title: Effects of low-dose recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I on insulin sensitivity, growth hormone and glucagon levels in young adults with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Despite recent interest in the therapeutic potential of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I (rhIGF-I) in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, its mechanism of action is still not defined. We have studied the effects of low-dose bolus subcutaneous rhIGF-I (40 microg/kg and 20 microg/kg) on insulin sensitivity, growth hormone (GH) and glucagon levels in seven young adults with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) using a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study design. Each was subjected to a euglycemic clamp (5 mmol/L) protocol consisting of a variable-rate insulin infusion clamp (6:00 PM to 8:00 AM) followed by a two-dose hyperinsulinemic clamp (insulin infusion of 0.75 mU x kg(-1) x min(-1) from 8 to 10 AM and 1.5 mU x kg(-1) x min(-1) from 10 AM to 12 noon) incorporating [6,6 2H2]glucose tracer for determination of glucose production/utilization rates. Following rhIGF-I administration, the serum IGF-I level (mean +/- SEM) increased (40 microg/kg, 655 +/- 90 ng/mL, P < .001; 20 microg/kg, 472 +/- 67 ng/mL, P < .001; placebo, 258 +/- 51 ng/mL). Dose-related reductions in insulin were observed during the period of steady-state euglycemia (1 AM to 8 AM) (40 microg/kg, 48 +/- 5 pmol/L, P = .01; 20 microg/kg, 58 +/- 8 pmol/L, P = .03; placebo, 72 +/- 8 pmol/L). The mean overnight GH level (40 microg/kg, 9.1 +/- 1.4 mU/L, P = .04; 20 microg/kg, 9.6 +/- 2.0 mU/L, P = .12; placebo, 11.3 +/- 1.7 mU/L) and GH pulse amplitude (40 microg/kg, 18.8 +/- 2.9 mU/L, P = .04; 20 microg/kg, 17.0 +/- 3.4 mU/L, P > .05; placebo, 23.0 +/- 3.7 mU/L) were also reduced. No differences in glucagon, IGF binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1), acetoacetate, or beta-hydroxybutyrate levels were found. During the hyperinsulinemic clamp conditions, no differences in glucose utilization were noted, whereas hepatic glucose production was reduced by rhIGF-I 40 microg/kg (P = .05). Our data demonstrate that in subjects with IDDM, low-dose subcutaneous rhIGF-I leads to a dose-dependent reduction in the insulin level for euglycemia overnight that parallels the decrease in overnight GH levels, but glucagon and IGFBP-1 levels remain unchanged. The decreases in hepatic glucose production during the hyperinsulinemic clamp study observed the following day are likely related to GH suppression, although a direct effect by rhIGF-I cannot be entirely discounted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Acerini
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Matyka
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Umpleby
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Russell-Jones
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Dunger
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid / Q000097:blood; D000090:Acetoacetates / Q000097:blood; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood*; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000090:Acetoacetates; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C016635:acetoacetic acid; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone; D005934:Glucagon; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid