AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 254, Issue 2 E137-E143, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Relationship of substrate level to turnover rate in fasted adult and newborn dogs

S. Hulman, R. Kliegman, J. Heng and E. Crouser
Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

Glucose turnover, clearance and response to insulin were determined in fasted newborn and adult dogs. Fasting levels of glucose and insulin and rates of glucose turnover and clearance were not different between the two groups. Blood glucose correlated with basal glucose turnover in newborn pups but not in adult dogs. Glucose turnover was not related to fasting plasma insulin levels. Glucose clearance was an inverse function of blood glucose levels among newborn but not adult dogs. Glucose clearance and blood glucose levels were not related to insulin concentrations. In response to euglycemic hyperinsulinemia, glucose metabolism increased 4-fold among adults but only 1.7-fold in pups. Hyperglycemic hyperinsulinemia increased glucose metabolism in both groups but to a much greater extent in the pups. Euglycemic hyperinsulinemia increased the metabolic clearance rate of glucose 4.2-fold among adults but only 1.8-fold in newborn dogs. In response to hyperglycemic hyperinsulinemia glucose clearance rates were now similar. Despite euglycemic hyperinsulinemia, the newborn dog had an attenuated response to insulin, demonstrating lower rates of glucose metabolism and glucose clearance. The response to the hyperglycemic stimuli suggests that maximal glucose uptake was not achieved during hyperinsulinemia alone. This response supports the concept of glucose-mediated regulation of glucose disposal in newborn animals.

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