beta-Cell activity and hepatic insulin extraction following dexamethasone administration in healthy subjects

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KautzkyWiller, A
Thomaseth, K
Clodi, M
Ludvik, B
Waldhausl, W
Prager, R
Pacini, G
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[1] UNIV VIENNA,DEPT MED 3,DIV ENDOCRINOL & METAB,VIENNA,AUSTRIA
[2] INST SYST SCI & BIOMED ENGN,PADUA,ITALY
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METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL | 1996年 / 45卷 / 04期
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10.1016/S0026-0495(96)90224-3
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Glucocorticoids induce an increase of hepatic glucose production and peripheral resistance to insulin action. It is further assumed that dexamethasone administration in humans causes insulin hypersecretion, although inferences on beta-cell activity have been made in absolute terms and mostly from observations of systemic insulin concentration. In fact, the role of hepatic insulin extraction in humans treated long-term with glucocorticoids has not been investigated. The aim of the present study was to factor out quantitatively the main components of the insulin pathway that are responsible for the peripheral hypersecretion observed after steroids. Frequently sampled intravenous (FSIGT) and oral (OGTT) glucose tolerance tests were performed in healthy subjects before and after 5 days of oral dexamethasone administration (4 mg/d). Insulin sensitivity, beta-cell secretion, and hepatic insulin extraction were estimated by means of mathematical modeling. After steroids, insulin sensitivity decreased from 6.00 +/- 1.29 to 4.23 +/- 1.04 min(-1)/(mu U/mL) (P < .04). Basal beta-cell secretion increased from 45 +/- 7 to 104 +/- 26 pmol/L . min(-1) (P < .004) during the FSIGT and from 40 +/- 6 to 88 +/- 21 (P < .05) during the OGTT; total insulin release increased from 19 +/- 5 to 36 +/- 7 nmol/L in 180 minutes (P < .005) and from 33 +/- 5 to 50 +/- 10 (P < .02), respectively. FSIGT data also showed that first-phase beta-cell sensitivity increased from 236 +/- 39 to 309 +/- 33 pmol/L . min(-1)/(mg/dl) (P < .04), and second-phase from 631 +/- 154 to 1,103 +/- 996 +/- 10(4) pmol/L . min(-2)/(mg/dL) (P < .03). Posthepatic insulin delivery increased only insignificantly during the FSIGT (from 3.4 +/- 0.6 to 4.5 +/- 0.5 nmol/L, P = .073) due to an augmented hepatic insulin extraction from 73.0% +/- 7.2% to 83.0% +/- 3.5% (P < .05). During the OGTT, posthepatic insulin delivery increased after treatment from 6.6 +/- 1.2 to 11.4 +/- 2.5 nmol/L (P < .035) due to an increase, although slight, of hepatic insulin extraction from 77.4% +/- 1.9% to 79.3% +/- 3.3% (P = .319). The increased overall beta-cell activity during both tests was observed also by analyzing OGTT profiles of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), the secretion of which was higher after steroids (basal, 0,081 +/- 0.012 v 0.272 +/- 0.082 pmol/L/min, P < .02; total, 35 +/- 8 v 116 +/- 48 pmol/L in 3 hours, P < .05). In conclusion, after dexamethasone administration, peripheral hyperinsulinemia due to marked prehepatic beta-cell insulin hypersecretion is partially ameliorated by a concomitant increase of hepatic insulin clearance, which is more evident during a FSIGT. Model-derived secretion parameters from the OGTT and FSIGT produced comparable results, indicating that both tests, when properly analyzed, are feasible tools to evaluate insulin secretion. (C) 1996 by W.B. Saunders Company
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