Diabetes, Vol 34, Issue 2 166-173, Copyright © 1985 by American Diabetes Association
Effect of insulin antibodies on insulin pharmacokinetics and glucose utilization in insulin-dependent diabetic patients
WK Waldhausl, P Bratusch-Marrain, V Kruse, I Jensen, P Nowotny and H Vierhapper
To determine the impact of insulin-binding antibodies on total (TIRI) and
free insulin (FIRI) as well as on insulin sensitivity, 10 insulin-dependent
diabetic patients (IDDM) with poststimulatory C-peptide less than 100
pmol/L and an insulin binding capacity (IBC) between less than 1 and 294
micrograms/L serum were studied during and after a 1-h nonprimed,
constant-rate insulin infusion (study 1: 0.057 U/kg body wt, study 2: 0.286
U/kg body wt). Euglycemia was maintained by variable glucose infusion.
Control studies were performed in 5 healthy subjects. Basal TIRI (mU/L) was
lowest in healthy subjects (16 +/- 1 [SE]) and elevated in diabetic
patients (IBC less than 25 micrograms/L: 72 +/- 11, IBC greater than 25
micrograms/L: 1772 +/- 842), whereas serum concentrations of FIRI were
considerably smaller but still two- to threefold greater (P less than 0.01)
in the patients than in healthy subjects (13 +/- 1). After intravenous
(i.v.) insulin administration, almost identical increments in serum TIRI
were seen in healthy subjects and in diabetic patients with low IBC (less
than 25 micrograms/L), whereas those with high IBC (greater than 25
micrograms/L) had a heterogeneous response.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250
WORDS)