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Mol Metab ; 83: 101921, 2024 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38527647

ABSTRACT

Identification of new mechanisms mediating insulin sensitivity is important to allow validation of corresponding therapeutic targets. In this study, we first used a cellular model of skeletal muscle cell iron overload and found that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and insulin resistance occurred after iron treatment. Insulin sensitivity was assessed using cells engineered to express an Akt biosensor, based on nuclear FoxO localization, as well as western blotting for insulin signaling proteins. Use of salubrinal to elevate eIF2α phosphorylation and promote the unfolded protein response (UPR) attenuated iron-induced insulin resistance. Salubrinal induced autophagy flux and its beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity were not observed in autophagy-deficient cells generated by overexpressing a dominant-negative ATG5 mutant or via knockout of ATG7. This indicated the beneficial effect of salubrinal-induced UPR activation was autophagy-dependent. We translated these observations to an animal model of systemic iron overload-induced skeletal muscle insulin resistance where administration of salubrinal as pretreatment promoted eIF2α phosphorylation, enhanced autophagic flux in skeletal muscle and improved insulin responsiveness. Together, our results show that salubrinal elicited an eIF2α-autophagy axis leading to improved skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity both in vitro and in mice.


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Autophagy , Cinnamates , Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress , Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 , Insulin Resistance , Thiourea , Thiourea/analogs & derivatives , Unfolded Protein Response , Animals , Thiourea/pharmacology , Cinnamates/pharmacology , Autophagy/drug effects , Mice , Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2/metabolism , Unfolded Protein Response/drug effects , Phosphorylation , Male , Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/drug effects , Salicylates/pharmacology , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Iron/metabolism , Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism , Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects , Iron Overload/metabolism , Signal Transduction/drug effects
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