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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 268: E1089-E1095, 1995;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 268, Issue 6 E1089-E1095, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Basal plasma insulin levels exert a qualitative but not quantitative effect on glucose-mediated glucose uptake

S. Del Prato, A. Riccio, S. Vigili de Kreutzenberg, M. Dorella, A. Tiengo and R. A. DeFronzo
Cattedra di Malattie del Metabolismo, University of Padova, Italy.

We assessed the effect of hyperglycemia on glucose uptake in the presence of normal basal insulin levels or somatostatin-induced hypoinsulinemia in seven normal volunteers during a 200-min hyperglycemic clamp (+ 9 mmol/l) carried out with [3-3H]glucose and indirect calorimetry. Hyperglycemia increased glucose uptake to 22.4 +/- 2.6 and 21.3 +/- 1.6 mumol.kg-1.min-1 with and without insulin replacement, respectively. Normoinsulinemia increased glucose oxidation (delta = + 4.5 +/- 0.6 mumol.kg-1.min-1) and nonoxidative glucose metabolism (delta = + 5.2 +/- 1.7 mumol.kg-1.min-1), whereas with insulinopenia, glucose oxidation did not change (delta = -0.3 +/- 0.6 mumol.kg-1.min-1), and nonoxidative glucose metabolism increased (delta = + 48.7 +/- 0.8 mumol.kg-1.min-1). Nonoxidative glucose metabolism was higher during insulinopenic (13.5 +/- 1.8 mumol.kg-1.min-1) than normoinsulinemic hyperglycemia (9.8 +/- 2.7 mumol.kg-1.min-1; P < 0.01). Plasma FFA concentration and lipid oxidation were higher with insulinopenia. Blood lactate and alanine concentrations were greater with normoinsulinemia. In conclusion: 1) hyperglycemia promotes glucose uptake by stimulating both nonoxidative and oxidative glucose disposal; 2) the ability of hyperglycemia to enhance total body glucose uptake is similar with and without normoinsulinemia; 3) although acute insulinopenia does not impair the ability of hyperglycemia to stimulate glucose uptake, it plays a critical role in determining the intracellular metabolic fate of glucose taken up in response to hyperglycemia.


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