title: Blood lactate behavior after glucose load in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between blood lactate and plasma glucose, insulin (IRI) and C-peptide (IRCP) during the first hour of an oral glucose load (OGTT, 100 g). Twelve controls, sixteen non-insulin-dependent (NIDDM) and four insulin-dependent (IDDM) diabetic subjects were studied. A significant increase in blood lactate was observed at 15 min in normal subjects, whereas there was a delayed increase at 45 min in NIDDM subjects, in the presence of IRCP increments of 0.31 nmol/l. In order to have a minimum significant lactate increment, the threshold value of peripheral IRCP increment was about 0.30 nmol/l. In IDDM subjects, despite considerable hyperglycemia, blood lactate concentration remained unchanged throughout the test. In normal and NIDDM subjects there was a significant negative correlation between delta lactate and delta glucose (r = -0.89, p less than 0.001) and a significant positive correlation between delta lactate and delta IRCP (r = 0.78, p less than 0.001). In conclusion, hyperglycemia itself and the lack of increase in insulin secretion do not affect blood lactate increase during OGTT; blood concentration of this metabolite depends mainly on an early insulin secretion apt to enhance tissue glucose uptake and to inhibit gluconeogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Malattie del Ricambio, Università di Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prando
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cheli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buzzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Melga
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ansaldi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Accoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002096:C-Peptide; D007328:Insulin; D007773:Lactates