PMID- 21985785 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120103 LR - 20211020 IS - 1558-8238 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 121 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Nov TI - Sirt1 enhances skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in mice during caloric restriction. PG - 4281-8 LID - 58554 [pii] LID - 10.1172/JCI58554 [doi] AB - Skeletal muscle insulin resistance is a key component of the etiology of type 2 diabetes. Caloric restriction (CR) enhances the sensitivity of skeletal muscle to insulin. However, the molecular signals within skeletal muscle linking CR to improved insulin action remain largely unknown. Recently, the mammalian ortholog of Sir2, sirtuin 1 (Sirt1), has been identified as a potential transducer of perturbations in cellular energy flux into subsequent metabolic adaptations, including modulation of skeletal muscle insulin action. Here, we have demonstrated that CR increases Sirt1 deacetylase activity in skeletal muscle in mice, in parallel with enhanced insulin-stimulated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling and glucose uptake. These adaptations in skeletal muscle insulin action were completely abrogated in mice lacking Sirt1 deacetylase activity. Mechanistically, Sirt1 was found to be required for the deacetylation and inactivation of the transcription factor Stat3 during CR, which resulted in decreased gene and protein expression of the p55alpha/p50alpha subunits of PI3K, thereby promoting more efficient PI3K signaling during insulin stimulation. Thus, these data demonstrate that Sirt1 is an integral signaling node in skeletal muscle linking CR to improved insulin action, primarily via modulation of PI3K signaling. FAU - Schenk, Simon AU - Schenk S AD - Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0673, USA. FAU - McCurdy, Carrie E AU - McCurdy CE FAU - Philp, Andrew AU - Philp A FAU - Chen, Mark Z AU - Chen MZ FAU - Holliday, Michael J AU - Holliday MJ FAU - Bandyopadhyay, Gautum K AU - Bandyopadhyay GK FAU - Osborn, Olivia AU - Osborn O FAU - Baar, Keith AU - Baar K FAU - Olefsky, Jerrold M AU - Olefsky JM LA - eng GR - DK033651/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 DK074868/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R24 HD050837/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 HD012303-25/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 AR058878/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK033651/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK063491/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 AR058878-02/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - K12 HD057022/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - DK063491/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK074868/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 RR024146/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 DK007494/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 HD012303/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 DK033651/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111010 PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Stat3 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirt1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.5.1.- (Sirtuin 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/etiology/metabolism MH - Glucose Clamp Technique MH - Insulin Resistance/*physiology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sirtuin 1/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3204844 EDAT- 2011/10/12 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/04 06:00 PMCR- 2011/10/10 CRDT- 2011/10/12 06:00 PHST- 2011/04/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/09/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/10/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/10/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 58554 [pii] AID - 10.1172/JCI58554 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 2011 Nov;121(11):4281-8. doi: 10.1172/JCI58554. Epub 2011 Oct 10.