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The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular mechanisms by which AMP-kinase (AMPK) activation inhibits basal and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in primary adipocytes. Rat epididymal adipocytes were exposed to 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-d-ribofuranoside (AICAR) for 1 h. Subsequently, basal and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and the phosphorylation of AMPK, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, Akt, and the Akt substrate of 160 kDa (AS160/TBC1D4) were determined. In order to investigate whether these effects of AICAR were mediated by AMPK activation, these parameters were also assessed in adipocytes either expressing LacZ (control) or a kinase-dead AMPKalpha1 mutant. AICAR increased AMPK activation without affecting basal and insulin-stimulated Akt1/2 phosphorylation on Thr(308) and Ser(473) residues. However, AMPK activation suppressed the phosphorylation of AS160/TBC1D4 and its interaction with the 14-3-3 signal transduction-regulatory protein, which was accompanied by significant reductions in plasma membrane glucose transporter 4 content and glucose uptake under basal and insulin-stimulated conditions. Phosphorylation of Akt substrates glycogen synthase kinase 3alpha and -beta were unaltered by AICAR, indicating that the AMPK-regulatory effects were specific to the AS160/TBC1D4 signaling pathway. Expression of the kinase-dead AMPKalpha1 mutant fully prevented the suppression of AS160/TBC1D4 phosphorylation, plasma membrane glucose transporter 4 content, and the inhibitory effect of AICAR-induced AMPK activation on basal and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. This study is the first to provide evidence that disruption of AMPKalpha1 signaling prevents the suppressive effects of AMPK activation on AS160/TBC1D4 phosphorylation and glucose uptake, indicating that insulin-signaling steps that are common to white adipose tissue and skeletal muscle regulation of glucose uptake are distinctly affected by AMPK activation.

Disruption of AMPKα1 Signaling Prevents AICAR-Induced Inhibition of AS160/TBC1D4 Phosphorylation and Glucose Uptake in Primary Rat Adipocytes