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Interleukin-15 increases glucose uptake in skeletal muscle An antidiabetogenic effect of the cytokine

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 1760; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.bbagen.2006.09.001

1872-8006

Sı́lvia Busquets, Maite Figueras, Vanessa Almendro, Francisco J. López‐Soriano, Josep M. Argilés,

Exercise and Physiological Responses

Previous studies have demonstrated that interleukin-15 (IL-15) has important anabolic effects on muscle protein metabolism. In the present investigation we have analysed the effects of IL-15 on glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle. Administration of a single dose of the cytokine (100 μg/kg body weight) resulted in a 32% increase on glucose uptake (as measured by the uptake of 2-deoxyglucose) in skeletal muscle. The effects observed on glucose uptake were direct since in vitro incubations of rat EDL muscles in the presence of the cytokine resulted in a 30% increase in glucose uptake. Similarly, IL-15 increased glucose uptake in C2C12 cell cultures, this being related with an increase in both glucose oxidation to CO2 and the incorporation into muscle lipid. The effects of the cytokine were associated with an increase in GLUT-4 mRNA, suggesting a higher effect in insulin sensitivity. In conclusion, the data presented here indicate that IL-15 facilitates glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle and, therefore, a possible role of the cytokine as an antidiabetogenic drug merits future investigations.