AMPKγ3 Controls Muscle Glucose Uptake in Recovery From Exercise to Recapture Energy Stores

Kohei Kido, Nicolas O. Eskesen, Nicolai S. Henriksen, Johan Onslev, Jonas M. Kristensen, Magnus R. Larsen, Janne R. Hingst, Jonas R. Knudsen, Jesper B. Birk, Nicoline R. Andersen, Thomas E. Jensen, Christian Pehmoller, Jørgen F.P. Wojtaszewski*, Rasmus Kjøbsted

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Abstract

Exercise increases muscle glucose uptake independently of insulin signaling and represents a cornerstone for the prevention ofmetabolic disorders. Pharmacological activation of the exercise-responsive AMPK in skeletal muscle has been proven successful as a therapeutic approach to treat metabolic disorders by improving glucose homeostasis through the regulation of muscle glucose uptake. However, conflicting observations cloud the proposed role of AMPK as a necessary regulator of muscle glucose uptake during exercise.We show that glucose uptake increases in human skeletal muscle in the absence of AMPK activation during exercise and that exercise-stimulated AMPKγ3 activity strongly correlates to muscle glucose uptake in the postexercise period. In AMPKγ3-deficient mice, muscle glucose uptake is normally regulated during exercise and contractions but impaired in the recovery period from these stimuli. Impaired glucose uptake in recovery fromexercise and contractions is associated with a lower glucose extraction, which can be explained by a diminished permeability to glucose and abundance of GLUT4 at the muscle plasmamembrane. As a result, AMPKγ3deficiency impairs muscle glycogen resynthesis following exercise. These results identify a physiological function of the AMPKγ3 complex in human and rodent skeletal muscle that regulates glucose uptake in recovery from exercise to recapture muscle energy stores.

Original languageEnglish
JournalDiabetes
Volume72
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)1397-1408
Number of pages12
ISSN0012-1797
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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