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Effects of contraction on localization of GLUT4 and v-SNARE isoforms in rat skeletal muscle

Molecular Physiology Group, Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Section of Human Physiology, and Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Submitted May 7, 2009 ; accepted in final form August 11, 2009

In skeletal muscle, contractions increase glucose uptake due to a translocation of GLUT4 glucose transporters from intracellular storage sites to the surface membrane. Vesicle-associated membrane proteins (VAMPs) are believed to play an important role in docking and fusion of the GLUT4 transporters at the surface membrane. However, knowledge about which VAMP isoforms colocalize with GLUT4 vesicles in mature skeletal muscle and whether they translocate during muscle contractions is incomplete. The aim of the present study was to further identify VAMP isoforms, which are associated with GLUT4 vesicles and examine which VAMP isoforms translocate to surface membranes in skeletal muscles undergoing contractions. VAMP2, VAMP3, VAMP5, and VAMP7 were enriched in immunoprecipitated GLUT4 vesicles. In response to 20 min of in situ contractions, there was a redistribution of GLUT4 (+64 ± 13%), transferrin receptor (TfR; +75 ± 22%), and insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP; +70 ± 13%) to fractions enriched in heavy membranes away from low-density membranes (–32 ± 7%; –18 ± 12%; –33 ± 9%; respectively), when compared with the resting contralateral muscle. Similarly, there was a redistribution of VAMP2 (+240 ± 40%), VAMP5 (+79 ± 9%), and VAMP7 (+79 ± 29%), but not VAMP3, to fractions enriched in heavy membranes away from low-density membranes (–49 ± 10%, –54 ± 9%, –14 ± 11%, respectively) in contracted vs. resting muscle. In summary, VAMP2, VAMP3, VAMP5, and VAMP7 coimmunoprecipitate with intracellular GLUT4 vesicles in muscle, and VAMP2, VAMP5, VAMP7, but not VAMP3, translocate to the cell surface membranes similar to GLUT4, TfR, and IRAP in response to muscle contractions. These findings suggest that VAMP2, VAMP5, and VAMP7 may be involved in translocation of GLUT4 during muscle contractions.

translocation; muscle contraction; glucose transport; insulin; fractionation

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