scholarly journals Dual Mechanism for Type-2 Diabetes Resolution after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 498-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Lin ◽  
S. Scott Davis ◽  
Jahnavi Srinivasan ◽  
John F. Sweeney ◽  
Thomas R. Ziegler ◽  
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Resolution of Type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM) after weight loss surgery is well documented, but the mechanism is elusive. We evaluated the glucose-insulin metabolism of patients undergoing a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) using the intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) and compared it with patients who underwent laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (AB) placement. Thirty-one female patients (age range, 20 to 50 years; body mass index, 47.2 kg/m2) underwent RYGB. Nine female patients underwent AB placement and served as control subjects. All patients underwent IVGTT at baseline and 1 month and 6 months after surgery. Thirteen patients undergoing RYGB and one patient undergoing AB exhibited impaired glucose tolerance or DM defined by the American Diabetes Association. By 6 months post surgery, diabetes was resolved in all but one patient undergoing RYGB but not in the patient undergoing AB. Patients with diabetes undergoing RYGB demonstrated increased insulin secretion and β-cell responsiveness 1 month after surgery and continued this trend up to 6 months, whereas none of the patients undergoing AB had changes in β-cell function. Both patients undergoing RYGB and those undergoing AB demonstrated significant weight loss (34.6 and 35.0 kg/m2, respectively) and improved insulin sensitivity at 6 months. RYGB ameliorates DM resolution in two phases: 1) early augmentation of beta cell function at 1 month; and 2) attenuation of peripheral insulin resistance at 6 months. Patients undergoing AB only exhibited reduction in peripheral insulin resistance at 6 months but no changes in insulin secretion.

2015 ◽  
Vol 308 (6) ◽  
pp. E535-E544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoffer Martinussen ◽  
Kirstine N. Bojsen-Møller ◽  
Carsten Dirksen ◽  
Siv H. Jacobsen ◽  
Nils B. Jørgensen ◽  
...  

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) in patients with type 2 diabetes often leads to early disease remission, and it is unknown to what extent this involves improved pancreatic β-cell function per se and/or enhanced insulin- and non-insulin-mediated glucose disposal (glucose effectiveness). We studied 30 obese patients, including 10 with type 2 diabetes, 8 with impaired glucose tolerance, and 12 with normal glucose tolerance before, 1 wk, and 3 mo after RYGB, using an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) to estimate first-phase insulin response, insulin sensitivity (Si), and glucose effectiveness with Bergman's minimal model. In the fasting state, insulin sensitivity was estimated by HOMA-S and β-cell function by HOMA-β. Moreover, mixed-meal tests and oral GTTs were performed. In patients with type 2 diabetes, glucose levels normalized after RYGB, first-phase insulin secretion in response to iv glucose increased twofold, and HOMA-β already improved 1 wk postoperatively, with further enhancements at 3 mo. Insulin sensitivity increased in the liver (HOMA-S) at 1 wk and at 3 mo in peripheral tissues (Si), whereas glucose effectiveness did not improve significantly. During oral testing, GLP-1 responses and insulin secretion increased regardless of glucose tolerance. Therefore, in addition to increased insulin sensitivity and exaggerated postprandial GLP-1 levels, diabetes remission after RYGB involves early improvement of pancreatic β-cell function per se, reflected in enhanced first-phase insulin secretion to iv glucose and increased HOMA-β. A major role for improved glucose effectiveness after RYGB was not supported by this study.


Author(s):  
Rong Huang ◽  
Songping Yin ◽  
Yongxin Ye ◽  
Nixuan Chen ◽  
Shiyun Luo ◽  
...  

<p>OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association of circulating retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) levels with β cell function across the spectrum of glucose tolerance from normal to overt type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 291 subjects aged 35-60 with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), newly diagnosed impaired fasting glucose or glucose tolerance (IFG/IGT) and type 2 diabetes were screened by standard 2-h oral glucose tolerance test (2-h OGTT) with the use of traditional measures to evaluate β cell function. 74 subjects from these participants were recruited in oral minimal model test and assessed β cell function with model-derived indices. Circulating RBP4 levels were measured by a commercially available ELISA kit. RESULTS: Circulating RBP4 levels were significantly and inversely correlated with β cell function indicated by the Stumvoll first-phase and second-phase insulin secretion indexes, but not with HOMA-β, calculated from the 2-h OGTT in 291 subjects across the spectrum of glycemia. The inverse association was also observed in subjects involved in the oral minimal model test with β cell function assessed by both direct measures and model-derived measures, after adjustment for potential confounders. Moreover, RBP4 emerged as an independent factor of the disposition index-total insulin secretion (DI-PhiT). CONCLUSION: Circulating RBP4 levels are inversely and independently correlated with β cell function across the spectrum of glycemia, providing another possible explanation of the linkage between RBP4 and the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1770
Author(s):  
Nadia Rachdaoui

Insulin, a hormone produced by pancreatic β-cells, has a primary function of maintaining glucose homeostasis. Deficiencies in β-cell insulin secretion result in the development of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, metabolic disorders characterized by high levels of blood glucose. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by the presence of peripheral insulin resistance in tissues such as skeletal muscle, adipose tissue and liver and develops when β-cells fail to compensate for the peripheral insulin resistance. Insulin resistance triggers a rise in insulin demand and leads to β-cell compensation by increasing both β-cell mass and insulin secretion and leads to the development of hyperinsulinemia. In a vicious cycle, hyperinsulinemia exacerbates the metabolic dysregulations that lead to β-cell failure and the development of T2DM. Insulin and IGF-1 signaling pathways play critical roles in maintaining the differentiated phenotype of β-cells. The autocrine actions of secreted insulin on β-cells is still controversial; work by us and others has shown positive and negative actions by insulin on β-cells. We discuss findings that support the concept of an autocrine action of secreted insulin on β-cells. The hypothesis of whether, during the development of T2DM, secreted insulin initially acts as a friend and contributes to β-cell compensation and then, at a later stage, becomes a foe and contributes to β-cell decompensation will be discussed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (7) ◽  
pp. 725-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morris F. White

Diabetes mellitus is a complex disorder that arises from various causes, including dysregulated glucose sensing and impaired insulin secretion (maturity onset diabetes of youth, MODY), autoimmune-mediated β-cell destruction (type 1), or insufficient compensation for peripheral insulin resistance (type 2). Type 2 diabetes is the most prevalent form that usually occurs at middle age; it afflicts more than 30 million people over the age of 65, but is appearing with greater frequency in children and adolescents. Dysregulated insulin signaling exacerbated by chronic hyperglycemia promotes a cohort of systemic disorders—including dyslipidemia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and female infertility. Understanding the molecular basis of insulin resistance can prevent these disorders and their inevitable progression to type 2 diabetes.


Diabetes ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 3044-3052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils B. Jørgensen ◽  
Carsten Dirksen ◽  
Kirstine N. Bojsen-Møller ◽  
Siv H. Jacobsen ◽  
Dorte Worm ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 303 (1) ◽  
pp. E122-E131 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. B. Jørgensen ◽  
S. H. Jacobsen ◽  
C. Dirksen ◽  
K. N. Bojsen-Møller ◽  
L. Naver ◽  
...  

Our aim was to study the potential mechanisms responsible for the improvement in glucose control in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) within days after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Thirteen obese subjects with T2D and twelve matched subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) were examined during a liquid meal before (Pre), 1 wk, 3 mo, and 1 yr after RYGB. Glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), glucose-dependent-insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), and glucagon concentrations were measured. Insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), β-cell glucose sensitivity (β-GS), and disposition index (Dβ-GS: β-GS × 1/HOMA-IR) were calculated. Within the first week after RYGB, fasting glucose [T2D Pre: 8.8 ± 2.3, 1 wk: 7.0 ± 1.2 ( P < 0.001)], and insulin concentrations decreased significantly in both groups. At 129 min, glucose concentrations decreased in T2D [Pre: 11.4 ± 3, 1 wk: 8.2 ± 2 ( P = 0.003)] but not in NGT. HOMA-IR decreased by 50% in both groups. β-GS increased in T2D [Pre: 1.03 ± 0.49, 1 wk: 1.70 ± 1.2, ( P = 0.012)] but did not change in NGT. The increase in DIβ-GS was 3-fold in T2D and 1.5-fold in NGT. After RYGB, glucagon secretion was increased in response to the meal. GIP secretion was unchanged, while GLP-1 secretion increased more than 10-fold in both groups. The changes induced by RYGB were sustained or further enhanced 3 mo and 1 yr after surgery. Improvement in glycemic control in T2D after RYGB occurs within days after surgery and is associated with increased insulin sensitivity and improved β-cell function, the latter of which may be explained by dramatic increases in GLP-1 secretion.


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