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First published online June 15, 2007
Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 2346-2351 (2007)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2007
doi: 10.1242/jeb.002857

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Physiological regulation of glucose transporter (GLUT4) protein content in brown trout (Salmo trutta) skeletal muscle

Mònica Díaz, Encarnación Capilla^* and Josep V. Planas

Departament de Fisiologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Author for correspondence (e-mail: jplanas{at}ub.edu)

Accepted 18 April 2007

In brown trout, red and white skeletal muscle express the insulin-regulatable glucose transporter 4 (btGLUT4). We have previously shown that the mRNA expression of btGLUT4 in red muscle, but not white muscle, is altered under experimental conditions designed to cause changes in the plasma levels of insulin, such as fasting, insulin and arginine administration. In order to determine whether changes of btGLUT4 expression at the mRNA level are correlated with changes at the protein level, we performed in vivo experiments to alter blood insulin concentrations and determined the abundance of btGLUT4 protein in trout red and white skeletal muscle by immunoblotting using an antibody to salmon GLUT4. In the present study we show that btGLUT4 protein content in red muscle decreases after fasting and increases after insulin administration. By contrast, btGLUT4 protein content in white muscle decreases after fasting but is not affected by insulin treatment. Our results show a good correlation between the changes observed in btGLUT4 protein and the previously reported changes in mRNA levels in response to alterations in circulating insulin, indicating that the regulation of btGLUT4 in brown trout takes place predominantly in the red skeletal muscle.

Key words: GLUT4, insulin, muscle, protein, trout

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