Free fatty acid-induced insulin resistance is associated with activation of protein kinase C theta and alterations in the insulin signaling cascade.
Griffin ME, Marcucci MJ, Cline GW, Bell K, Barucci N, Lee D, Goodyear LJ, Kraegen EW, White MF, Shulman GI. Free fatty acid-induced insulin resistance is associated with activation of protein kinase C theta and alterations in the insulin signaling cascade. Diabetes 1999, 48: 1270-1274. PMID: 10342815, DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.48.6.1270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase C thetaGlucose transport activityInsulin resistanceMuscle glycogen synthesisFree fatty acidsC thetaInsulin-stimulated insulin receptor substrateInsulin-stimulated IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylationTransport activityIRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylationReduced glucose transport activityInsulin-stimulated muscle glucose metabolismFatty acid-induced insulin resistance