Transforming growth factor Beta 1 alters glucose uptake but not insulin signalling in human primary myotubes from women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome

McIlvenna, Luke, Patten, Rhiannon ORCID: 0000-0002-1655-1849, McAinch, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0002-8762-4865, Rodgers, Raymond J, Stepto, Nigel ORCID: 0000-0002-0875-6836 and Moreno-Asso, Alba ORCID: 0000-0003-1213-2572 (2021) Transforming growth factor Beta 1 alters glucose uptake but not insulin signalling in human primary myotubes from women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12. ISSN 1664-2392

Abstract

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), commonly have profound skeletal muscle insulin resistance which can worsen other clinical features. The heterogeneity of the condition has made it challenging to identify the precise mechanisms that cause this insulin resistance. A possible explanation for the underlying insulin resistance may be the dysregulation of Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGFβ) signalling. TGFβ signalling contributes to the remodelling of reproductive and hepatic tissues in women with PCOS. Given the systemic nature of TGFβ signalling and its role in skeletal muscle homeostasis, it may be possible that these adverse effects extend to other peripheral tissues. We aimed to determine if TGFβ1 could negatively regulate glucose uptake and insulin signalling in skeletal muscle of women with PCOS. We show that both myotubes from women with PCOS and healthy women displayed an increase in glucose uptake, independent of changes in insulin signalling, following short term (16 hr) TGFβ1 treatment. This increase occurred despite pro-fibrotic signalling increasing via SMAD3 and connective tissue growth factor in both groups following treatment with TGFβ1. Collectively, our findings show that short-term treatment with TGFβ1 does not appear to influence insulin signalling or promote insulin resistance in myotubes. These findings suggest that aberrant TGFβ signalling is unlikely to directly contribute to skeletal muscle insulin resistance in women with PCOS in the short term but does not rule out indirect or longer-term effects.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/44974
DOI 10.3389/fendo.2021.732338
Official URL https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo...
Subjects Current > FOR (2020) Classification > 3208 Medical physiology
Current > FOR (2020) Classification > 3210 Nutrition and dietetics
Current > FOR (2020) Classification > 4207 Sports science and exercise
Current > Division/Research > Institute for Health and Sport
Keywords PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome, glucose uptake, women with PCOS, women without PCOS
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