Young JC, Kurowski TG, Maurice AM, Nesher R, Ruderman NB. Polymyxin B inhibits contraction-stimulated glucose uptake in rat skeletal muscle.
J Appl Physiol (1985) 1991;
70:1650-4. [PMID:
2055846 DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1991.70.4.1650]
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Abstract
Glucose transport in muscle is activated by contractile activity, an effect that persists in the postexercise state. Polymyxin B, a cyclic decapeptide antibiotic, inhibits the stimulation of glucose uptake in isolated muscle by contractile activity but also decreases tension development in electrically stimulated muscle. The purpose of this study was to determine whether polymyxin B also inhibits contraction-stimulated glucose uptake after in vivo administration of the drug and to examine the relationship between the effects of polymyxin B on tension development and its effects on contraction-stimulated glucose uptake. When polymyxin B was administered to rats in vivo, glucose uptake in muscle after electrical stimulation was decreased, despite the same amount of tension developed as in control rats, indicating an effect of polymyxin B on glucose transport independent of tension development. Our results also indicate that the postexercise increase in glucose uptake is a function of the tension developed by prior contractions. When muscles were perfused with medium containing polymyxin B, this relationship was disrupted. These results provide evidence that polymyxin B causes a decrease in muscle glucose uptake independent of its effects on tension development. The extent to which its effects on glucose uptake are also the result of a diminution in contractile force is uncertain.
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