Please cite this article as: Tulipano, G., Spano, P.F., Cocchi, D., Effects of olanzapine on glucose transport, proliferation and survival in C2C12 myoblasts, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (2007), doi:10.1016/j.mce.2008 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
ABSTRACTThe aim of our study was to investigate the direct effects of atypical antipsychotics on muscle cell functions in order to ascertain the diabetic liability of these drugs. We investigated the effects of olanzapine, clozapine and -methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine on basal glucose uptake and glucose uptake in response to insulin using in vitro cultures of mouse skeletal muscle satellite cells (C2C12). We extended our study to the effects of these compounds on cell proliferation, survival and differentiation into myotubes and on the growth of differentiated myotubes. Olanzapine and -methyl-5-HT stimulated 2-deoxyglucose uptake in C2C12 myoblasts in a dose-dependent manner (minimal effective dose: 2 µM olanzapine and 10 µM -methyl-5-HT). The treatment with clozapine had no effect on glucose transport. Insulin and olanzapine increased the plasma membrane abundance of glucose transporter GLUT4. We investigated whether protein kinase Akt (PKB) and AMP-dependent kinase may partecipate in mediating olanzapine effects on glucose transport. Clozapine and olanzapine did not induce DNA laddering in differentiating myoblasts and differentiated myotubes and did not affect myotube growth. Olanzapine-induced glucose disposal in vitro is consistent with the acute lowering of plasma glucose/insulin concentrations that occurs in rats before olanzapine-induced overeating (Albaugh et al., 2006).