| First Author | Jelenik T | Year | 2010 |
| Journal | Diabetes | Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 11 | Pages | 2737-46 |
| PubMed ID | 20693347 | Mgi Jnum | J:169618 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:4941415 | Doi | 10.2337/db09-1716 |
| Citation | Jelenik T, et al. (2010) AMP-activated protein kinase alpha2 subunit is required for the preservation of hepatic insulin sensitivity by n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Diabetes 59(11):2737-46 |
| abstractText | OBJECTIVE: The induction of obesity, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance by high-fat diet in rodents can be prevented by n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs). We tested a hypothesis whether AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has a role in the beneficial effects of n-3 LC-PUFAs. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Mice with a whole-body deletion of the alpha2 catalytic subunit of AMPK (AMPKalpha2(-/-)) and their wild-type littermates were fed on either a low-fat chow, or a corn oil-based high-fat diet (cHF), or a cHF diet with 15% lipids replaced by n-3 LC-PUFA concentrate (cHF+F). RESULTS: Feeding a cHF diet induced obesity, dyslipidemia, hepatic steatosis, and whole-body insulin resistance in mice of both genotypes. Although cHF+F feeding increased hepatic AMPKalpha2 activity, the body weight gain, dyslipidemia, and the accumulation of hepatic triglycerides were prevented by the cHF+F diet to a similar degree in both AMPKalpha2(-/-) and wild-type mice in ad libitum-fed state. However, preservation of hepatic insulin sensitivity by n-3 LC-PUFAs required functional AMPKalpha2 and correlated with the induction of adiponectin and reduction in liver diacylglycerol content. Under hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic conditions, AMPKalpha2 was essential for preserving low levels of both hepatic and plasma triglycerides, as well as plasma free fatty acids, in response to the n-3 LC-PUFA treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that n-3 LC-PUFAs prevent hepatic insulin resistance in an AMPKalpha2-dependent manner and support the role of adiponectin and hepatic diacylglycerols in the regulation of insulin sensitivity. AMPKalpha2 is also essential for hypolipidemic and antisteatotic effects of n-3 LC-PUFA under insulin-stimulated conditions. |
