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Sustained Proinflammatory Effects of Hypoglycemia in People With Type 2 Diabetes and in People Without Diabetes

Journal

DIABETES
Volume 71, Issue 12, Pages 2716-2727

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AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db22-0246

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Funding

  1. Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) [777460]
  2. European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program, T1D Exchange, JDRF, International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
  3. Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Iatrogenic hypoglycemia activates the immune system and is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic disease. The study found that hypoglycemia induces a sustained inflammatory response at the cellular and protein level, which is present in both individuals with type 2 diabetes and control subjects.
Iatrogenic hypoglycemia activates the immune system and is associated with an increased risk for atherosclerotic disease. We determined acute and long-term effects of insulin-induced hypoglycemia on inflammatory markers in humans with or without type 2 diabetes. A total of 15 adults with type 2 diabetes and 16 matched control subjects (17 men and 14 women, age 59.6 +/- 7.1 years, BMI 28.5 +/- 4.3 kg/m(2)) underwent a hyperinsulinemiceuglycemic (5.31 +/- 0.32 mmol/L) hypoglycemic (2.80 +/- 0.12 mmol/L) glucose clamp. Blood was drawn during euglycemia and hypoglycemia and 1, 3, and 7 days later to determine circulating immune cell composition, function, and inflammatory proteins. In response to hypoglycemia, absolute numbers of circulating lymphocytes and monocytes significantly increased and remained elevated for 1week. The proportion of CD16(+) monocytes increased, and the proportion of CD14(+) monocytes decreased, which was sustained for 1 week in people without diabetes. During hypoglycemia, ex vivo stimulated monocytes released more tumor necrosis factor-a and interleukin 1 beta, and less interleukin 10, particularly in people with diabetes. hs-CRP and 25 circulating inflammatory proteins increased, remaining significantly elevated 1 week after hypoglycemia. While levels at euglycemia differed, responses to hypoglycemia were broadly similar in people with or without type 2 diabetes. We conclude that hypoglycemia induces a proinflammatory response at the cellular and protein level that is sustained for 1 week in people with type 2 diabetes and control subjects.

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