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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2016

Calorie restriction leads to greater Akt2 activity and glucose uptake by insulin-stimulated skeletal muscle from old rats.

Haiyan Wang, Edward B Arias, Gregory D Cartee

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Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Untargeted metabolomics reveals effects of calorie restriction on skeletal muscle in older female and male rats.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026
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  3. Sex-specific phosphoproteome responses to calorie restriction and insulin in skeletal muscle from older rats.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025
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  16. Inhibition of Akt2 phosphorylation abolishes the calorie restriction-induced improvement in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by rat soleus muscle.Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Haiyan WangMuscle Biology Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;
Edward B AriasMuscle Biology Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
Gregory D CarteeMuscle Biology Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan gcartee@umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Aging, Calorie Restriction, Exercise and Insulin SensitivityR01AG010026 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI CARTEE, GREGORY D. · 1998 to 2023
$6.8M
AGE EFFECTS ON EXERCISE-STIMULATION OF GLUCOSE TRANSPORTR29AG010026 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON · PI CARTEE, GREGORY D. · 1992 to 1996
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NIA NIH HHS AG-010026NIA NIH HHS R01 AG010026NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle insulin resistance is associated with many common age-related diseases, but moderate calorie restriction (CR) can substantially elevate glucose uptake by insulin-stimulated skeletal muscle from both young and old rats. The current study evaluated the isolated epitrochlearis muscle from ∼24.5-mo-old rats that were either fed ad libitum (AL) or subjected to CR (consuming ∼65% of ad libitum, AL, intake beginning at ∼22.5 mo old). Some muscles were also incubated with MK-2206, a potent and selective Akt inhibitor. The most important results were that in isolated muscles, CR vs. AL resulted in 1) greater insulin-stimulated glucose uptake 2) that was accompanied by significantly increased insulin-mediated activation of Akt2, as indicated by greater phosphorylation on both Thr(309) and Ser(474) along with greater Akt2 activity, 3) concomitant with enhanced phosphorylation of several Akt substrates, including an Akt substrate of 160 kDa on Thr(642) and Ser(588), filamin C on Ser(2213) and proline-rich Akt substrate of 40 kDa on Thr(246), but not TBC1D1 on Thr(596); and 4) each of the CR effects was eliminated by MK-2206. These data provide compelling new evidence linking greater Akt2 activation to the CR-induced elevation of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by muscle from old animals.

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Caloric RestrictionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAge FactorsAgingAnimalsCrosses, GeneticDeoxyglucoseEnzyme ActivationFilaminsGTPase-Activating ProteinsInsulinInsulin ResistanceMaleMuscle, SkeletalPhosphorylationProtein Kinase InhibitorsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAkt1s1 protein, ratAkt2 protein, ratDeoxyglucoseFilaminsGTPase-Activating ProteinsInsulinProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTBC1D4 protein, ratagingglucose transportinsulin resistanceinsulin signaling

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PMID26739650
PMCPMC4796740
OpenAlexW2227229399

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