Diabetes, Vol 38, Issue 7 925-931, Copyright © 1989 by American Diabetes Association

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Decreased insulin- and glucagon-pulse amplitude accompanying beta-cell deficiency induced by streptozocin in baboons

CJ Goodner, DJ Koerker, DS Weigle and DK McCulloch
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

The effect of beta-cell deficiency on the spontaneous pulsatile secretory pattern of the islets of Langerhans was studied in the baboon. Measures of beta-cell function were correlated with the secretory pattern before and at intervals after streptozocin administration. The degree of insulin deficiency was variable and ranged from mild to moderate. Highly regular pulses were less prevalent in baboons compared with rhesus monkeys and humans, but the mean frequency was similar and was not affected by treatment. The principal effect of beta-cell destruction was to proportionately reduce the pulse amplitude of insulin (-39%, P less than .003) without detectable change in pulse frequency, interhormonal phase relationship, or the regularity of pulses. Glucagon-pulse amplitude also fell (-19%, P less than .09), but not significantly. However, glucagon-pulse amplitude was strongly correlated with insulin-pulse amplitude (r = -.59, P less than .002), whereas mean fasting plasma concentrations of insulin and glucagon were not significantly changed after treatment. Because streptozocin affects only the beta-cell, the data indicate a major influence of the insulin pulse on the alpha-cell secretory pulse. The data do not support the presence of a separate pacemaker for the alpha-cell but do not eliminate this possibility. The strong correlation of reduction in insulin-pulse amplitude with increasing fasting glucose and decreasing glucose disappearance lends support to growing evidence that the pattern of insulin secretion is an important determinant of normal glucose homeostasis.
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