title: Gastroenteropancreatic hormones in normal and gestational-diabetic pregnancy: response to oral lipid.
abstract: The effect of normal and gestational-diabetic pregnancy on the gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) hormone response to lipid ingestion was studied in 17 women, 8 normal and 9 with gestational diabetes, by determination of the plasma concentrations of gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), gut glucagon-like immunoreactivity (gut GLI), insulin, glucagon, and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) following the ingestion of 67 g of triglyceride in late pregnancy and postpartum. Also, the plasma concentrations of free fatty acids (FFA), triglyceride, and glucose were determined. In both groups fasting plasma triglyceride and insulin were increased and PP was decreased. Fasting plasma glucose and gut GLI were decreased in normal pregnancy, but were unaltered in gestational-diabetic pregnancy. Fasting plasma glucagon were unaltered in normal but increased in gestational diabetic pregnancy. In both groups of women the GIP response to triglycerides was impaired in pregnancy. Postpartum, the GIP response was greater in the gestational diabetics than in normal women whereas no difference was found in pregnancy. The other hormones and metabolites responded similarly in pregnancy and postpartum and no difference between normal women and women with gestational diabetes was found. It is concluded that the GIP response to triglycerides is impaired in pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005749:Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide / Q000097:blood; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide / Q000097:blood; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006728:Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D014280:Triglycerides; D005749:Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide; D005934:Glucagon