PMID- 36982168 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230330 LR - 20231213 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Mar 7 TI - Muscle Cell Insulin Resistance Is Attenuated by Rosmarinic Acid: Elucidating the Mechanisms Involved. LID - 10.3390/ijms24065094 [doi] LID - 5094 AB - Obesity and elevated blood free fatty acid (FFA) levels lead to impaired insulin action causing insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, and contributing to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Mechanistically, insulin resistance is associated with increased serine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor substrate (IRS) mediated by serine/threonine kinases including mTOR and p70S6K. Evidence demonstrated that activation of the energy sensor AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) may be an attractive target to counteract insulin resistance. We reported previously that rosemary extract (RE) and the RE polyphenol carnosic acid (CA) activated AMPK and counteracted the FFA-induced insulin resistance in muscle cells. The effect of rosmarinic acid (RA), another polyphenolic constituent of RE, on FFA-induced muscle insulin resistance has never been examined and is the focus of the current study. Muscle cell (L6) exposure to FFA palmitate resulted in increased serine phosphorylation of IRS-1 and reduced insulin-mediated (i) Akt activation, (ii) GLUT4 glucose transporter translocation, and (iii) glucose uptake. Notably, RA treatment abolished these effects, and restored the insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. Palmitate treatment increased the phosphorylation/activation of mTOR and p70S6K, kinases known to be involved in insulin resistance and RA significantly reduced these effects. RA increased the phosphorylation of AMPK, even in the presence of palmitate. Our data indicate that RA has the potential to counteract the palmitate-induced insulin resistance in muscle cells, and further studies are required to explore its antidiabetic properties. FAU - Den Hartogh, Danja J AU - Den Hartogh DJ AD - Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. AD - Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. FAU - Vlavcheski, Filip AU - Vlavcheski F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9615-1775 AD - Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. AD - Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. FAU - Tsiani, Evangelia AU - Tsiani E AD - Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. AD - Centre for Bone and Muscle Health, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada. LA - eng GR - RGPIN-2018-06666/Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230307 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - 0 (Palmitates) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Insulin Resistance/physiology MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/metabolism MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism MH - Insulin/metabolism MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Muscle Cells/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Palmitates/metabolism MH - Rosmarinic Acid PMC - PMC10049470 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AMPK OT - GLUT4 OT - IRS-1 OT - free fatty acid OT - insulin resistance OT - muscle OT - palmitate OT - rosmarinic acid COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/30 06:11 PMCR- 2023/03/07 CRDT- 2023/03/29 01:35 PHST- 2022/11/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/01/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/30 06:11 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/29 01:35 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms24065094 [pii] AID - ijms-24-05094 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms24065094 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 7;24(6):5094. doi: 10.3390/ijms24065094.