Abstract
Regional fat distribution is an important determinant of insulin resistance in obesity. In the current study, the relationship between skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity, mid‐thigh muscle composition, and the metabolic profile of muscle was investigated. Muscle composition was assessed by computed tomography of the mid‐thigh, and by activities of marker enzymes of aerobic‐oxidative and glycolytic pathways and muscle fiber typing using biopsies of the vastus lateralis muscle. Muscle with reduced Hounsfield attenuation on computed tomography scans was increased in proportion to obesity, and was strongly related to insulin resistance, reduced muscle oxidative capacity, and increased anaerobic and glycolytic capacities by muscle. These findings suggest that as part of its expression of insulin resistance, skeletal muscle of obese individuals is also poorly equipped for substrate oxidation and manifests increased storage of fat.—Simoneau, J.‐A., Colberg, S. R., Thaete, F. L., Kelley, D. E. Skeletal muscle glycolytic and oxidative enzyme capacities are determinants of insulin sensitivity and muscle composition in obese women. FASEB J. 9, 273–278 (1995)
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Skeletal muscleInternal medicineInsulin resistanceEndocrinologyGlycolysisOxidative phosphorylationInsulinMedicineBiologyChemistryMetabolismBiochemistry
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Jean‐Aimé Simoneau,
Sheri R. Colberg,
F. Leland Thaete
et al.
(1995).
Skeletal muscle glycolytic and oxidative enzyme capacities are determinants of insulin sensitivity and muscle composition in obese women.
The FASEB Journal
, 9
(2)
, 273-278.
https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.9.2.7781930
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- 10.1096/fasebj.9.2.7781930