EFFECTS OF PUBERTY AND DIABETES ON METABOLISM OF INSULIN-SENSITIVE FUELS
EFFECTS OF PUBERTY AND DIABETES ON METABOLISM OF INSULIN-SENSITIVE FUELS
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1994.266.6.e885
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发表时间:
1994-06-01
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TAMBORLANE, WV
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CAPRIO, S;CLINE, G;TAMBORLANE, WV
Insulin's ability to stimulate glucose metabolism is reduced during normal puberty; these changes are exaggerated in adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Because the effects of puberty and IDDM on the other actions of insulin have not been established, we studied leucine kinetics (using [1-C-13]leucine) and fat metabolism during euglycemic hyperinsulinemia (20 mU.m(2).min(-1)) for 3 h in eight healthy and nine IDDM (HbA(1) 14 +/- 2%) adolescents and six healthy young adult controls. IDDM subjects received overnight low-dose insulin infusion to normalize fasting glucose. Basal and steady-state insulin values (similar to 240 pM) during the study were similar in all three groups. Insulin-stimulated glucose metabolism was reduced by 40% in healthy adolescents vs. adults (P < 0.05) and by an additional 40% in poorly controlled IDDM (P < 0.05 vs. normal adolescents). Although basal glucose and lipid oxidation rates (mea sured by indirect calorimetry) were similar in all three groups, when insulin was infused, glucose oxidation increased and lipid oxidation decreased only in the two nondiabetic groups. Similarly, insulin significantly reduced plasma free fatty acid levels only in the nondiabetics. Basal leucine flux (an index of protein degradation) was similar in healthy controls but was markedly increased in IDDM adolescents. Despite similar increments in plasma insulin during the clamp, leucine flux remained higher in IDDM adolescents than in healthy controls. Basal leucine oxidation rates were also increased in IDDM subjects compared with nondiabetic groups and declined to a lesser extent during insulin infusion. We conclude that insulin resistance of puberty is selective for glucose metabolism, sparing amino acid/protein metabolism. On the other hand, in adolescents with IDDM, the combined effects of puberty and poorly controlled diabetes produce more profound generalized metabolic defects that include proteolysis.