Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
Volume 595, Issue 14, Pages 4845-4855Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1113/JP274203
Keywords
mTOR; NDRG; phosphoproteomics; running
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Funding
- Danish Council for Independent Research Natural Sciences [4002-00492B]
- Danish Council for Independent Research Medical Sciences [0602-02273B, 5053-00155, 4004-00233]
- Novo Nordisk Foundation [1015429]
- University of Copenhagen Excellence Program for Interdisciplinary Research
- NHMRC
- Danish Diabetes Academy - Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Novo Nordisk Fonden [NNF15OC0015182] Funding Source: researchfish
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Exercise increases glucose uptake into insulin-resistant muscle. Thus, elucidating the exercise signalling network in muscle may uncover new therapeutic targets. The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2), a regulator of insulin-controlled glucose uptake, has been reported to interact with ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate1 (Rac1), which plays a role in exercise-induced glucose uptake in muscle. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that mTORC2 activity is necessary for muscle glucose uptake during treadmill exercise. We used mice that specifically lack mTORC2 signalling in muscle by deletion of the obligatory mTORC2 component Rictor (Ric mKO). Running capacity and running-induced changes in blood glucose, plasma lactate and muscle glycogen levels were similar in wild-type (Ric WT) and Ric mKO mice. At rest, muscle glucose uptake was normal, but during running muscle glucose uptake was reduced by 40% in Ric mKO mice compared to Ric WT mice. Running increased muscle phosphorylated 5 AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) similarly in Ric WT and Ric mKO mice, and glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) and hexokinase II (HKII) protein expressions were also normal in Ric mKO muscle. The mTORC2 substrate, phosphorylated protein kinase C alpha (PKC alpha), and the mTORC2 activity readout, phosphorylated N-myc downstream regulated 1 (NDRG1) protein increased with running in Ric WT mice, but were not altered by running in Ric mKO muscle. Quantitative phosphoproteomics uncovered several additional potential exercise-dependent mTORC2 substrates, including contractile proteins, kinases, transcriptional regulators, actin cytoskeleton regulators and ion-transport proteins. Our study suggests that mTORC2 is a component of the exercise signalling network that regulates muscle glucose uptake and we provide a resource of new potential members of the mTORC2 signalling network.
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