Abstract
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with peripheral insulin resistance, impaired incretin effect, and increased plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Although TNF-α infusion at a dose that induces systemic inflammation in healthy volunteers has been demonstrated to induce peripheral insulin resistance, the influence of this cytokine on the incretin effect is unknown.
METHODS: We investigated whether systemic inflammation induced by TNF-α infusion in healthy volunteers alters the incretin hormone response to oral and intravenous glucose loads in a crossover study design with ten healthy male volunteers (mean age 24 years, mean body mass index 23.7 kg/m(2) ). The study consisted of four study days: days 1 and 2, 6-h infusion of saline; days 3 and 4, 6-h infusion of TNF-α; days 1 and 3, 4-h oral glucose tolerance test; and days 2 and 4, 4-h corresponding intravenous isoglycaemic glucose tolerance test. Glucose tolerance tests were initiated after 2 h of saline/TNF-α infusion. Plasma concentrations of TNF-α, interleukin 6, glucose, incretin hormones, and cortisol, and serum concentrations of C-peptide and insulin were measured throughout the study days. Insulin sensitivity was estimated by the Matsuda index and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Prehepatic insulin secretion rates were calculated.
RESULTS: TNF-α infusion induced symptoms of systemic inflammation; increased plasma levels of cortisol, TNF-α, and interleukin 6; and increased the HOMA-IR. The secretion of incretin hormones as well as the incretin effect remained unchanged.
CONCLUSION: In healthy young male volunteers, acute systemic inflammation induced by infusion of TNF-α is associated with insulin resistance with no change in the incretin effect.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 655-63 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Blood Glucose
- C-Peptide
- Cross-Over Studies
- Cytokines
- Glucose Tolerance Test
- Healthy Volunteers
- Humans
- Hydrocortisone
- Incretins
- Inflammation
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Male
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
- Young Adult