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Basal and dynamic proinsulin-insulin relationship to assess -cell function during OGTT in metabolic disorders

¹Metabolic Unit, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Research Council, 35127 Padua, Italy; and ²Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine 3, University of Vienna Medical School, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Submitted 7 March 2002 ; accepted in final form 23 March 2003

The fasting proinsulin-to-insulin ratio is a currently used marker of -cell dysfunction. This ratio is calculated at the basal condition, but its behavior in dynamic conditions, i.e., during glucose stimulation, could be more informative. Given the different kinetics of the peptides, a mathematical model was necessary to analyze the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) data of insulin, C-peptide, and proinsulin in 55 healthy (NGT), 30 impaired glucose-tolerant (IGT), and 31 type 2 diabetic (T2DM) subjects. The model provided for secretion and disappearance of the peptides and an index of -cell function under dynamic conditions. Total proinsulin secretion during the OGTT was not different (P > 0.053) among NGT (0.17 ± 0.01 mmol/l in 3 h), IGT (0.22 ± 0.02), and T2DM (0.21 ± 0.02) subjects. The proinsulin-to-insulin molar ratio measured from basal samples was higher (P < 0.0001) in T2DM (0.39 ± 0.05) than in NGT (0.14 ± 0.01) and IGT (0.13 ± 0.02) subjects, and similar results (P < 0.003) were found by the dynamic index (0.27 ± 0.04, 0.14 ± 0.01, 0.15 ± 0.01 in T2DM, NGT, IGT subjects, respectively). The basal ratio significantly correlated with the dynamic index, and the regression line slope was lower than 1 (0.43 ± 0.08, 0.61 ± 0.10, and 0.56 ± 0.03 in NGT, IGT, and T2DM subjects, respectively, P < 0.0001). Impaired -cell function in T2DM could then be indicated by proinsulin-to-insulin indexes at both basal and dynamic phases.

proinsulin secretion; proinsulin clearance; impaired glucose tolerance; type 2 diabetes; mathematical modeling

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