title: Secretin-induced insulin response. II. Dose-response relation.
abstract: Twenty-four patients--5 normals, 5 obese subjects, 9 normal weight maturity-onset diabetics and 5 obese maturity-onset diabetics--were subjected to stimulation with the gastro-intestinal hormone secretin (GIH, Stockholm, Sweden). Secretin was administered by rapid intravenous injection 6 times every 30 min in doses increasing from 0.9-90 pmol/kg body weight. Radioimmunological insulin assay and blood glucose determination were carried out. The secretin-induced maximum insulin response rose in all groups with increasing doses. D50 (16 pmol/kg body weight) was identical in all 4 groups. Thus, the diabetic B cells exhibited the same sensitivity to secretin as the normals. Obese subjects already showed a significant insulin response after 0.9 pmol secretin/kg, whereas the response of normal weight subjects did not rise until the dose was 3.6 pmol/kg. This, combined with the normal D50, indicates an increased B cell mass in obese subjects.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001491:Basophils / Q000187:drug effects; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012633:Secretin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D012633:Secretin