title: Hormonal and metabolic effects of somatostatin in diabetic patients submitted to an i.v. arginine infusion.
abstract: Hormonal and metabolic effects of a synthetic linear somatostatin were tested in insulin-dependent subjects submitted to an intravenous arginine infusion. Arginine alone induced a rise in plasma growth hormone (HGH) and glucagon (IRG) concentrations but did not affect the spontaneous diurnal decrease of plasma cortisol; blood glucose concentration rose while that of alanine decreased suggesting enhanced gluconeogenesis; concentrations of plasma free fatty acids (FFA) and 3-hydroxybutyrate decreased. Somatostatin, at three different dosages, markedly influenced these patterns: HGH response to arginine was suppressed by the lowest somatostatin dose; IRG response was progressively inhibited by increasing doses of somatostatin but never reached zero; cortisol level was not decreased but slightly increased by somatostatin. Substrate responses to arginine were also modified by somatostatin: alanine disappearance was impaired, this effect being dose-related; plasma FFA and 3-hydroxybutyrate concentrations showed a significant increase rather than decrease, consistent with somatostatin suppression of residual insulin secretion. Tolerance to somatostatin was good and no alteration of hemostasis was observed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000409:Alanine / Q000097:blood; D001120:Arginine; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000097:blood; D013004:Somatostatin
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006728:Hormones; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D013004:Somatostatin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D005934:Glucagon; D001120:Arginine; D009584:Nitrogen; D000409:Alanine; D006854:Hydrocortisone