title: How does glibenclamide lower plasma glucose concentration in patients with type 2 diabetes?
abstract: Twelve patients with Type 2 diabetes and uncontrolled hyperglycaemia, never before treated with anti-diabetic drugs, were studied before and after several months of glibenclamide therapy. Fasting plasma glucose fell significantly (p less than 0.01) from 12.5 +/- 1.1 (mean +/- SE) to 8.3 +/- 0.4 mmol l-1 with glibenclamide therapy, as did glycosylated haemoglobin (from 12.0 +/- 0.9 to 8.4 +/- 0.7%). The improvement in blood glucose control was accompanied by an increase in postprandial plasma insulin concentration measured hourly from 0800 to 1600 h (p less than 0.001). Over the same period, plasma NEFA and lactate levels were significantly (p less than 0.001) lower after treatment with glibenclamide. Mean (+/- SE) insulin-mediated glucose metabolic clearance rate was evaluated during glucose clamp studies, and was significantly higher (p less than 0.001) after glibenclamide therapy at steady-state insulin levels of approximately 10 mU l-1 (53 +/- 3 vs 38 +/- 2 ml-2 min-1) and approximately 70 mU l-1 (78 +/- 9 vs 55 +/- 6 ml m-2 min-1). Hepatic glucose production was also lower following glibenclamide treatment at both the lower (56 +/- 5 vs 68 +/- 5 mg m-2 min-1) and higher 22 +/- 4 vs 32 +/- 6 mg m-2 min-1) insulin levels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hollenbeck
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Reaven
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D005905:Glyburide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D007773:Lactates; D005947:Glucose; D005905:Glyburide