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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 94, Issue 9, Pages 3297-3305Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0378
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- National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105960396] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0508-10274] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U105960396] Funding Source: UKRI
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Context: Because GH stimulates lipolysis, an increase in circulating free fatty acid levels, as opposed to a direct effect of high GH levels, could underlie the development of insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Our aim was to explore the relative contributions of GH and free fatty acids to the development of insulin resistance in patients with T1D. Patients: Seven (four females, three males) nonobese patients with T1D aged 21-30 yr were studied on four occasions in random order. On each visit, overnight endogenous GH production was suppressed by octreotide. Three 1-h pulses of recombinant human GH (rhGH) or placebo were administered on two visits each. Acipimox, an antilipolytic drug, or a placebo were ingested every 4 h on two visits each. Stable glucose and glycerol isotopes were used to assess glucose and glycerol turnover. The overnight protocol was concluded by a two-step hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp on each visit. Main Outcome: rhGH administration led to increases in the insulin infusion rate required to maintain euglycemia overnight (P = 0.008), elevated basal endogenous glucose production (P = 0.007), decreased basal peripheral glucose uptake (P = 0.03), and reduced glucose uptake during step 1 of the clamp (P < 0.0001). Coadministration of rhGH and acipimox reversed these effects and suppression of lipolysis in the absence of GH replacement led to further increases in insulin sensitivity. Results: GH pulses were associated with an increase in endogenous glucose production and decreased rates of peripheral glucose uptake, which was entirely reversed by acipimox. Therefore, GH-driven decreases in insulin sensitivity are mainly determined by the effect of GH on lipolysis. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94: 3297-3305, 2009)
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