Research Article

Impaired Translocation of GLUT4 Results in Insulin Resistance of Atrophic Soleus Muscle

Table 1

Changes in body weight, soleus weight, and EDL weight of control and tail-suspended rats.

GroupsCON1CON2CON4SUS1SUS2SUS4

Body weight (g)253.0 ± 2.3281.0 ± 5.1367.0 ± 2.6255.0 ± 3.3270.0 ± 2.8356.0 ± 2.5*
SW (mg)96.11 ± 1.2112.2 ± 2.4150.4 ± 2.276.5 ± 2.5*61.1 ± 1.4**53 ± 1.3**
SW/BW (%)38.4 ± 0.640.8 ± 0.841.2 ± 0.330.8 ± 0.4*23.1 ± 0.4**15.5 ± 0.4**
EW/BW (%)44.3 ± 0.343.2 ± 0.541.5 ± 0.745.2 ± 0.642.8 ± 0.340.1 ± 0.8

BW: body weight. SW: soleus weight. EW: EDL weight. Values are mean ± SEM, = 6 rats in each group. * < 0.05 or ** < 0.01 versus synchronous CON group.