Diabetes Page 2 of 39 1 The RabGAPs TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 control uptake of long-chain fatty 2 acids into skeletal muscle via fatty acid transporter SLC27A4/FATP4 3 Short title: RabGAPs in skeletal muscle lipid metabolism 4 Tim Benninghoff1,2, Lena Espelage1,2, Samaneh Eickelschulte1,2, Isabel Zeinert1, Isabelle 5 Sinowenka1, Frank Müller1, Christina Schöndeling1, Hannah Batchelor1, Sandra Cames1,2, 6 Zhou Zhou1, Jörg Kotzka1,2, Alexandra Chadt §1,2 and Hadi Al-Hasani1,2 7 8 1Institute for Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz 9 Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf 10 2German Center for Diabetes Research, München-Neuherberg, Germany. 11 12 § Corresponding author 13 Dr. Alexandra Chadt 14 Institute for Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry 15 German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University 16 Duesseldorf 17 Auf'm Hennekamp 65 18 40225 Duesseldorf 19 Germany 20 tel/fax +49-211-3382-577/ -430 21
[email protected] 22 23 Word count: 4946 (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion) 24 Figures: 5 25 Tables: 0 1 Diabetes Publish Ahead of Print, published online August 31, 2020 Page 3 of 39 Diabetes 26 Abstract 27 The two closely related RabGTPase-activating proteins (RabGAPs) TBC1D1 and TBC1D4 28 play a crucial role in the regulation of GLUT4 translocation in response to insulin and 29 contraction in skeletal muscle. In mice, deficiency in one or both RabGAPs leads to reduced 30 insulin and contraction-stimulated glucose uptake, and to elevated fatty acid uptake and 31 oxidation in both glycolytic and oxidative muscle fibers without altering mitochondrial copy 32 number and the abundance of OXPHOS proteins.