DIMINISHED B-CELL SECRETORY CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH NONINSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES-MELLITUS
DIMINISHED B-CELL SECRETORY CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH NONINSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES-MELLITUS
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DOI:
10.1172/jci111542
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
PORTE, D
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作者:
WARD, WK;BOLGIANO, DC;PORTE, D
In order to assess whether patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) possess normal insulin secretory capacity, maximal B cell responsiveness to the potentiating effects of glucose was estimated in 8 untreated patients with NIDDM and in 8 nondiabetic controls. The acute insulin response to 5 g i.v. arginine was measured at 5 matched plasma glucose levels that ranged from .apprx. 100-615 mg/dl. The upper asymptote approached by acute insulin responses (AIRmax) and the plasma glucose concentration at half-maximal responsiveness (PG50) were estimated using nonlinear regression to fit a modification of the Michaelis-Menten equation. In addition, glucagon responses to arginine were measured at these same glucose levels to compare maximal A cell suppression by hyperglycemia in diabetics and controls. Insulin responses to arginine were lower in diabetics than in controls at all matched glucose levels (P < 0.001 at all levels). In addition, estimated AIRmax was much lower in diabetics than in controls (83 .+-. 21 vs. 450 .+-. 93 .mu.U/ml, P < 0.01). In contrast, PG50 was similar in diabetics and controls (234 .+-. 28 vs. 197 .+-. 20 mg/dl, P equals NS [not significant]) and insulin responses in both groups approached or attained maxima at a glucose level of .apprx. 460 mg/dl. Acute glucagon responses to arginine in patients with NIDDM were significantly higher than responses in controls at all glucose levels. In addition, although glucagon responses in control subjects reached a minimum at a glucose level of .apprx. 460 mg/dl, responses in diabetics declined continuously throughout the glucose range and did not reach a minimum. Thus, A coil sensitivity to changes in glucose level may be diminished in patients with NIDDM. Patients with NIDDM possess markedly decreased maximal insulin responsiveness to the potentiating effects of glucose. Such a defect indicates the presence of a reduced B cell secretory capacity and suggests a marked generalized impairment of B cell function in patients with NIDDM.