title: Insulin secretion and glucose uptake in hypomagnesemic sheep fed a low magnesium, high potassium diet.
abstract: Hyperglycemic and euglycemic clamp experiments were conducted to evaluate insulin secretion and glucose uptake in the hypomagnesemic sheep fed a low magnesium (Mg), high potassium (K) diet. Five mature sheep were fed a semipurified diet containing 0.24% Mg and 0.56% K (control diet) and five were fed 0.04% Mg and 3.78% K (low Mg/high K diet) for at least 2 weeks. In the hyperglycemic clamp experiment, plasma glucose concentrations were raised and maintained at a hyperglycemic steady-state (approximately 130 mg/100 ml) by variable rates of glucose infusion during the experimental period (120 minutes). The insulin response in the sheep fed the low Mg/high K diet (31.0 microU/ml) were significantly (P < 0.01) lower than those (111.7 microU/ml) of the sheep fed the control diet. In the euglycemic clamp experiment, insulin was infused at rates of 5, 10, 15, or 20 mU/kg/min, each followed by variable rates of glucose infusion to maintain a euglycemic steady-state (basal fasting levels). Hypomagnesemic sheep fed the low Mg/high K diet had significantly (P < 0.01) lower mean glucose disposal (3.72 mg/kg/min) across the insulin infusion rates compared with those of the sheep fed the control diet (5.37 mg/kg/min). These results suggest that glucose-induced insulin secretion and insulin-induced glucose uptake would be depressed in hypomagnesemic sheep and are caused by feeding the low Mg/high K diet.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Science, Kitasato University, Towada-shi, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsunobu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terashima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Senshu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh