Parameters determining glucose tolerance were quantified with Bergman's minimal-model method applied to frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance tests in five normal and five islet-autotransplanted mongrel dogs 8–10 mo posttransplantation. Despite normal fasting glucose and insulin levels, glucose tolerance was reduced in the islet-transplanted dogs (1.5 ± 0.4 vs. 4.2 ± 0.4%/min in normal controls, P < .002). The reduction in glucose tolerance was due to a reduced insulin response to glucose injection (4 ± 1 vs. 32 ± 5 μU/ml, P < .001) and reduced glucose effectiveness (1.7 ± 0.5 vs. 5.3 ± 0.6 × 102 min−1, P < .005) but not to a reduction in insulin sensitivity (8.4 ± 0.6 vs. 7.8 ± 0.7 × 104 min−1 · μU−1 · ml−1, P > .5). Our results suggest that reduced insulin secretory response as a result of islet transplantation may result in a defect in glucose's ability to promote its own disposal but not necessarily in a defect in insulin sensitivity.
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January 01 1989
Insulin Sensitivity and Glucose Effectiveness in Long-Term Islet-Autotransplanted Dogs
Diane T Finegood;
Diane T Finegood
Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Surgery, and the Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Garth L Warnock;
Garth L Warnock
Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Surgery, and the Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Norman M Kneteman;
Norman M Kneteman
Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Surgery, and the Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Ray V Rajotte
Ray V Rajotte
Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Surgery, and the Surgical-Medical Research Institute, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Diane T. Finegood, PhD, 7-117J Clinical Sciences Bldg, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G3, Canada
Diabetes 1989;38(Supplement_1):189–191
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Diane T Finegood, Garth L Warnock, Norman M Kneteman, Ray V Rajotte; Insulin Sensitivity and Glucose Effectiveness in Long-Term Islet-Autotransplanted Dogs. Diabetes 1 January 1989; 38 (Supplement_1): 189–191. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.38.1.S189
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