title: Reactive hypoglycaemia following GLP-1 infusion in pancreas transplant recipients.
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine whether reactive hypoglycaemia in pancreas transplant recipients that followed administration of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) was associated with excessive insulin, insufficient glucagon, or both. Methodology involved six portally drained pancreas recipients who received GLP-1 (1.5 pmol/kg/min) or placebo infusion on randomized occasions during glucose-potentiated arginine testing. The second subject developed symptomatic hypoglycaemia [plasma glucose (PG) 42 mg/dl] 1 h after GLP-1 administration; subsequent subjects received intravenous glucose following GLP-1, but not placebo, infusion for PG levels <65 mg/dl. Following GLP-1 vs. placebo infusion, PG was lower (58 +/- 4 vs. 76 +/- 5 mg/dl; p < 0.05) despite administration of intravenous glucose. During hypoglycaemia, insulin levels and the insulin-to-glucagon ratio were greater after GLP-1 vs. placebo infusion (p < 0.05), while glucagon did not vary. It can be concluded from the study that GLP-1 can induce reactive hypoglycaemia in pancreas transplant recipients through excessive insulin secretion associated with an increased insulin-to-glucagon ratio.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rickels
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001120:Arginine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation
chemical_list: D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D001120:Arginine