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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 253: E376-E382, 1987;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 253, Issue 4 E376-E382, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Hyperglycemia stimulates carbohydrate oxidation in humans

H. Yki-Jarvinen, C. Bogardus and B. V. Howard
Clinical Diabetes and Nutrition Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, Arizona 85016.

We examined whether hyperglycemia stimulates carbohydrate oxidation independent of insulin. Rates of total glucose disposal and substrate oxidation (indirect calorimetry) were measured at 4 insulin concentrations and at each level of insulin at 4 glucose concentrations in 88 separate studies in 22 normal volunteers. The insulin sensitivity of carbohydrate and lipid oxidation was independent of glycemia, but glucose, independent of insulin, increased the absolute rate of carbohydrate oxidation and decreased lipid oxidation. To compare the ability of glucose and insulin to stimulate carbohydrate oxidation, oxidation rates were examined at similar rates of total glucose disposal induced by hyperinsulinemia or hyperglycemia. At physiological matched rates of glucose disposal, insulin stimulated carbohydrate oxidation 2.4-fold more than glucose. The free fatty acids (FFA) were significantly lower in the presence of hyperinsulinemia than hyperglycemia. When compared at similar (supraphysiological) rates of total glucose disposal, where the FFA were completely suppressed, the rate of carbohydrate oxidation was related to the total rate of glucose disposal rather than the ambient glucose or insulin concentrations. We conclude that both glucose and insulin can increase carbohydrate oxidation in humans. We propose that the rate of carbohydrate oxidation is determined by FFA availability and by glucose availability independent of the FFA level in glucose-consuming tissues. Although FFA availability is almost solely determined by insulin, both glucose and insulin can increase carbohydrate oxidation by increasing glucose availability.


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