title: Hyperinsulinemia in offspring of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients: the role played by abnormal clearance of insulin.
abstract: Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia are often found in first-degree relatives of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients, and are currently considered a familial trait of this population at increased risk for diabetes. This study was undertaken to determine the role played by the metabolic clearance rate (MCR) of insulin (MCR-I) in the hyperinsulinism of these subjects. The proband population, consisting of 48 subjects aged 29.2 +/- 4.4 (mean +/- SD) years (18 men and 30 women; body mass index, 24.6 +/- 0.8 kg/m2; fasting plasma glucose, 4.54 +/- 0.37 mmol/L), was assigned in random order to four groups (I, II, III, and IV), each receiving a double insulin/glucose infusion (I, 0.025/2.0; II, 0.050/3.5; III, 0.100/6.0; and IV, 0.200/8.0 U/kg.h and mg/kg.min, respectively) to calculate MCR-I and MCR of glucose (MCR-G). Forty (14 men and 26 women) age- and body mass index-matched healthy individuals served as controls. All subjects had a normal response to an oral glucose tolerance test (75 g) according to World Health Organization criteria. Basal plasma insulin and C-peptide levels in probands were significantly (P < .05) higher than in controls in each study group; similarly, MCR-I was significantly (at least P < .05) lower in probands than in controls in all groups. MCR-G was significantly (at least P < .05) decreased in probands as compared with controls of groups III and IV.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000502:physiology; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D005947:Glucose