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Departments of Endocrinology and Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway
We tested the effects of acute
perturbations of elevated fatty acids (FA) on insulin secretion in type
2 diabetes. Twenty-one type 2 diabetes subjects with
hypertriglyceridemia (triacylglycerol >2.2 mmol/l) and 10 age-matched
nondiabetic subjects participated. Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion
was monitored during hyperglycemic clamps for 120 min. An infusion of
Intralipid and heparin was added during minutes 60-120.
In one of two tests, the subjects ingested 250 mg of Acipimox 60 min
before the hyperglycemic clamp. A third test (also with Acipimox) was
performed in 17 of the diabetic subjects after 3 days of a low-fat
diet. Acipimox lowered FA levels and enhanced insulin sensitivity in
nondiabetic and diabetic subjects alike. Acipimox administration failed
to affect insulin secretion rates in nondiabetic subjects and in the
group of diabetic subjects as a whole. However, in the diabetic
subjects, Acipimox increased integrated insulin secretion rates during
minutes 60-120 in the 50% having the lowest levels of
hemoglobin A1c (379 ± 34 vs. 326 ± 30 pmol · kg
1 · min
1
without Acipimox, P < 0.05). A 3-day dietary
intervention diminished energy from fat from 39 to 23% without
affecting FA levels and without improving the insulin response during
clamps. Elevated FA levels may tonically inhibit stimulated insulin
secretion in a subset of type 2 diabetic subjects.
insulin sensitivity; hypertriglyceridemia; lipotoxicity; Acipimox; low-fat diet
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