EPINEPHRINE-INDUCED INSULIN RESISTANCE IN MAN
EPINEPHRINE-INDUCED INSULIN RESISTANCE IN MAN
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DOI:
10.1172/jci109718
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
DEFRONZO, RA
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作者:
DEIBERT, DC;DEFRONZO, RA
Endogenous epinephrine (E) release after stress as well as exogenous E infusion result in impaired glucose tolerance. Previous studies of man and animals have demonstrated that this effect of E apparently results from inhibition of insulin [I] secretion and augmentation of hepatic glucose production. However, the effect of E on tissue sensitivity to I, and the relative contributions of peripheral vs. hepatic resistance to impaired I action, were not defined. Nine young normal-weight subjects were studied with the I clamp technique. Plasma I was raised by .apprx. 100 .mu.U[unit]ml while plasma glucose concentration was maintained at basal levels by a variable glucose infusion. Under these conditions of euglycemia, the amount of glucose metabolized equals the glucose infusion rate and is a measure of tissue sensitivity to I. Subjects received 4 studies: I (42.6 mU/m2 per min), I plus E (0.05 .mu.g/kg per min), I plus E plus propranolol (1.43 .mu.g/kg per min), and I plus propranolol. During I administration alone, glucose metabolism averaged 5.49 .+-. 0.58 mg/kg per min. When E was infused with I, glucose metabolism fell by 41% to 3.26 mg/kg per min (P < 0.001). After I alone, hepatic glucose production declined by 92% to 0.16 .+-. 0.08 mg/kg per min. E addition was associated with a delayed and incomplete suppression of glucose production (P < 0.01) despite plasma I levels > 100 .mu.U/ml. When propranolol was administered with E, total glucose metabolism was restored to control values and hepatic glucose production suppressed normally. Propranolol alone had no effect on I-mediated glucose metabolism. Apparently E, acting primarily through a .beta.-adrenergic receptor, markedly impairs tissue sensitivity to an increase in plasma I levels; this effect results from both peripheral and hepatic resistance to the action of I.