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1 Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet
2 Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Insulin-mediated glucose clearance (GC) is diminished in type 2 diabetes. Skeletal muscle has been estimated to account for essentially all of the impairment. Such estimations were based on leg muscle and extrapolated to whole body muscle mass. However, skeletal muscle is not a uniform tissue and insulin resistance may not be evenly distributed. We measured basal and insulin-mediated (1 pmol min–1 kg–1) GC simultaneously in the arm and leg in type 2 diabetes patients (TYPE 2) and controls (CON) (n = 6 for both). During the clamp arterio-venous glucose extraction was higher in CON versus TYPE 2 in the arm (6.9 ± 1.0 versus 4.7 ± 0.8%; mean ± S.E.M.; P = 0.029), but not in the leg (4.2 ± 0.8 versus 3.1 ± 0.6%). Blood flow was not different between CON and TYPE 2 but was higher (P < 0.05) in arm versus leg (CON: 74 ± 8 versus 56 ± 5; TYPE 2: 87 ± 9 versus 43 ± 6 ml min–1 kg–1 muscle, respectively). At basal, CON had 84% higher arm GC (P = 0.012) and 87% higher leg GC (P = 0.016) compared with TYPE 2. During clamp, the difference between CON and TYPE 2 in arm GC was diminished to 54% but maintained at 80% in the leg. In conclusion, this study shows that glucose clearance is higher in arm than leg muscles, regardless of insulin resistance, which may indicate better preserved insulin sensitivity in arm than leg muscle in type 2 diabetes.
(Received 20 December 2004;
accepted after revision 16 March 2005;
first published online 17 March 2005)
Corresponding author D. Olsen: Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Section 7652, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Email: benee{at}mfi.ku.dk
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