The relative hypoglycemic effects of pulsatile versus steadily infused insulin have been examined in six normal subjects in whom pancreatic insulin output was suppressed by somatostatin-14. Soluble insulin was infused continuously overnight on one occasion and on another occasion the same quantity was given in pulses of 2-min duration with a gap of 11 min. The mean plasma glucose concentrations were lower when pulsed insulin was given [mean for the last hour: 4.66 ± 0.08 mmol/L (±SEM) versus 5.53 ± 0.06 mmol/L (±SEM) for steady infusion], diverging significantly (P < 0.05 paired t test) 7 h after the start of the study. The specific binding of 125I(A14)mono-iodo-insulin to monocytes was greater after pulsed insulin (2.9% with pulsed versus 2.4% with steadily infused insulin at tracer-only point; P < 0.02 paired t test). Thus, intravenous insulin has greater hypoglycemic effect when pulsed, possibly mediated by greater insulin receptor binding.
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July 01 1983
Pulsatile Insulin Has Greater Hypoglycemic Effect Than Continuous Delivery
D R Matthews;
D R Matthews
Diabetes Research Laboratories, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, England
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B A Naylor;
B A Naylor
Diabetes Research Laboratories, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, England
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R G Jones;
R G Jones
Diabetes Research Laboratories, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, England
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G M Ward;
G M Ward
Diabetes Research Laboratories, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, England
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R C Turner
R C Turner
Diabetes Research Laboratories, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary
Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE, England
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Address reprint requests to Dr. D. R. Matthews at the above address.
Diabetes 1983;32(7):617–621
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Received:
August 18 1982
Revision Received:
January 07 1983
PubMed:
6134649
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D R Matthews, B A Naylor, R G Jones, G M Ward, R C Turner; Pulsatile Insulin Has Greater Hypoglycemic Effect Than Continuous Delivery. Diabetes 1 July 1983; 32 (7): 617–621. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.32.7.617
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