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Effects in skeletal muscle.

Andrew Young1

  • 1Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, California, USA.

Advances in Pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.)
|February 24, 2006
PubMed
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Amylin inhibits insulin

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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology

Background:

  • Amylin is a hormone co-secreted with insulin.
  • Its role in glucose metabolism, particularly in skeletal muscle, is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the biological actions of amylin on glucose metabolism in rat soleus muscle.
  • To investigate the signaling pathways involved in amylin's effects.

Main Methods:

  • Incubation of isolated rat soleus muscle with radiolabeled glucose and varying concentrations of amylin and insulin.
  • Measurement of glycogen synthesis and breakdown.
  • Analysis of signaling pathways including cyclic AMP and protein kinase C.

Main Results:

  • Amylin non-competitively inhibited insulin-stimulated glucose incorporation into glycogen.

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  • Amylin activated glycogen phosphorylase, leading to glycogenolysis (breakdown).
  • Amylin stimulated Na+/K+ ATPase activity and enhanced muscle contractility.

    • Conclusions:

    • Amylin mobilizes carbon from skeletal muscle by promoting glycogenolysis.
    • Amylin's actions on muscle glycogen metabolism are distinct from its effects on glucose transport.
    • Amylin shares some functional similarities with catecholamines in skeletal muscle.