Barrett EJ, Anderson SM, Kovatchev BP, Breton MD. Muscle microvascular recruitment predicts insulin sensitivity in middle-aged patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 2012; 55:729-36. [PMID: 22167126 PMCID: PMC3329963 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-011-2402-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Insulin delivery to muscle is rate-limiting for insulin's metabolic action and is regulated by insulin's own action to increase skeletal muscle blood flow and to recruit microvasculature. Microvascular dysfunction has been observed in insulin resistant states. We investigated the relation between insulin's action to recruit microvasculature and its metabolic action in type 1 diabetes. METHODS Near euglycaemia was obtained by an overnight insulin infusion during 17 inpatient admissions of participants with type 1 diabetes. This was followed by a 2 h 1 mU kg⁻¹ min⁻¹ euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic clamp. Microvascular blood volume (MBV) was assessed using contrast-enhanced ultrasound 10 min before and 30 min after starting the clamp. RESULTS We observed that, after overnight modest hyperinsulinaemia (average ≈ 286 pmol/l), MBV was positively related to the steady-state insulin sensitivity measured during the subsequent clamp (r = 0.62, p = 0.008). The more marked hyperinsulinaemia during the clamp (average steady-state insulin ≈ 900 pmol/l) increased MBV in the more insulin resistant participants within 30 min but not in the insulin sensitive participants. The change in MBV during the clamp was negatively correlated to the insulin sensitivity (r = -0.55, p = 0.022). As a result, MBV after 30 min of marked hyperinsulinaemia was comparable between the insulin sensitive and resistant participants. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION We conclude that moderate overnight hyperinsulinaemia recruited microvasculature in the more sensitive participants, while higher levels of plasma insulin were needed for more insulin resistant participants. This suggests that microvascular responsiveness to insulin is one determinant of metabolic insulin sensitivity in type 1 diabetes.
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- A Chan
- Center for Diabetes Technology, University of Virginia, PO 400 888, Charlottesville, VA 22908-4888, USA.
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Valsartan-induced improvement in insulin sensitivity is not paralleled by changes in microvascular function in individuals with impaired glucose metabolism. J Hypertens 2012; 29:1955-62. [PMID: 21844821 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e32834a7667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Individuals with impaired glucose metabolism (IGM) are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is activated in insulin-resistant states and its inhibition resulted in delayed onset of T2DM. The underlying mechanisms may include improvement in microvascular structure and function, which may increase glucose and insulin delivery to insulin-sensitive tissues. We hypothesized that functional and structural capillary density is impaired in insulin-resistant individuals with IGM and that treatment with the angiotensin-receptor blocker valsartan (VAL) will improve insulin sensitivity and microvascular function. METHODS In this randomized controlled trial, individuals with IGM (n = 48) underwent a hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp to assess insulin sensitivity (M-value) and capillaroscopy to examine baseline skin capillary density (BCD), capillary density after arterial occlusion (PRH) and capillary density during venous occlusion (VEN) before and after 26 weeks of VAL or placebo (PLB). Sixteen BMI-matched individuals with normal glucose metabolism (NGM) served as controls. RESULTS Individuals with IGM were more insulin resistant (P < 0.001) and had impaired microvascular function compared with those with NGM (all P < 0.01). Univariate associations were found for microvascular function (BCD, PRH, VEN) and M-value (all P < 0.005). The relations were independent of age, sex and BMI. VAL improved insulin sensitivity (P = 0.034) and lowered blood pressure as compared with PLB, whereas microvascular function remained unchanged. CONCLUSION In insulin-resistant individuals with IGM, impaired functional and structural capillary density was inversely associated with insulin sensitivity. VAL improved insulin sensitivity without affecting the functional and structural capillary density, indicating that other mechanisms may be stronger determinants in the VAL-mediated insulin-sensitizing effect.
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Goossens GH. The renin-angiotensin system in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Obes Facts 2012; 5:611-24. [PMID: 22986649 DOI: 10.1159/000342776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Increased activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been related to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Most randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that RAS blockade reduces the incidence of type 2 diabetes, which has been explained by improved insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity. In this review, an overview of the mechanisms that may underlie the association between the RAS and type 2 diabetes will be provided, with focus on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue function. This will include discussion of several human studies performed in our laboratory to investigate the metabolic and hemodynamic effects of the RAS, combining in vivo measurements of whole-body and tissue metabolism with molecular and immunohistochemical approaches. Available data suggest that the detrimental effects of the RAS on insulin secretion are mediated by a reduction in pancreatic blood flow and induction of islet fibrosis, oxidative stress as well as inflammation, whereas both impaired skeletal muscle function and adipose tissue dysfunction may underlie RAS-induced insulin resistance. Thus, although future studies in humans are warranted, current evidence supports that targeting the RAS in intervention studies may improve metabolic and cardiovascular function in conditions of insulin resistance like obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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- Gijs H Goossens
- Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology & Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Zhang H, Dellsperger KC, Zhang C. The link between metabolic abnormalities and endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes: an update. Basic Res Cardiol 2011; 107:237. [PMID: 22189563 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0237-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Revised: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Despite abundant clinical evidence linking metabolic abnormalities to diabetic vasculopathy, the molecular basis of individual susceptibility to diabetic vascular complications is still largely undetermined. Endothelial dysfunction in diabetes-associated vascular complications is considered an early stage of vasculopathy and has attracted considerable research interests. Type 2 diabetes is characterized by metabolic abnormalities, such as hyperglycemia, excess liberation of free fatty acids (FFA), insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia. These abnormalities exert pathological impact on endothelial function by attenuating endothelium-mediated vasomotor function, enhancing endothelial apoptosis, stimulating endothelium activation/endothelium-monocyte adhesion, promoting an atherogenic response and suppressing barrier function. There are multiple signaling pathways contributing to the adverse effects of glucotoxicity on endothelial function. Insulin maintains the normal balance for release of several factors with vasoactive properties. Abnormal insulin signaling in the endothelium does not affect the whole-body glucose metabolism, but impairs endothelial response to insulin and accelerates atherosclerosis. Excessive level of FFA is implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. FFA induces endothelial oxidative stress, apoptosis and inflammatory response, and inhibits insulin signaling. Although hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and dyslipidemia independently contribute to endothelial dysfunction via various distinct mechanisms, the mutual interactions may synergistically accelerate their adverse effects. Oxidative stress and inflammation are predicted to be among the first alterations which may trigger other downstream mediators in diabetes associated with endothelial dysfunction. These mechanisms may provide insights into potential therapeutic targets that can delay or reverse diabetic vasculopathy.
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- Hanrui Zhang
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology and Nutritional Sciences, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Buss C, Kraemer-Aguiar LG, Maranhão PA, Marinho C, de Souza MDGC, Wiernsperger N, Bouskela E. Novel findings in the cephalic phase of digestion: a role for microcirculation? Physiol Behav 2011; 105:1082-7. [PMID: 22197630 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Revised: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The cephalic phase of digestion (CPD) has been extensively investigated in terms of digestion and metabolism. Nevertheless, microcirculatory changes required to prepare peripheral tissues in order to dispose nutrients have never been assessed. In this study, microvascular function has been evaluated to determine its behavior and potential association to hormonal secretions during CPD. Thirty-nine healthy male subjects, 23.4 ± 0.5 years (mean ± SD) and BMI of 23.3 ± 2.3 kg/m(2), were randomized into receiving cognitive-sensorial stimuli to elicit CPD (CPD group, n=20) or not (control group, n=19), after a 12-h overnight fast. Main outcomes were differences in resting and peak functional capillary density (FCD, cap/mm(2)); resting red blood cell velocity (RBCV), peak RBCV (RBCV(max)) and time taken to reach it (TRBCV(max)); peak flow and vasomotion, before and after CPD and their associations with insulin and/or pancreatic polypeptide (PP). In the CPD group, basal FCD (24.9 ± 7.6 to 28.3 ± 8.1, p=0.005), peak FCD (27.8 ± 6.3 to 32.6 ± 7.1, p=0.002), RBCV (0.306 ± 0.031 to 0.330 ± 0.027 mm/s, p=0.005), RBCV(max) (0.336 ± 0.029 to 0.398 ± 0.292 mm/s, p=0.005) and peak flow (23.5 ± 14.3 to 26.9 ± 15.8 PU, p<0.01) increased while TRBCV(max) decreased (4.9 ± 1.5 to 3.5 ± 1.2s, p=0.01). No significant changes could be detected in the control group. Groups have not presented differences for insulin, but PP significantly increased in the CPD group and was positively associated to basal FCD increase (rho=0.527, p=0.03). In conclusion, neurally-mediated anticipatory responses of digestion elicited functional capillary recruitment associated to PP in healthy men, suggesting a precocious role for microcirculation in the physiology of digestion and nutrient homeostasis.
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- Caroline Buss
- State University of Rio de Janeiro, Biomedical Center, Clinical and Experimental Research Laboratory on Vascular Biology (BioVasc), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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McAuley KA, Berkeley JE, Docherty PD, Lotz TF, Te Morenga LA, Shaw GM, Williams SM, Chase JG, Mann JI. The dynamic insulin sensitivity and secretion test--a novel measure of insulin sensitivity. Metabolism 2011; 60:1748-56. [PMID: 21704347 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2011.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The objective was to validate the methodology for the dynamic insulin sensitivity and secretion test (DISST) and to demonstrate its potential in clinical and research settings. One hundred twenty-three men and women had routine clinical and biochemical measurements, an oral glucose tolerance test, and a DISST. For the DISST, participants were cannulated for blood sampling and bolus administration. Blood samples were drawn at t = 0, 10, 15, 25, and 35 minutes for measurement of glucose, insulin, and C-peptide. A 10-g bolus of intravenous glucose at t = 5 minutes and 1 U of intravenous insulin immediately after the t = 15 minute sample were given. Fifty participants also had a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. Relationships between DISST insulin sensitivity (SI) and the clamp, and both DISST SI and secretion and other metabolic variables were measured. A Bland-Altman plot showed little bias in the comparison of DISST with the clamp, with DISST underestimating the glucose clamp by 0.1·10(-2)·mg·L·kg(-1)·min(-1)·pmol(-1) (90% confidence interval, -0.2 to 0). The correlation between SI as measured by DISST and the clamp was 0.82; the c unit for the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis for the 2 tests was 0.96. Metabolic variables showed significant correlations with DISST SI and the second phase of insulin release. The DISST also appears able to distinguish different insulin secretion patterns in individuals with identical SI values. The DISST is a simple, dynamic test that compares favorably with the clamp in assessing SI and allows simultaneous assessment of insulin secretion. The DISST has the potential to provide even more information about the pathophysiology of diabetes than more complicated tests.
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- Kirsten A McAuley
- Edgar National Centre for Diabetes and Obesity Research, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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Chai W, Wang W, Dong Z, Cao W, Liu Z. Angiotensin II receptors modulate muscle microvascular and metabolic responses to insulin in vivo. Diabetes 2011; 60:2939-46. [PMID: 21896931 PMCID: PMC3198098 DOI: 10.2337/db10-1691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Angiotensin (ANG) II interacts with insulin-signaling pathways to regulate insulin sensitivity. The type 1 (AT(1)R) and type 2 (AT(2)R) receptors reciprocally regulate basal perfusion of muscle microvasculature. Unopposed AT(2)R activity increases muscle microvascular blood volume (MBV) and glucose extraction, whereas unopposed AT(1)R activity decreases both. The current study examined whether ANG II receptors modulate muscle insulin delivery and sensitivity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Overnight-fasted rats were studied. In protocol 1, rats received a 2-h infusion of saline, insulin (3 mU/kg/min), insulin plus PD123319 (AT(2)R blocker), or insulin plus losartan (AT(1)R blocker, intravenously). Muscle MBV, microvascular flow velocity, and microvascular blood flow (MBF) were determined. In protocol 2, rats received (125)I-insulin with or without PD123319, and muscle insulin uptake was determined. RESULTS Insulin significantly increased muscle MBV and MBF. AT(2)R blockade abolished insulin-mediated increases in muscle MBV and MBF and decreased insulin-stimulated glucose disposal by ~30%. In contrast, losartan plus insulin increased muscle MBV by two- to threefold without further increasing insulin-stimulated glucose disposal. Plasma nitric oxide increased by >50% with insulin and insulin plus losartan but not with insulin plus PD123319. PD123319 markedly decreased muscle insulin uptake and insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that both AT(1)Rs and AT(2)Rs regulate insulin's microvascular and metabolic action in muscle. Although AT(1)R activity restrains muscle metabolic responses to insulin via decreased microvascular recruitment and insulin delivery, AT(2)R activity is required for normal microvascular responses to insulin. Thus, pharmacologic manipulation aimed at increasing the AT(2)R-to-AT(1)R activity ratio may afford the potential to improve muscle insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism.
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- Weidong Chai
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Shandong University Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Shandong University Jinan Central Hospital, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Corresponding author: Zhenqi Liu,
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Phillips B, Williams J, Atherton P, Smith K, Hildebrandt W, Rankin D, Greenhaff P, Macdonald I, Rennie MJ. Resistance exercise training improves age-related declines in leg vascular conductance and rejuvenates acute leg blood flow responses to feeding and exercise. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 112:347-53. [PMID: 21998269 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01031.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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One manifestation of age-related declines in vascular function is reduced peripheral (limb) blood flow and vascular conduction at rest and in response to vasodilatory stimuli such as exercise and feeding. Since, even in older age, resistance exercise training (RET) represents an efficacious strategy for increasing muscle mass and function, we hypothesized that likewise RET would improve age-related declines in leg blood flow (LBF) and vascular conductance (LVC). We studied three mixed-sex age groups (young: 18-28 yr, n = 14; middle aged: 45-55 yr, n = 20; older: 65-75 yr, n = 17) before and after 20 wk of whole body RET in the postabsorptive state (BASAL) and after unilateral leg extensions (6 × 8 repetitions; 75% 1 repetition maximum) followed by intermittent mixed-nutrient liquid feeds (∼6.5 kJ·kg(-1)·30 min(-1)), which allowed us to discern the acute effects of feeding (nonexercised leg; FED) and exercise plus feeding (exercised leg; FEDEX) on vascular function. We measured LBF using Doppler ultrasound and recorded mean arterial pressure (MAP) to calculate LVC. Our results reveal that although neither age nor RET influenced BASAL LBF, age-related declines in LBF responses to FED were eradicated by RET. Moreover, increases in LBF after FEDEX, which occurred only in young and middle-aged groups before RET (+73 ± 9%, and +90 ± 13%, P < 0.001, respectively), increased in all groups after RET (young +78 ± 10%, middle-aged +96 ± 15%, older +80 ± 19%, P < 0.001). Finally, RET robustly improved LVC under FASTED, FED, and FEDEX conditions in the older group. These data provide novel information that supports the premise that RET represents a valuable strategy to counter age-related impairments in LBF/LVC.
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- Bethan Phillips
- University of Nottingham, School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, Derby, UK
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Ketel IJG, Serne EH, Ijzerman RG, Korsen TJM, Twisk JW, Hompes PGA, Smulders YM, Homburg R, Vorstermans L, Stehouwer CDA, Lambalk CB. Insulin-induced capillary recruitment is impaired in both lean and obese women with PCOS. Hum Reprod 2011; 26:3130-7. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Raines SM, Richards OC, Schneider LR, Schueler KL, Rabaglia ME, Oler AT, Stapleton DS, Genové G, Dawson JA, Betsholtz C, Attie AD. Loss of PDGF-B activity increases hepatic vascular permeability and enhances insulin sensitivity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 301:E517-26. [PMID: 21673305 PMCID: PMC3174531 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00241.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hepatic vasculature is not thought to pose a permeability barrier for diffusion of macromolecules from the bloodstream to hepatocytes. In contrast, in extrahepatic tissues, the microvasculature is critically important for insulin action, because transport of insulin across the endothelial cell layer is rate limiting for insulin-stimulated glucose disposal. However, very little is known concerning the role in this process of pericytes, the mural cells lining the basolateral membrane of endothelial cells. PDGF-B is a growth factor involved in the recruitment and function of pericytes. We studied insulin action in mice expressing PDGF-B lacking the proteoglycan binding domain, producing a protein with a partial loss of function (PDGF-B(ret/ret)). Insulin action was assessed through measurements of insulin signaling and insulin and glucose tolerance tests. PDGF-B deficiency enhanced hepatic vascular transendothelial transport. One outcome of this change was an increase in hepatic insulin signaling. This correlated with enhanced whole body glucose homeostasis and increased insulin clearance from the circulation during an insulin tolerance test. In obese mice, PDGF-B deficiency was associated with an 80% reduction in fasting insulin and drastically reduced insulin secretion. These mice did not have significantly higher glucose levels, reflecting a dramatic increase in insulin action. Our findings show that, despite already having a high permeability, hepatic transendothelial transport can be further enhanced. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to connect PDGF-B-induced changes in hepatic sinusoidal transport to changes in insulin action, demonstrating a link between PDGF-B signaling and insulin sensitivity.
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Barrett EJ, Wang H, Upchurch CT, Liu Z. Insulin regulates its own delivery to skeletal muscle by feed-forward actions on the vasculature. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 301:E252-63. [PMID: 21610226 PMCID: PMC3154531 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00186.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Insulin, at physiological concentrations, regulates the volume of microvasculature perfused within skeletal and cardiac muscle. It can also, by relaxing the larger resistance vessels, increase total muscle blood flow. Both of these effects require endothelial cell nitric oxide generation and smooth muscle cell relaxation, and each could increase delivery of insulin and nutrients to muscle. The capillary microvasculature possesses the greatest endothelial surface area of the body. Yet, whether insulin acts on the capillary endothelial cell is not known. Here, we review insulin's actions at each of three levels of the arterial vasculature as well as recent data suggesting that insulin can regulate a vesicular transport system within the endothelial cell. This latter action, if it occurs at the capillary level, could enhance insulin delivery to muscle interstitium and thereby complement insulin's actions on arteriolar endothelium to increase insulin delivery. We also review work that suggests that this action of insulin on vesicle transport depends on endothelial cell nitric oxide generation and that insulin's ability to regulate this vesicular transport system is impaired by inflammatory cytokines that provoke insulin resistance.
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- Eugene J Barrett
- Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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Tigno XT, Hansen BC, Nawang S, Shamekh R, Albano AM. Vasomotion becomes less random as diabetes progresses in monkeys. Microcirculation 2011; 18:429-39. [PMID: 21435082 PMCID: PMC3148284 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2011.00103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Please cite this paper as: Tigno, Hansen, Nawang, Shamekh, and Albano (2011). Vasomotion Becomes Less Random as Diabetes Progresses in Monkeys. Microcirculation 18(6), 429-439. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Changes in vasomotion may precede other global indices of autonomic dysfunction that track the onset and progression of diabetes. Recently, we showed that baseline spectral properties of vasomotion can discriminate among N, PreDM, and T2DM nonhuman primates. In this study, our aims were to: (i) determine the time dependence and complexity of the spectral properties of vasomotion in three metabolic groups of monkeys; (ii) examine the effects of heat-provoked vasodilatation on the power spectrum; and (iii) compare the effects of exogenous insulin on the vasomotion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Laser Doppler flow rates were measured from the foot in 9 N, 11 PreDM, and 7 T2DM monkeys. Baseline flow was measured at 34°C, and under heat stimulation at 44°C. Euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamps were performed to produce acute hyperinsulinemia. The Lempel-Ziv complexity, prediction error, and covariance complexity of five-dimensional embeddings were calculated as measures of randomness. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS With progression of diabetes, measures of randomness of the vasomotion progressively decreased, suggesting a progressive loss of the homeostatic capacity of the peripheral circulation to respond to environmental changes. Power spectral density among T2DM animals resided mostly in the 0- to 1.45-Hz range, which excluded the cardiac component, suggesting that with progression of the disease, regulation of flow shifts toward local rather than central (autonomic) mechanisms. Heating increased all components of the spectral power in all groups. In N, insulin increased the vasomotion contributed by endothelial, neurogenic, vascular myogenic, and respiratory processes, but diminished that due to heart rate. In contrast, in T2DM, insulin failed to stimulate the vascular myogenic and respiratory activities, but increased the neural/endothelial and heart rate components. Interestingly, acute hyperinsulinemia resulted in no significant vasomotion changes in the chronically hyperinsulinemic PreDM, suggesting yet another form of "insulin resistance" during this stage of the disease.
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- Xenia T Tigno
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
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Genders AJ, Bradley EA, Rattigan S, Richards SM. cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibition improves the vascular and metabolic actions of insulin in skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 301:E342-50. [PMID: 21653225 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00691.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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There is considerable support for the concept that insulin-mediated increases in microvascular blood flow to muscle impact significantly on muscle glucose uptake. Since the microvascular blood flow increases with insulin have been shown to be nitric oxide-dependent inhibition of cGMP-degrading phosphodiesterases (cGMP PDEs) is predicted to enhance insulin-mediated increases in microvascular perfusion and muscle glucose uptake. Therefore, we studied the effects of the pan-cGMP PDE inhibitor zaprinast on the metabolic and vascular actions of insulin in muscle. Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamps (3 mU·min(-1)·kg(-1)) were performed in anesthetized rats and changes in microvascular blood flow assessed from rates of 1-methylxanthine metabolism across the muscle bed by capillary xanthine oxidase in response to insulin and zaprinast. We also characterized cGMP PDE isoform expression in muscle by real-time PCR and immunostaining of frozen muscle sections. Zaprinast enhanced insulin-mediated microvascular perfusion by 29% and muscle glucose uptake by 89%, while whole body glucose infusion rate during insulin infusion was increased by 33% at 2 h. PDE2, -9, and -10 were the major isoforms expressed at the mRNA level in muscle, while PDE1B, -9A, -10A, and -11A proteins were expressed in blood vessels. Acute administration of the cGMP PDE inhibitor zaprinast enhances muscle microvascular blood flow and glucose uptake response to insulin. The expression of a number of cGMP PDE isoforms in skeletal muscle suggests that targeting specific cGMP PDE isoforms may provide a promising avenue for development of a novel class of therapeutics for enhancing muscle insulin sensitivity.
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- A J Genders
- Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia
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Siervo M, Stephan B. Is endothelial-independent vascular reactivity compromised in obese subjects with metabolic syndrome? Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 301:E242-3; author reply E244. [PMID: 21705628 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00123.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chai W, Liu J, Jahn LA, Fowler DE, Barrett EJ, Liu Z. Salsalate attenuates free fatty acid-induced microvascular and metabolic insulin resistance in humans. Diabetes Care 2011; 34:1634-8. [PMID: 21617098 PMCID: PMC3120177 DOI: 10.2337/dc10-2345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Insulin recruits muscle microvasculature, thereby increasing endothelial exchange surface area. Free fatty acids (FFAs) cause insulin resistance by activating inhibitor of κB kinase β. Elevating plasma FFAs impairs insulin's microvascular and metabolic actions in vivo. Whether salsalate, an anti-inflammatory agent, prevents FFA-induced microvascular and/or metabolic insulin resistance in humans is unknown. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Eleven healthy, young adults were studied three times in random order. After an overnight fast, on two occasions each subject received a 5-h systemic infusion of Intralipid ± salsalate pretreatment (50 mg/kg/day for 4 days). On the third occasion, saline replaced Intralipid. A 1 mU/kg/min euglycemic insulin clamp was superimposed over the last 2-h of each study. Skeletal and cardiac muscle microvascular blood volume (MBV), microvascular flow velocity (MFV), and microvascular blood flow (MBF) were determined before and after insulin infusion. Whole body glucose disposal rates were calculated from glucose infusion rates. RESULTS Insulin significantly increased skeletal and cardiac muscle MBV and MBF without affecting MFV. Lipid infusion abolished insulin-mediated microvascular recruitment in both skeletal and cardiac muscle and lowered insulin-stimulated whole body glucose disposal (P<0.001). Salsalate treatment rescued insulin's actions to recruit muscle microvasculature and improved insulin-stimulated whole body glucose disposal in the presence of high plasma FFAs. CONCLUSIONS High plasma concentrations of FFAs cause both microvascular and metabolic insulin resistance, which can be prevented or attenuated by salsalate treatment. Our data suggest that treatments aimed at inhibition of inflammatory response might help alleviate vascular insulin resistance and improve metabolic control in patients with diabetes.
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- Weidong Chai
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the GeneralClinical Research Center, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Ko SH, Cao W, Liu Z. Hypertension management and microvascular insulin resistance in diabetes. Curr Hypertens Rep 2011; 12:243-51. [PMID: 20582734 DOI: 10.1007/s11906-010-0114-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes is in essence a vascular disease and is frequently associated with hypertension, macrovascular events, and microvascular complications. Microvascular dysfunction, including impaired recruitment and capillary rarefaction, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Microvascular insulin resistance and renin-angiotensin system upregulation are present in diabetes, and each contributes to the development of hypertension and microvascular dysfunction. In the insulin-sensitive state, insulin increases microvascular perfusion by increasing endothelial nitric oxide production, but this effect is abolished by insulin resistance. Angiotensin II, acting via the type 1 receptors, induces inflammation and oxidative stress, leading to impaired insulin signaling, reduced nitric oxide availability, and vasoconstriction. Conversely, it acts on the type 2 receptors to cause vasodilatation. Because substrate and hormonal exchanges occur in the microvasculature, antihypertensive agents targeted to improve microvascular insulin sensitivity and function may have beneficial effects beyond their capacity to lower blood pressure in patients with diabetes.
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- Seung-Hyun Ko
- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801410, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1410, USA
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Meijer RI, Serne EH, Smulders YM, van Hinsbergh VWM, Yudkin JS, Eringa EC. Perivascular adipose tissue and its role in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Curr Diab Rep 2011; 11:211-7. [PMID: 21461998 PMCID: PMC3085790 DOI: 10.1007/s11892-011-0186-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms underlying these associations are incompletely understood. Microvascular dysfunction may play an important role in the pathogenesis of both insulin resistance and hypertension in obesity. Adipose tissue-derived substances (adipokines) and especially inflammatory products of adipose tissue control insulin sensitivity and vascular function. In the past years, adipose tissue associated with the vasculature, or perivascular adipose tissue (PAT), has been shown to produce a variety of adipokines that contribute to regulation of vascular tone and local inflammation. This review describes our current understanding of the mechanisms linking perivascular adipose tissue to vascular function, inflammation, and insulin resistance. Furthermore, we will discuss mechanisms controlling the quantity and adipokines secretion by PAT.
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- Rick I. Meijer
- Department of Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Jonk AM, Houben AJ, Schaper NC, de Leeuw PW, Serné EH, Smulders YM, Stehouwer CD. Acute angiotensin II receptor blockade improves insulin-induced microvascular function in hypertensive individuals. Microvasc Res 2011; 82:77-83. [PMID: 21514308 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 04/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE An effect of insulin that is crucial for stimulating glucose uptake is its ability to increase the number of perfused capillaries, and thereby enhance its own delivery, and that of glucose, to muscle cells. To unravel possible mechanisms involved in the insulin-sensitizing effects of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) in hypertensive individuals we investigated the effect of single-dose ARB administration on insulin-mediated microvascular perfusion in hypertensive individuals. METHODS We examined the effects of ARB administration on hyperinsulinemia-associated capillary density by measuring baseline skin capillary density, capillary density during reactive hyperemia (hyperemic capillary recruitment), and capillary density during venous congestion in 17 hypertensive individuals in the basal state, during a hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp, and during a hyperinsulinemic clamp with acute ARB administration (600 mg irbesartan), acute calcium channel blockade (CCB; 10mg felodipine ER), as a control for the reduction in blood pressure, or placebo. In addition, insulin sensitivity and blood pressure were measured. RESULTS Compared to the basal state, hyperinsulinemia increased baseline capillary density (57.3 ± 6.8 vs. 60.3 ± 7.9 n/mm(2), P<0.01), but not hyperemic capillary recruitment. ARB and CCB treatment induced similar blood pressure reductions. Compared to placebo, ARB, but not CCB, increased hyperinsulinemia-associated baseline capillary density (+2.3 ± 3.4 (P=0.02) and -0.4 ± 4.4n/mm(2), respectively). Hyperinsulinemia-associated hyperemic capillary recruitment was not altered by either treatment. Compared to placebo, neither ARB nor CCB treatment enhanced insulin sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS Acute ARB administration increases insulin-induced microvascular perfusion in mildly hypertensive individuals; this beneficial effect on microvascular perfusion was however not associated with increased insulin-mediated glucose uptake.
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- Amy M Jonk
- Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Clough GF, L'Esperance V, Turzyniecka M, Walter L, Chipperfield AJ, Gamble J, Krentz AJ, Byrne CD. Functional dilator capacity is independently associated with insulin sensitivity and age in central obesity and is not improved by high dose statin treatment. Microcirculation 2011; 18:74-84. [PMID: 21166928 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2010.00070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that: (i) functional microvascular dilator capacity is independently associated with insulin sensitivity and age in individuals with central adiposity at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD); and (ii) functional microvascular dilator capacity is improved by high dose statin treatment. METHODS Functional dilator capacity (measured as change in laser Doppler blood flux from baseline during post occlusive reactive hyperemia [peak flux%resting flux; PF%RF] and flowmotion (power spectral density [PSD] analysis)) were assessed in 40 people with central adiposity and one or more other CVD risk factors. Measurements were made at rest and during acute hyperinsulinaemia before and six months after high dose atorvastatin (40 mg daily) or placebo. RESULTS Insulin-induced change in PF%RF was independently associated with insulin sensitivity (M/I) (r = 0.46 p = 0.02) and age (r = -0.46 p = 0.02), which together explained almost half of the variance in PF%RF (adjusted r² = 0.37, p = 0.008). Whilst atorvastatin decreased LDL cholesterol by 51% (p < 0.001), PF%RF and flowmotion remained unchanged. CONCLUSIONS Insulin sensitivity and age are independently associated with an insulin-induced change in functional microvascular dilator capacity in individuals with central adiposity at risk of CVD. Dilator capacity is not improved by six months high dose statin treatment.
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- Geraldine F Clough
- Institute of Developmental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital (MP 887), Southampton, UK.
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Kubota T, Kubota N, Kumagai H, Yamaguchi S, Kozono H, Takahashi T, Inoue M, Itoh S, Takamoto I, Sasako T, Kumagai K, Kawai T, Hashimoto S, Kobayashi T, Sato M, Tokuyama K, Nishimura S, Tsunoda M, Ide T, Murakami K, Yamazaki T, Ezaki O, Kawamura K, Masuda H, Moroi M, Sugi K, Oike Y, Shimokawa H, Yanagihara N, Tsutsui M, Terauchi Y, Tobe K, Nagai R, Kamata K, Inoue K, Kodama T, Ueki K, Kadowaki T. Impaired insulin signaling in endothelial cells reduces insulin-induced glucose uptake by skeletal muscle. Cell Metab 2011; 13:294-307. [PMID: 21356519 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2011.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 319] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Revised: 08/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In obese patients with type 2 diabetes, insulin delivery to and insulin-dependent glucose uptake by skeletal muscle are delayed and impaired. The mechanisms underlying the delay and impairment are unclear. We demonstrate that impaired insulin signaling in endothelial cells, due to reduced Irs2 expression and insulin-induced eNOS phosphorylation, causes attenuation of insulin-induced capillary recruitment and insulin delivery, which in turn reduces glucose uptake by skeletal muscle. Moreover, restoration of insulin-induced eNOS phosphorylation in endothelial cells completely reverses the reduction in capillary recruitment and insulin delivery in tissue-specific knockout mice lacking Irs2 in endothelial cells and fed a high-fat diet. As a result, glucose uptake by skeletal muscle is restored in these mice. Taken together, our results show that insulin signaling in endothelial cells plays a pivotal role in the regulation of glucose uptake by skeletal muscle. Furthermore, improving endothelial insulin signaling may serve as a therapeutic strategy for ameliorating skeletal muscle insulin resistance.
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- Tetsuya Kubota
- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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Insulin contributes to skeletal muscle glucose uptake by increasing blood flow and recruiting perfused capillaries. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Kubota et al. (2011) show that deletion of IRS-2 in endothelial cells in mice causes impaired transcapillary insulin transport, decreased insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in muscle, and mild glucose intolerance.
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Liu J, Jahn LA, Fowler DE, Barrett EJ, Cao W, Liu Z. Free fatty acids induce insulin resistance in both cardiac and skeletal muscle microvasculature in humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011; 96:438-46. [PMID: 21047922 PMCID: PMC3048322 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-1174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Insulin recruits microvasculature in both cardiac and skeletal muscle, which increases the endothelial exchange surface area. Plasma concentrations of free fatty acids (FFAs) are elevated in patients with diabetes, which impairs insulin-mediated skeletal muscle microvascular recruitment. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to examine whether elevated FFAs likewise cause insulin resistance in cardiac muscle microvasculature. SETTING The study was conducted at the General Clinical Research Center at the University of Virginia. METHODS Twenty-two healthy, young adults were studied twice in random order after an overnight fast. Each subject received a 5-h systemic infusion of either saline or Intralipid/heparin with a 1 mU/min · kg euglycemic insulin clamp superimposed for the last 2 h. Cardiac and forearm skeletal muscle microvascular blood volume (MBV) and flow velocity were measured and microvascular blood flow (MBF) calculated before and at the end of the insulin infusion. RESULTS Insulin significantly increased MBV and MBF in both cardiac (P < 0.0001 for both) and skeletal (P = 0.008 and < 0.03, respectively) muscle. Microvascular flow velocity increased slightly but significantly in the skeletal (P = 0.04) but not in cardiac muscle. Lipid infusion lowered insulin-stimulated whole-body glucose disposal and abolished insulin-mediated increases in MBV and MBF in both cardiac and skeletal muscle. Whole-body insulin sensitivity predicted skeletal but not cardiac muscle microvascular responses to insulin. Insulin even decreased skeletal muscle MBV during lipid infusion in subjects who were moderately sensitive to insulin metabolically. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, high plasma concentrations of FFAs cause insulin resistance in cardiac as well as skeletal muscle microvasculature in healthy humans. This may contribute to the association of cardiac complications with metabolic insulin resistance in diabetes.
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- Jia Liu
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine and General Clinical Research Center, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 801410, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Wang N, Ko SH, Chai W, Li G, Barrett EJ, Tao L, Cao W, Liu Z. Resveratrol recruits rat muscle microvasculature via a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism that is blocked by TNFα. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 300:E195-201. [PMID: 20978231 PMCID: PMC3023212 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00414.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in many plants, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions. It also improves endothelial function and may be cardioprotective. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) causes oxidative stress and microvascular endothelial dysfunction. Whether resveratrol affects microvascular function in vivo and, if so, whether inflammatory cytokines antagonize its microvascular action are not clear. In cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs), resveratrol (100 nM) increased the phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt), endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS), and ERK1/2 within 15 min by more than twofold, and this effect lasted for at least 2 h. Treatment of BAECs with TNFα (10 ng/ml) significantly increased the NADPH oxidase activity and the production of hydrogen peroxide and superoxide. Pretreatment of cells with resveratrol (100 nM) prevented each of these. Injection (ip) of resveratrol in rats potently increased muscle microvascular blood volume (MBV; P = 0.007) and flow (MBF; P < 0.02) within 30 min, and this was sustained for at least 2 h. The phosphorylation of Akt in liver or muscle was unchanged. Superimposed systemic infusion of L-NAME (NOS inhibitor) completely abolished resveratrol-induced increases in MBV and MBF. Similarly, systemic infusion of TNFα prevented resveratrol-induced muscle microvascular recruitment. In conclusion, resveratrol activates eNOS and increases muscle microvascular recruitment via an NO-dependent mechanism. Despite the potent antioxidant effect of resveratrol, TNFα at concentrations that block insulin-mediated muscle microvascular recruitment completely neutralized resveratrol's microvascular action. Thus, chronic inflammation, as seen in type 2 diabetes, may limit resveratrol's vasodilatory actions on muscle microvasculature.
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- Nasui Wang
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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