title: Effects of pancreas transplantation on metabolic and hormonal profiles in IDDM patients.
abstract: The diurnal patterns of relevant metabolites and hormones in five pancreas-kidney-transplanted patients (aged 36 +/- 2 yr, mean +/- SD) with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) were compared with those in five kidney-transplanted nondiabetic patients (aged 28 +/- 2 yr). The groups were matched for body mass and current dose and type of immunosuppressive treatment. The serum creatinine levels did not differ between the two study groups, but the serum urea level in the nondiabetic patients was slightly but significantly higher than in the diabetic patients. In the pancreas-kidney-transplanted group the investigation was performed 8-47 mo posttransplantation; in the kidney-transplanted nondiabetic patients, 12-18 mo posttransplantation. The mean 24-h levels and rhythms of blood glucose, free fatty acid, 3-hydroxybutyrate, and alanine did not differ between the groups. The mean 24-h levels of blood lactate and glycerol were moderately but significantly higher in the pancreas-kidney-transplanted diabetic patients. At fasting, the level of serum immunoreactive insulin was more than twice as high in the pancreas-kidney-transplanted patients, whereas the plasma C-peptide levels did not differ significantly between the two groups. The meal-induced increases in serum insulin as well as in the plasma C-peptide levels were more marked in the pancreas-kidney-transplanted patients. The findings suggest that the hyperinsulinemia in these patients was due to both the systemic delivery of insulin and an increase in insulin resistance, the latter being particularly apparent in the postprandial phase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Huddinge Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ostman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bolinder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gunnarsson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brattström
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tydén
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wahren
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Groth
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006728:Hormones; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid