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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Excess visceral fat can regulate insulin sensitivity and energy metabolism by releasing adipokines into the circulation which then bind with their cognate receptors in various tissues and alter glucose and lipid metabolism. Circulating levels of adiponectin, which promotes glucose uptake into skeletal muscle and increases fat oxidation rates, are decreased in obesity. Strategies to enhance the insulin-like and insulin-sensitizing actions of adiponectin have been shown to be effective in improving metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity and diabetes. Interestingly, the insulin-sensitizing effects of exercise have similar metabolic effects as adiponectin in that exercise also promotes glucose uptake into muscle and increases rates of fatty acid oxidation. Recent studies have begun to examine the potential role of adiponectin in mediating the insulin-sensitizing action of exercise by investigating changes in plasma adiponectin levels and tissue-specific adiponectin receptor (AdipoR) expression. In this review, we have summarized the key findings to date which suggest that changes in expression of AdipoR isoforms in skeletal muscle, rather than circulating total adiponectin levels, may be of physiological importance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1520-7552
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
600-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Circulating adiponectin and adiponectin receptor expression in skeletal muscle: effects of exercise.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't