INSULIN RESISTANCE IN UREMIA
INSULIN RESISTANCE IN UREMIA
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DOI:
10.1172/jci110067
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
WAHREN, J
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作者:
DEFRONZO, RA;ALVESTRAND, A;WAHREN, J
Tissue sensitivity to insulin was examined with the euglycemic insulin clamp technique in 17 chronically uremic and 36 control subjects. The plasma insulin concentration was raised by .apprx. 100 .mu.U/ml and the plasma glucose concentration was maintained at the basal level with a variable glucose infusion. Under these steady-state conditions of euglycemia, the glucose infusion rate is a measure of the amount of glucose taken up by the entire body. In uremic subjects, insulin-mediated glucose metabolism was reduced by 47% compared with controls (3.71 .+-. 0.20 vs. 7.38 .+-. 0.26 mg/kg .cntdot. min; P < 0.001). Basal hepatic glucose production (measured with [3H]-3-glucose) was normal in uremic subjects (2.17 .+-. 0.04 mg/kg .cntdot. min) and suppressed normally by 94 .+-. 2% following insulin administration. In 6 uremic and 6 control subjects, net splanchnic glucose balance was also measured directly by the hepatic venous catheterization technique. In the postabsorptive state, splanchnic glucose production was similar in uremics (1.57 .+-. 0.03 mg/kg .cntdot. min) and controls (1.79 .+-. 0.20 mg/kg .cntdot. min). After 90 min of sustained hyperinsulinemia, splanchnic glucose balance reverted to a net uptake which was similar in uremics (0.42 .+-. 0.11 mg/kg .cntdot. min) and controls (0.53 .+-. 0.12 mg/kg .cntdot. min). Glucose uptake by the leg was reduced by 60% in the uremic group (21 .+-. 1 vs. 52 .+-. 8 .mu.mol/min .cntdot. kg of leg wt; P < 0.005) and this decrease closely paralleled the decrease in total glucose metabolism by the entire body. These results indicate that: suppression of hepatic glucose production by physiologic hyperinsulinemia is not impaired by uremia, insulin-mediated glucose uptake by the liver is normal in uremic subjects and tissue insensitivity to insulin is the primary cause of insulin resistance in uremia.