PMID- 22966072 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130125 LR - 20211203 IS - 1939-327X (Electronic) IS - 0012-1797 (Print) IS - 0012-1797 (Linking) VI - 61 IP - 12 DP - 2012 Dec TI - Novel and reversible mechanisms of smoking-induced insulin resistance in humans. PG - 3156-66 LID - 10.2337/db12-0418 [doi] AB - Smoking is the most common cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States, in part because it is an independent risk factor for the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. However, mechanisms responsible for smoking-induced insulin resistance are unclear. In this study, we found smokers were less insulin sensitive compared with controls, which increased after either 1 or 2 weeks of smoking cessation. Improvements in insulin sensitivity after smoking cessation occurred with normalization of IRS-1(ser636) phosphorylation. In muscle cell culture, nicotine exposure significantly increased IRS-1(ser636) phosphorylation and decreased insulin sensitivity, recapitulating the phenotype of smoking-induced insulin resistance in humans. The two pathways known to stimulate IRS-1(ser636) phosphorylation (p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase [MAPK] and mammalian target of rapamycin [mTOR]) were both stimulated by nicotine in culture. Inhibition of mTOR, but not p44/42 MAPK, during nicotine exposure prevented IRS-1(ser636) phosphorylation and normalized insulin sensitivity. These data indicate nicotine induces insulin resistance in skeletal muscle by activating mTOR. Therapeutic agents designed to oppose skeletal muscle mTOR activation may prevent insulin resistance in humans who are unable to stop smoking or are chronically exposed to secondhand smoke. FAU - Bergman, Bryan C AU - Bergman BC AD - Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. bryan.bergman@ucdenver.edu FAU - Perreault, Leigh AU - Perreault L FAU - Hunerdosse, Devon AU - Hunerdosse D FAU - Kerege, Anna AU - Kerege A FAU - Playdon, Mary AU - Playdon M FAU - Samek, Ali M AU - Samek AM FAU - Eckel, Robert H AU - Eckel RH LA - eng GR - R01 DK089170/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - F32 DK059739/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK-059739/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK-064811/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK-26356/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK026356/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - RR-00036/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - K23 DK064811/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - M01 RR000036/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120910 PL - United States TA - Diabetes JT - Diabetes JID - 0372763 RN - 0 (IRS1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins) RN - 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM CIN - Diabetes. 2012 Dec;61(12):3078-80. PMID: 23172960 MH - Adult MH - Blotting, Western MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Insulin Resistance/genetics/*physiology MH - Male MH - Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects/metabolism MH - Nicotine/pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Smoking/*adverse effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC3501865 EDAT- 2012/09/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/26 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/01 CRDT- 2012/09/12 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/09/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - db12-0418 [pii] AID - 0418 [pii] AID - 10.2337/db12-0418 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes. 2012 Dec;61(12):3156-66. doi: 10.2337/db12-0418. Epub 2012 Sep 10.