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| Reference : Greater efficacy of pulsatile insulin in type I diabetics critically depends on plasma g... |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Human health sciences : Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/14070 | |||
| Greater efficacy of pulsatile insulin in type I diabetics critically depends on plasma glucagon levels. | |
| English | |
| Paolisso, G. [> > > >] | |
| Sgambato, S. [> > > >] | |
| Passariello, N. [> > > >] | |
Scheen, André  [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences cliniques > Diabétologie, nutrition et maladie métaboliques - Médecine interne générale >] | |
| D'Onofrio, F. [> > > >] | |
| Lefebvre, Pierre [Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Diabétologie,nutrition, maladies métaboliques >] | |
| 1987 | |
| Diabetes | |
| American Diabetes Association | |
| 36 | |
| 5 | |
| 566-70 | |
| 0012-1797 | |
| 1939-327X | |
| Alexandria | |
| VA | |
| [en] Adult ; Blood Glucose/metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood/drug therapy ; Female ; Glucagon/blood/diagnostic use ; Humans ; Infusions, Intravenous ; Insulin/administration & dosage/blood/therapeutic use ; Kinetics ; Male ; Somatostatin/diagnostic use | |
| [en] The aim of this study was to investigate the role of plasma glucagon levels on the blood glucose response to intravenous insulin administered continuously or in a pulsatile manner. Six type I diabetic patients proven to have no residual insulin secretion were investigated. Endogenous glucagon secretion was inhibited by a continuous intravenous infusion of somatostatin (100 micrograms/h) and replaced by exogenous infusions of the hormone at three different rates (7.5, 4.5, and 2.5 micrograms/h), resulting in three different plasma glucagon steady-state levels (i.e., approximately equal to 200, approximately equal to 130, and approximately equal to 75 pg/ml, respectively). Each subject, in random order and on different days, was infused intravenously with regular human insulin either continuously (0.17 mU X kg-1 X min-1) or with the same amount of insulin infused in a pulsatile manner (0.85 mU X kg-1 X min-1 during 2 min followed by 8 min during which no insulin was infused). At plasma glucagon levels approximately equal to 200 pg/ml, blood glucose rose from approximately 10 to approximately 13 mM without any difference between the two modalities of insulin infusion. For plasma glucagon levels approximately equal to 130 pg/ml, plasma glucose remained steady throughout the experiments, but during the last 40 min, plasma glucose levels were significantly lower when insulin was administered intermittently. This greater blood glucose-lowering effect of pulsatile insulin occurred earlier and was more pronounced for plasma glucagon levels averaging 75 pg/ml. We conclude that the greater hypoglycemic effect of insulin administered intravenously in a pulsatile manner in type I diabetics critically depends on plasma glucagon circulating levels. | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/14070 |
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