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SIRT3 is crucial for maintaining skeletal muscle insulin action and protects
against severe insulin resistance in high fat fed mice.
Authors Lantier L, Williams AS, Williams IM, Yang KK, Bracy DP, Goelzer M, James FD,
Gius D, Wasserman DH
Submitted By David Wasserman on 7/24/2015
Status Published
Journal Diabetes
Year 2015
Date Published 5/6/2015
Volume : Pages Not Specified : Not Specified
PubMed Reference 25948682
Abstract Protein hyperacetylation is associated with glucose intolerance and insulin
resistance suggesting that the enzymes regulating the acetylome play a role in
this pathological process. SIRT3, the primary mitochondrial deacetylase, has
been linked to energy homeostasis. Thus, it is hypothesized that the
dysregulation of the mitochondrial acetylation state, via genetic deletion of
SIRT3, will amplify the deleterious effects of a high fat diet (HFD).
Hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp experiments show, for the first time, that
mice lacking SIRT3 exhibit increased insulin resistance due to defects in
skeletal muscle glucose uptake. Permeabilized muscle fibers from HF-fed SIRT3 KO
mice showed that TCA cycle substrate-based respiration is decreased while fatty
acid-based respiration is increased, reflecting a fuel switch from glucose to
fatty acids. Consistent with reduced muscle glucose uptake, hexokinase II (HKII)
binding to the mitochondria is decreased in muscle from HF-fed SIRT3 KO mice,
suggesting decreased HKII activity. These results show that absence of SIRT3 in
HF-fed causes profound impairments in insulin-stimulated muscle glucose uptake,
creating an increased reliance on fatty acids. Insulin action was not impaired
in the lean SIRT3 KO mice. This suggests that SIRT3 protects against dietary
insulin resistance by facilitating glucose disposal and mitochondrial function.




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