GROWTH HORMONE RESPONSES TO FRUCTOSE IN DIABETES MELLITUS

1974 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-502
Author(s):  
Mayer B. Davidson ◽  
Roger M. Steele

ABSTRACT Since fructose is normally metabolized in diabetics and has recently been shown to stimulate GH secretion, it was used to assess GH responses in diabetics. Fourteen diabetics (9 on insulin) and 8 controls matched for weight were studied. Fructose, infused over 10 min, was compared to arginine, infused over 30 min, both at 0.5 g/kg. Samples were collected at 0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 min and GH responses assessed as area under the curve minus the fasting area. There was no significant difference between the GH responses in diabetics and controls to either agent. Responses to arginine and fructose were significantly correlated (r = 0.60, P < 0.01) in all subjects, but not related to therapy, duration of disease or fasting glucose (75–287 mg/100 ml) in the diabetics. Oral glucose blunted the GH response to fructose in 2 controls. It is concluded that 1) fructose can stimulate GH secretion in male diabetics; 2) however, fructose-stimulated GH responses are not increased in diabetes mellitus.

2002 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 602-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Stokes ◽  
M. E. Nevill ◽  
G. M. Hall ◽  
H. K. A. Lakomy

The present study examined the growth hormone (GH) response to repeated bouts of maximal sprint cycling and the effect of cycling at different pedaling rates on postexercise serum GH concentrations. Ten male subjects completed two 30-s sprints, separated by 1 h of passive recovery on two occasions, against an applied resistance equal to 7.5% (fast trial) and 10% (slow trial) of their body mass, respectively. Blood samples were obtained at rest, between the two sprints, and for 1 h after the second sprint. Peak and mean pedal revolutions were greater in the fast than the slow trial, but there were no differences in peak or mean power output. Blood lactate and blood pH responses did not differ between trials or sprints. The first sprint in each trial elicited a serum GH response (fast: 40.8 ± 8.2 mU/l, slow: 20.8 ± 6.1 mU/l), and serum GH was still elevated 60 min after the first sprint. The second sprint in each trial did not elicit a serum GH response ( sprint 1 vs. sprint 2, P < 0.05). There was a trend for serum GH concentrations to be greater in the fast trial (mean GH area under the curve after sprint 1vs. after sprint 2: 1,697 ± 367 vs. 933 ± 306 min · mU−1 · l−1; P = 0.05). Repeated sprint cycling results in an attenuation of the GH response.


2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 715-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Lin Hua ◽  
Wan-Fu Liu ◽  
Hui-Ling Song ◽  
Xin-Wen Dai ◽  
...  

Objective To survey the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and pre-diabetes mellitus (PDM) in the Muslim population in northwest China, and discuss the risk factor. Materials and methods According to the income and the population, we randomly selected 3 villages with stratified and cluster sampling. The subjects were residents ≥ 20 years of age, and were from families which have been local for > 3 generations. The questionnaire and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were completed and analyzed for 660 subjects. Results The prevalence of DM and PDM between the Han and Muslim populations were different (P = 0.041). And the prevalence were also different with respect to age in the Han (P < 0.001) and Muslim population (P < 0.001) respectively. Except for the 20-year-old age group the prevalence of DM and PDM within the Muslim population was higher than the Han (P = 0.013), we did not find any significant difference for other age groups (P > 0.05). The intake of salt (P < 0.001) and edible oil (P < 0.001) in the Muslim population was higher than the Han, while cigarette smoking (P < 0.001) and alcohol consumption (P < 0.001) was lower. BMI (P < 0.001), age (P = 0.025), and smoking cigarettes (P = 0.011) were risk factors for DM and PDM, but alcohol consumption (P < 0.001) was a protective factor. Conclusions In northwest China, the prevalence of DM was higher in the Muslim population, and it was special higher on the 20-year-old age compared to the Han. This might be explained by the potential genetic differences and poor dietary habits.


Author(s):  
A T M Tanveer Hasan ◽  
Al-Mamun .

Peripheral spondyloarthritis is a variant of spondyloarthritis which usually has a chronic course. There is an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases among patients with chronic inflammatory diseases in general. Coexisting diabetes mellitus can potentially add to the risk. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of glucose intolerance in patients with spondyloarthritis The study was conducted among 35 participants with peripheral spondyloarthritis who visited the Department of Rheumatology, Enam Medical College & Hospital, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh from September, 2018 to January, 2020. The participants underwent either oral glucose tolerance test or estimation of HbA1C. The mean age of participants was 43.96 years. The majority (80%) of them were young to muddle-aged (≤40 years). 22.9% of the participants were prediabetic. Diabetes mellitus was found to be present in 37.1% of the participants. There was no significant difference between the study population and the general population in terms of frequency of prediabetes. But the frequency of diabetes in the study population was higher than that in the general population. There was no significant difference between males and females with regard to the frequencies of prediabetes and DM. Moreover, there was no significant difference in the frequencies of prediabetes and DM between young and middle-aged to elderly population. Considering the greater burden of DM among patients with peripheral spondyloarthritis across all age groups, routine screening for DM may be indicated in these individuals.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Rinku Joshi ◽  
Rosy Malla ◽  
Madhur Dev Bhattarai ◽  
Dhan Bahadur Shrestha

Introduction: Diabetes has become a significant health problem all over the world and its prevalence is increasing rapidly, including in Nepal. Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is directly related to the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Women who areoverweight or obese before they become pregnant are more at risk of GDM irrespective of other factors.Though the risk of developing GDM in shown to be higher in overweight or obese women, there are very few studies done to show such observation in the urban population of Nepal.Methods: This was a hospital based cross-sectional prospective study conducted among the women attending ante partum clinic, in a tertiary level hospital, located at Lalitpur for one-year duration in 2009. All overweight (pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)>23) urban women at 24-28 weeks of gestation were enrolled.Fasting blood glucose, screening 50-g oral glucose challenge test(OGTT) and 2-hr OGTT following overnight fastingwas done as per need based on their test results and GDM was diagnosed based on standard guidelines.Results: Out of 256 women majority of women had BMI >25 kg/m2 (n=180),and 151(59%) were multiparous and 105 (41%) were primiparas. Positive screening test was obtained in 51 women (19.9%).The incidence of GDM by ADA and WHO criteria was 10 (3.9%) and 16 (6.3%) respectively. There was statistically non-significant difference in the rate of positive screening test and BMI (p=0.09). The abnormal screening test between primiparous and multiparous was significant (p=0.01).Conclusion: This study showed a high pre-pregnancy BMI and the incidence of GDMamong the patients enrolled. The rate of positive screening test is also higher than the previous studies so, GDM is a growing issue and must be well addressed.


1994 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Rolla ◽  
A Andreoni ◽  
D Bellitti ◽  
M Ferdeghini ◽  
E Ghigo ◽  
...  

Abstract Previous studies have shown that corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) inhibits GH secretion in response to GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) in normal women and men, and animal studies suggest that this effect is mediated by an increased release of somatostatin from the hypothalamus. It has been reported that there are abnormalities in the neuroendocrine regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-somatotrophic axis and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in patients with eating disorders. The present study therefore investigated the ability of CRH to inhibit the GH response to GHRH in eight young women with anorexia nervosa (AN) and in seven young women with eating disorders which were not otherwise specified (NOS). We also compared the effect of CRH in the patients with the response it caused in ten control women. In contrast to a previous report, combined i.v. administration of 50 μg human CRH (hCRH) and 50 μg GHRH(1–29) caused a GH response in control women which was higher, although not significantly so, than that induced by GHRH alone (area under the curve (AUC) 988·5 ±506·0 compared with 1568·4 ±795·6 (s.e.m.) ng/ml per 120 min for GHRH alone and GHRH plus hCRH respectively). Conversely, the administration of hCRH given together with GHRH markedly inhibited the GH response induced by the latter in both AN patients (AUC 2253·0 ±385·7 compared with 1224·4 ±265·7 ng/ml per 120 min for GHRH and GHRH plus hCRH respectively; P<0·005 and NOS patients (AUC 2827·4±281·1 compared with 308·5 ± 183·4 ng/ml per 120 min for GHRH and GHRH plus hCRH respectively; P<0·0001). These results (1) refute the suggestion that there is an inhibitory influence of CRH over GH secretion under normal conditions, (2) indicate that this inhibitory influence exists in patients with eating disorders, and (3) imply that, in the latter, hypothalamic somatostatinergic function is, at least in part, preserved. Journal of Endocrinology (1994) 140, 327–332


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Zhang ◽  
Jiashen Shao ◽  
Feifei Li ◽  
Xianming Xu

Objective.To identify factors predicting the need for insulin therapy in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Methods. A total of 1352 patients with GDM diagnosed by the 75-g/2-h oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were enrolled in this study. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed; receiver operating characteristics (ROC) were also drawn.Results. There was a significant difference in factors such as maternal age, pregestational BMI, first visit SBP, first visit DBP, FBG of first visit, FBG at time of OGTT, 75-g OGTT glucose value (fasting, after 1 h and 2 h), and serum HbA1c level at diagnosis between patients with insulin therapy and patients with medical nutrition therapy (MNT) alone. Multivariate analysis showed that higher FBG at time of OGTT, first 75 g OGTT 2 h plasma glucose, and HbA1c concentration at diagnosis lead to more likely need of insulin therapy.Conclusion. The probability of insulin therapy can be estimated in pregnant women with GDM based on fasting and 2 h glucose values during OGTT and HbA1c value at diagnosis of GDM.


1993 ◽  
Vol 129 (5) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torben Laursen ◽  
Jens OL Jorgensen ◽  
Hans Ørskov ◽  
Jens Møller ◽  
Alan G Harris ◽  
...  

Animal studies have demonstrated that in addition to inhibiting growth hormone (GH) secretion octreotide inhibits in a direct manner hepatic or peripheral insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) generation. To test this hypothesis in humans we studied ten GH-deficient patients with frequent blood sampling during 38 h on two occasions. Regular GH therapy was discontinued 72 h prior to each study period. At the start of each study a subcutaneous (sc) injection of GH (3 IU/m2) was given (at 18.00 h). In a single-blinded crossover design, patients received a continuous sc infusion of either octerotide (200 μg/24 h) or placebo (saline). The pharmacokinetics of GH were similar on the two occasions. The area under the curve±sem of serum GH was 142.5±53.6 μg·l−1·h−1 (octreotide) and 144.8±41.8 μg·l−1·h−1 (placebo), (p=0.73); Cmax (μg/l) was 12.5±1.47 (octreotide) and 12.8±1.42 (placebo) (p=0.83), and Tmax (h) was 6.1±0.97 (octreotide) and 5.2±0.65 (placebo) (p=0.49). Growth hormone administration was associated with an increase in serum IGF-I (μg/l), which was identical during the two studies, from 85.3±19.4 to 174.25±30.3 for octreotide and from 97.0±26.4 to 158.8±28.2 for placebo. Mean IGF-I levels (μg/l) were 138.2±25.1 (octreotide) and 134.5±28.6 (placebo) (p=0.78). Similarly, the increase in IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) levels was identical. Mean IGFBP-3 levels (μg/l) were 2303±323 (octreotide) and 2200±361 (placebo) (p=0.25). Mean insulin levels were significantly lower during octreotide treatment (39.9±17.9 mU/l) than during placebo (59.7±17.8 mU/l) (p<0.05). Mean blood glucose levels were elevated significantly during octreotide infusion (5.98±0.23 mmol/l for octreotide and 5.07±0.16 mmol/l for placebo; p=0.001). Glucagon levels decreased non-significantly (p=0.07) and IGFBP-1 levels tended to increase during infusion of octreotide although not significantly (p=0.41). Levels of the lipid intermediates were identical on the two occasions. Alanine and lactate levels were significantly increased during octreotide infusion. Mean levels of blood alanine (μmol/l) were 470.8±24.2 (octreotide) and 360.1±17.8 (placebo) (p<0.02). Mean levels of blood lactate were 1038±81.0 (octreotide) and 894.4±73.8 (placebo) (p<0.04). We conclude that short-term continuous sc infusion of octreotide has no direct effect on the generation of IGF-I or the pharmacokinetics of exogenous GH in GH-deficient man.


1986 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Dieguez ◽  
V. Jordan ◽  
P. Harris ◽  
S. Foord ◽  
M. D. Rodriguez-Arnao ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT In order to investigate whether the impaired GH secretion associated with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism is due to a hypothalamic or a pituitary disorder, we have studied plasma GH responses to GH-releasing factor (1–29) (GRF) in euthyroid, hypothyroid and hyperthyroid rats. Hypothyroid rats showed a significant (P< 0·001) reduction in GH responses to GRF (5 μg/kg) at 5 min (350 ± 35 vs 1950 ±260 μg/l), 10 min (366±66 vs 2320 ± 270 μg/l) and 15 min after GRF injection (395 ± 72 vs 1420 ± 183 μg/l; means ± s.e.m.) compared with euthyroid rats. Hyperthyroid rats showed a significant (P<0·05) decrease in GH responses to 5 μg GRF/kg after 30 min (200±14 vs 325 ± 35 μg/l) but not at other time-points, or after the administration of 1 μg GRF/kg. These data indicate that in hypothyroidism and perhaps hyperthyroidism there is an alteration in the responsiveness of the somatotroph to GRF administration. J. Endocr (1986) 109, 53–56


2004 ◽  
Vol 89 (7) ◽  
pp. 3516-3520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir K. Bakalov ◽  
Margaret M. Cooley ◽  
Michael J. Quon ◽  
Mei Lin Luo ◽  
Jack A. Yanovski ◽  
...  

Abstract An increased prevalence of impaired glucose homeostasis (IGH) and diabetes mellitus is reported in monosomy X, or Turner syndrome (TS). To determine whether IGH is an intrinsic feature of this syndrome, independent of obesity or hypogonadism, we compared results of a standard oral glucose challenge in age- and body mass index-matched women with TS and with karyotypically normal premature ovarian failure (POF). Fasting glucose levels were normal in both groups, but glucose values after oral glucose challenge were higher in TS [2-h glucose, 135 ± 36 mg/dl (7.5 ± 2.0 mmol/liter) in TS and 97 ± 18 mg/dl (5.4 ± 1.0 mmol/liter) in POF; P &lt; 0.0001]. Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion was lower in TS; e.g. the initial insulin response (ΔI/ΔG30) was decreased by 60% compared with POF (P &lt; 0.0001). We also compared responses to a standard iv glucose tolerance test in women with TS and in age- and body mass index-matched normal women and found that the insulin area under the curve was 50% lower in women with TS (P = 0.003). Insulin sensitivity measured by the quantitative insulin sensitivity check index was higher in women with TS compared with both control groups. Thus, IGH is not secondary to obesity or hypogonadism in TS, but it is a distinct entity characterized by decreased insulin secretion, suggesting that haploinsufficiency for X-chromosome gene(s) impairs β-cell function and predisposes to diabetes mellitus in TS.


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