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Diabetes, Vol 40, Issue 6 666-672, Copyright © 1991 by American Diabetes Association

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Effects of insulin deprivation and replacement on in vivo subcutaneous adipose tissue substrate metabolism in humans

E Hagstrom-Toft, P Arner, B Naslund, U Ungerstedt and J Bolinder
Department of Medicine, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden.

The effects of insulin deprivation and replacement on adipose tissue metabolism were investigated in vivo with microdialysis in nine insulin-dependent diabetic patients with no residual insulin secretion. Dialysis probes, implanted in abdominal subcutaneous fat, were continuously perfused, and tissue dialysate concentrations of glycerol (lipolysis index), glucose, lactate, and pyruvate were determined. Comparisons were made with respective metabolite levels in venous plasma. After termination of intravenous insulin infusion, free insulin in plasma fell from 130 to 70 pM. At the same time, glucose levels in plasma and adipose tissue rose in parallel. However, the relative increase in glucose levels was greater in adipose tissue than in blood. On the other hand, the increase in glycerol concentration in adipose tissue (35%) was markedly less than that in venous plasma (250%). Lactate and pyruvate levels in adipose tissue and blood remained unchanged. After the resumption of intravenous insulin, free insulin in plasma rose to approximately 600 pM. At the same time, the glucose levels in blood and adipose tissue decreased rapidly, and the glycerol concentration in these tissues decreased to 50% of the baseline levels. The lactate and pyruvate levels in subcutaneous tissue increased briefly after insulin replacement, whereas the lactate but not pyruvate levels in blood showed a similar increase. The alpha- or beta-blocking agents phentolamine and propranolol in the ingoing tissue perfusate did not influence tissue glycerol at any time during the experiment. We concluded that insulin-induced changes in circulating metabolites only partly reflect variations in adipose tissue substrate kinetics. During insulin deprivation, glucose is accumulated in the adipose tissue extracellular compartment, probably because of reduced utilization by the adipocytes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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