MECHANISMS OF GLUCAGON-SECRETION DURING INSULIN-INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA IN MAN - ROLE OF THE BETA-CELL AND ARTERIAL HYPERINSULINEMIA
MECHANISMS OF GLUCAGON-SECRETION DURING INSULIN-INDUCED HYPOGLYCEMIA IN MAN - ROLE OF THE BETA-CELL AND ARTERIAL HYPERINSULINEMIA
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DOI:
10.1172/jci111315
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
UNGER, RH
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作者:
BOLLI, G;DEFEO, P;UNGER, RH
The mechanisms controlling the response of glucagon to hypoglycemia, a vital component of the counterregulatory hormonal response and the role of intraislet insulin were studied in 7 normal subjects and 5 subjects with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) (of < 15-mo. duration). In the normal subjects, hypoglycemia (arterial plasma glucose [PG] 53 .+-. 3 mg/dl) was induced by an i.v. insulin infusion (30 mU/m2 .cntdot. min for 1 h and free immunoreactive insulin [FIRI] 58 .+-. 2 .mu.U/ml) elicited a 100% fall in insulin secretion and an integrated rise in glucagon of 7.5 ng/ml per 120 min. When endogenous insulin secretion was suppressed .simeq. 50 or .simeq. 85% by a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp (FIRI 63 .+-. 1.5 or 147 .+-. 0.3 .mu.U/ml, respectively) before hypoglycemia, the .alpha. cell responses to hypoglycemia were identical to those of the control study. When the endogenous insulin secretion was stimulated by .simeq. 100% (hyperinsulinemic-hyperglycemic clamp, FIRI 145 .+-. 1.5 .mu.U/ml, PG 132 .+-. 2 mg/dl) before hypoglycemia, the .alpha. cell responses to the hypoglycemia were also superimposable on those of the control study. In C-peptide negative diabetic subjects made euglycemic by a continuous overnight i.v. insulin infusion, the .alpha. cell responses to hypoglycemia were comparable to those of normal subjects despite absent .beta. cell secretion and were not affected by antecedent hyperinsulinemia (hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp for 2 h, FIRI 61 .+-. 2 .mu.U/ml). The glucagon response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia is evidently independent of the level of both endogenous intraislet and exogenous arterial insulin concentration in normal man. This response may be normal in the absence of endogenous insulin secretion, in contrast to earlier reports. Loss of .beta. cell function is therefore not responsible for .alpha. cell failure during insulin-induced hypoglycemia in IDDM.