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Chronic Reduction of Fasting Glycemia With Insulin Glargine Improves First- and Second-Phase Insulin Secretion in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
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PMID:  21775756     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVE Insulin secretion is often diminished in hyperglycemic patients with type 2 diabetes. We examined whether chronic basal insulin treatment with insulin glargine improves glucose-induced insulin secretion. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Fourteen patients with type 2 diabetes on metformin monotherapy received an add-on therapy with insulin glargine over 8 weeks. Intravenous glucose tolerance tests (IVGTTs) were performed before and after the intervention, with and without previous adjustment of fasting glucose levels using a 3-h intravenous insulin infusion. RESULTS Fasting glycemia was lowered from 179.6 ± 7.5 to 117.6 ± 6.5 mg/dL (P < 0.001), and HbA(1c) levels declined from 8.4 ± 0.5 to 7.1 ± 0.2% (P = 0.0046). The final insulin dose was 59.3 ± 10.2 IU. Acute normalization of fasting glycemia by intravenous insulin reduced C-peptide levels during the IVGTT (P < 0.0001). In contrast, insulin and C-peptide responses to intravenous glucose administration were significantly greater after the glargine treatment period (P < 0.0001, respectively). Both first- and second-phase insulin secretion increased significantly after the glargine treatment period (P < 0.05, respectively). These improvements in insulin secretion were observed during both the experiments with and without acute adjustment of fasting glycemia. CONCLUSIONS Chronic supplementation of long-acting basal insulin improves glucose-induced insulin secretion in hyperglycemic patients with type 2 diabetes, whereas acute exogenous insulin administration reduces the β-cell response to glucose administration. These data provide a rationale for basal insulin treatment regiments to improve postprandial endogenous insulin secretion in hyperglycemic patients with type 2 diabetes.
Authors:
Christian Pennartz; Nina Schenker; Björn A Menge; Wolfgang E Schmidt; Michael A Nauck; Juris J Meier
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  Diabetes care     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1935-5548     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
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Created Date:  2011-7-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  7805975     Medline TA:  Diabetes Care     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Department of Medicine I, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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