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Huang Y, Lou X, Huang W, Qiu J, Jiang C, Sun J, Tao X. Confirmation of the Absence of Somogyi Effect in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Retrospective Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems. Int J Endocrinol 2022; 2022:6599379. [PMID: 36237834 PMCID: PMC9553369 DOI: 10.1155/2022/6599379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Somogyi effect is defined as fasting hyperglycemia secondary to nocturnal hypoglycemia. In past decades, this effect proved to be rare or absent. However, many endocrinologists still believe in this phenomenon in clinical practice. Does the Somogyi effect truly exist? We aimed to answer this question with a study based on a larger sample size. METHODS We collected retrospective CGMs data from 2,600 patients with type 2 diabetes with stable treatment of insulin. Nocturnal hypoglycemia was defined as a CGMs sensor glucose of less than 3.9 mmol/L for at least 15 min between 24:00 and 06:00. Morning fasting glucose was compared between people with nocturnal hypoglycemia and without nocturnal hypoglycemia. RESULTS Valid CGMs data were obtained on 4,705 of 5,200 nights. Morning fasting glucose was observed lower after nights with nocturnal hypoglycemia compared with nights without hypoglycemia (P < 0.001). 84 cases presented fasting glucose of more than 7 mmol/L after nocturnal glucose of less than 3.9 mmol/L. Only 27 cases presented fasting glucose of more than 7 mmol/L after nocturnal glucose of less than 3.0 mmol/L. Fasting glucose values below 3.9 mmol/l in the morning were associated with a 100% risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia, while fasting glucose values over 9.6 mmol/l in the morning were associated with no risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia. Correlation analysis showed that the nocturnal glucose nadir was significantly correlated with fasting glucose levels (r = 0.613, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our data provided no support for the existence of the Somogyi effect. If fasting glucose exceeds 9.6 mmol/L, we do not have to worry about asymptomatic nocturnal hypoglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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- Yuxin Huang
- Department of Endocrinology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Shanghai Zhengpu Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai 200431, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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Bolli GB, Porcellati F, Lucidi P, Fanelli CG. The physiological basis of insulin therapy in people with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2021; 175:108839. [PMID: 33930505 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Insulin therapy has been in use now for 100 years, but only recently insulin replacement has been based on physiology. The pancreas secretes insulin at continuously variable rates, finely regulated by sensitive arterial glucose sensing. Pancreatic insulin is delivered directlyin the portal blood to insulinize preferentially the liver. In the fasting state, insulin is secreted at a low rate to modulate hepatic glucose output. After liver extraction (50%), insulin concentrations in peripheral plasma are 2.4-4 times lower than in portal, but still efficacious to restrain lipolysis. In the prandial condition, insulin is secreted rapidly in large amounts to increase portal and peripheral concentrations to peaks 10-20 times greater vs the values of fasting within 30-40 min from meal ingestion. The prandial portal hyperinsulinemia fully suppresses hepatic glucose production while peripheral hyperinsulinemia increases glucose utilization, thus limitating the post-prandial plasma glucose elevation. Physiology of insulin indicates that insulin should be replaced in people with diabetes mimicking the pancreas, i.e. in a basal-bolus mode, for fasting and prandial state, respectively. Despite the presently ongoing limitations (subcutaneous and peripheral rather than portal and intravenous insulin delivery), basal-bolus insulin allows people with diabetes to achieve A1c in the range with minimal risk of hypoglycaemia, to prevent vascular complications and to ensure good quality of life.
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- Geremia B Bolli
- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Perugia University School of Medicine, Perugia, Italy.
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Perugia University School of Medicine, Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Perugia University School of Medicine, Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Perugia University School of Medicine, Perugia, Italy
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Takahashi H, Nishimura R. Is it possible to predict the onset of nocturnal asymptomatic hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes receiving insulin degludec? Potential role of previous day and next morning glucose values. J Diabetes Investig 2020; 12:365-373. [PMID: 32671977 PMCID: PMC7926229 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.13363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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AIMS/INTRODUCTION To determine whether the occurrence of nocturnal asymptomatic, serious, clinically important hypoglycemia (NSH) could be predicted based on glucose values on the previous day and the following morning of the day of onset. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study examined patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent continuous glucose monitoring assessments and received insulin degludec. NSH was defined as glucose level <54 mg/dL detected between 24.00 and 06.00 hours. The participants were evaluated to determine the following: (i) glucose level at bedtime (24.00 hours) on the previous day (BG); (ii) fasting glucose level (FG); and (iii) the range of post-breakfast glucose elevation. The patients were divided into those with NSH and those without, and compared using t-tests. Optimal cut-off values for relevant parameters for predicting NSH were determined using receiver operating characteristic analysis. RESULTS The study included a total of 31 patients with type 1 diabetes (mean glycated hemoglobin value 7.8 ± 0.7%). NSH occurred in eight patients (26%). BG and FG were significantly lower in those with NSH than in those without (P = 0.044, P < 0.001). The range of post-breakfast glucose elevation was significantly greater in those with NSH than in those without. The cut-off glucose values for predicting NSH were as follows: BG = 90 mg/dL (sensitivity 0.83/specificity 0.75/area under the curve 0.79, P = 0.017) and FG = 69 mg/dL (0.83/0.75/0.86, P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS The results showed that in patients with type 1 diabetes receiving insulin degludec, BG <90 mg/dL and FG <69 mg/dL had an approximately 80% probability of predicting the occurrence of NSH.
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- Hiroshi Takahashi
- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Mitsuishi S, Nishimura R, Ando K, Tsujino D, Utsunomiya K. Can Fasting Glucose Levels or Post-Breakfast Glucose Fluctuations Predict the Occurrence of Nocturnal Asymptomatic Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetic Patients Receiving Basal-Bolus Insulin Therapy with Long-Acting Insulin? PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144041. [PMID: 26625003 PMCID: PMC4666406 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Objective To investigate whether the occurrence of nocturnal asymptomatic hypoglycemia may be predicted based on fasting glucose levels and post-breakfast glucose fluctuations. Patients and Methods The study subjects comprised type 1 diabetic patients who underwent CGM assessments and received basal-bolus insulin therapy with long-acting insulin. The subjects were evaluated for I) fasting glucose levels and II) the range of post-breakfast glucose elevation (from fasting glucose levels to postprandial 1- and 2-hour glucose levels). The patients were divided into those with asymptomatic hypoglycemia during nighttime and those without for comparison. Optimal cut-off values were also determined for relevant parameters that could predict nighttime hypoglycemia by using ROC analysis. Results 64 patients (mean HbA1c 8.7 ± 1.8%) were available for analysis. Nocturnal asymptomatic hypoglycemia occurred in 23 patients (35.9%). Fasting glucose levels (I) were significantly lower in those with hypoglycemia than those without (118 ± 35 mg/dL vs. 179 ± 65 mg/dL; P < 0.001). The range of post-breakfast glucose elevation (II) was significantly greater in those with hypoglycemia than in those without (postprandial 1-h, P = 0.003; postprandial 2-h, P = 0.005). The cut-off values determined for relevant factors were as follows: (I) fasting glucose level < 135 mg/dL (sensitivity 0.73/specificity 0.83/AUC 0.79, P < 0.001); and (II) 1-h postprandial elevation > 54 mg/dL (0.65/0.61/0.71, P = 0.006), 2-h postprandial elevation > 78 mg/dL (0.65/0.73/0.71, P = 0.005). Conclusions Nocturnal asymptomatic hypoglycemia was associated with increases in post-breakfast glucose levels in type 1 diabetes. Study findings also suggest that fasting glucose levels and the range of post-breakfast glucose elevation could help predict the occurrence of nocturnal asymptomatic hypoglycemia.
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- Sumie Mitsuishi
- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Choudhary P, Davies C, Emery CJ, Heller SR. Do high fasting glucose levels suggest nocturnal hypoglycaemia? The Somogyi effect-more fiction than fact? Diabet Med 2013; 30:914-7. [PMID: 23672623 DOI: 10.1111/dme.12175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS The Somogyi effect postulates that nocturnal hypoglycaemia causes fasting hyperglycaemia attributable to counter-regulatory hormone release. Although most published evidence has failed to support this hypothesis, this concept remains firmly embedded in clinical practice and often prevents patients and professionals from optimizing overnight insulin. Previous observational data found lower fasting glucose was associated with nocturnal hypoglycaemia, but did not assess the probability of infrequent individual episodes of rebound hypoglycaemia. We analysed continuous glucose monitoring data to explore its prevalence. METHODS We analysed data from 89 patients with Type 1 diabetes who participated in the UK Hypoglycaemia study. We compared fasting capillary glucose following nights with and without nocturnal hypoglycaemia (sensor glucose < 3.5 mmol/l). RESULTS Fasting capillary blood glucose was lower after nights with hypoglycaemia than without [5.5 (3.0) vs. 14.5 (4.5) mmol/l, P < 0.0001], and was lower on nights with more severe nocturnal hypoglycaemia [5.5 (3.0) vs. 8.2 (2.3) mmol/l; P = 0.018 on nights with nadir sensor glucose of < 2.2 mmol/l vs. 3.5 mmol/l]. There were only two instances of fasting capillary blood glucose > 10 mmol/l after nocturnal hypoglycaemia, both after likely treatment of the episode. When fasting capillary blood glucose is < 5 mmol/l, there was evidence of nocturnal hypoglycaemia on 94% of nights. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that, in clinical practice, the Somogyi effect is rare. Fasting capillary blood glucose ≤ 5 mmol/l appears an important indicator of preceding silent nocturnal hypoglycaemia.
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- P Choudhary
- Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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Lucidi P, Rossetti P, Porcellati F, Pampanelli S, Candeloro P, Andreoli AM, Perriello G, Bolli GB, Fanelli CG. Mechanisms of insulin resistance after insulin-induced hypoglycemia in humans: the role of lipolysis. Diabetes 2010; 59:1349-57. [PMID: 20299466 PMCID: PMC2874695 DOI: 10.2337/db09-0745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Changes in glucose metabolism occurring during counterregulation are, in part, mediated by increased plasma free fatty acids (FFAs), as a result of hypoglycemia-activated lipolysis. However, it is not known whether FFA plays a role in the development of posthypoglycemic insulin resistance as well. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a series of studies in eight healthy volunteers using acipimox, an inhibitor of lipolysis. Insulin action was measured during a 2-h hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp (plasma glucose [PG] 5.1 mmo/l) from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. or after a 3-h morning hyperinsulinemic-glucose clamp (from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), either euglycemic (study 1) or hypoglycemic (PG 3.2 mmol/l, studies 2-4), during which FFA levels were allowed to increase (study 2), were suppressed by acipimox (study 3), or were replaced by infusing lipids (study 4). [6,6-(2)H(2)]-Glucose was infused to measure glucose fluxes. RESULTS Plasma adrenaline, norepinephrine, growth hormone, and cortisol levels were unchanged (P > 0.2). Glucose infusion rates (GIRs) during the euglycemic clamp were reduced by morning hypoglycemia in study 2 versus study 1 (16.8 +/- 2.3 vs. 34.1 +/- 2.2 micromol/kg/min, respectively, P < 0.001). The effect was largely removed by blockade of lipolysis during hypoglycemia in study 3 (28.9 +/- 2.6 micromol/kg/min, P > 0.2 vs. study 1) and largely reproduced by replacement of FFA in study 4 (22.3 +/- 2.8 micromol/kg/min, P < 0.03 vs. study 1). Compared with study 2, blockade of lipolysis in study 3 decreased endogenous glucose production (2 +/- 0.3 vs. 0.85 +/- 0.1 micromol/kg/min, P < 0.05) and increased glucose utilization (16.9 +/- 1.85 vs. 28.5 +/- 2.7 micromol/kg/min, P < 0.05). In study 4, GIR fell by approximately 23% (22.3 +/- 2.8 micromol/kg/min, vs. study 3, P = 0.058), indicating a role of acipimox per se on insulin action. CONCLUSION Lipolysis induced by hypoglycemia counterregulation largely mediates posthypoglycemic insulin resistance in healthy subjects, with an estimated overall contribution of approximately 39%.
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- Paola Lucidi
- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Corresponding author: Geremia B. Bolli,
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Iseda I, Lins PE, Adamson U, Kollind M. Comment to: Hoi-Hansen T, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Thorsteinsson B (2005) The Somogyi phenomenon revisited using continuous glucose monitoring in daily life. Diabetologia 48:2437-2438. Diabetologia 2006; 49:1706-7; author reply 1708-9. [PMID: 16586063 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-006-0238-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Accepted: 02/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neural tissue is entirely dependent on glucose for normal metabolic activity. Since glucose stores in the brain and retina are negligible compared to glucose demand, metabolism in these tissues is dependent upon adequate glucose delivery from the systemic circulation. In the brain, the critical interface for glucose transport is at the brain capillary endothelial cells which comprise the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In the retina, transport occurs across the retinal capillary endothelial cells of the inner blood-retinal barrier (BRB) and the retinal pigment epithelium of the outer BRB. Because glucose transport across these barriers is mediated exclusively by the sodium-independent glucose transporter GLUT1, changes in endothelial glucose transport and GLUT1 abundance in the barriers of the brain and retina may have profound consequences on glucose delivery to these tissues and major implications in the development of two major diabetic complications, namely insulin-induced hypoglycemia and diabetic retinopathy. This review discusses the regulation of brain and retinal glucose transport and glucose transporter expression and considers the role of changes in glucose transporter expression in the development of two of the most devastating complications of long-standing diabetes mellitus and its management.
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- A K Kumagai
- Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0678, USA.
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Porter PA, Byrne G, Stick S, Jones TW. Nocturnal hypoglycaemia and sleep disturbances in young teenagers with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Arch Dis Child 1996; 75:120-3. [PMID: 8869191 PMCID: PMC1511622 DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.2.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of nocturnal hypoglycaemia on sleep architecture in adolescents with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). DESIGN 20 adolescents with IDDM (mean age 12.8 years, mean glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) 8.9%) were studied on one night. Plasma glucose was measured every 30 minutes and cortisol and growth hormone levels every 60 minutes. Sleep was recorded using standard polysomnographic montages, and sleep architecture was analysed for total sleep time, stages 1-4, rapid eye movement, fragmentation, and arousals. RESULTS Six subjects (30%) became hypoglycaemic (five subjects < 2.5 mmol/l), with one being symptomatic. There were no differences in age, HbA1c, duration of diabetes, or insulin regimen between hypoglycaemic and non-hypoglycaemic subjects. Hypoglycaemia was not predicted by glucose measurements before bed. There was no detectable rise in plasma cortisol or growth hormone concentrations during hypoglycaemia. Sleep architecture was not disturbed by nocturnal hypoglycaemia with no differences found in sleep stages, fragmentation, or arousals. CONCLUSIONS Nocturnal hypoglycaemia is a common and usually asymptomatic complication of treatment in adolescents with IDDM. Moderate hypoglycaemia has not been shown to affect sleep architecture adversely. These findings are consistent with, and may explain, the observation that severe hypoglycaemia, with consequent seizure activity, is more common at night than during the day. Counterregulatory hormone responses to nocturnal hypoglycaemia may be less marked than with similar degrees of diurnal hypoglycaemia.
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- P A Porter
- Department of Paediatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia
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Frier BM. Hypoglycaemia in the diabetic adult. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM 1993; 7:757-77. [PMID: 8379915 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-351x(05)80218-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- B M Frier
- Department of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Maintenance of plasma glucose concentrations within a narrow range despite wide fluctuations in the demand (e.g. vigorous exercise) and supply (e.g. large carbohydrate meals) of glucose results from coordination of factors that regulate glucose release into and removal from the circulation. On a moment-to-moment basis these processes are controlled mainly by insulin and glucagon, whose secretion is reciprocally influenced by the plasma glucose concentration. In the resting postabsorptive state, release of glucose from the liver (equally via glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis) is the key regulated process. Glycogenolysis depends on the relative activities of glycogen synthase and phosphorylase, the latter being the more important. The activities of fructose-1,6-diphosphatase, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylkinase and pyruvate dehydrogenase regulate gluconeogenesis, whose main precursors are lactate, glutamine and alanine. In the postprandial state, suppression of liver glucose output and stimulation of skeletal muscle glucose uptake are the most important factors. Glucose disposal by insulin-sensitive tissues is regulated initially at the transport step and the mainly by glycogen synthase, phosphofructokinase and pyruvate dehydrogenase. Hormonally induced changes in intracellular fructose 2,6-bisphosphate concentrations play a key role in muscle glycolytic flux and both glycolytic and gluconeogenic flux in the liver. Under stressful conditions (e.g. hypoglycaemia, trauma, vigorous exercise), increased secretion of other hormones such as adrenaline, cortisol and growth hormone, and increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system, come into play; their actions to increase hepatic glucose output and to suppress tissue glucose uptake are partly mediated by increases in tissue fatty acid oxidation. In diabetes, the most common disorder of glucose homeostasis, fasting hyperglycaemia, results primarily from excessive release of glucose by the liver due to increased gluconeogenesis; postprandial hyperglycaemia results from both impaired suppression of hepatic glucose release and impaired skeletal muscle glucose uptake. These abnormalities are usually due to the combination of impaired insulin secretion and tissue resistance to insulin, the causes of which remain to be determined.
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- J E Gerich
- Whittier Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Fanelli CG, De Feo P, Porcellati F, Perriello G, Torlone E, Santeusanio F, Brunetti P, Bolli GB. Adrenergic mechanisms contribute to the late phase of hypoglycemic glucose counterregulation in humans by stimulating lipolysis. J Clin Invest 1992; 89:2005-13. [PMID: 1602007 PMCID: PMC295905 DOI: 10.1172/jci115809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Three studies were performed on nine normal volunteers to assess whether catecholamine-mediated lipolysis contributes to counterregulation to hypoglycemia. In these three studies, insulin was intravenously infused for 8 h (0.30 mU.kg-1.min-1 from 0 to 180 min, and 0.40 mU.kg-1.min-1 until 480 min). In study I (control study), only insulin was infused; in study II (direct + indirect effects of catecholamines), propranolol and phentolamine were superimposed to insulin and exogenous glucose was infused to reproduce the same plasma glucose (PG) concentration of study I. Study III (indirect effect of catecholamines) was the same as study II, except heparin (0.2 U.kg-1.min-1 after 80 min), 10% Intralipid (1 ml.min-1 after 160 min) and variable glucose to match PG of study II, were also infused. Glucose production (HGO), glucose utilization (Rd) [3-3H]glucose, and glucose oxidation and lipid oxidation (LO) (indirect calorimetry) were determined. In all three studies, PG decreased from approximately 4.8 to approximately 2.9 mmol/liter (P = NS between studies), and plasma glycerol and FFA decreased to a nadir at 120 min. Afterwards, in study I plasma glycerol and FFA increased by approximately 75% at 480 min, but in study II they remained approximately 40% lower than in study I, whereas in study III they rebounded as in study I (P = NS). In study II, LO was lower than in study I (1.69 +/- 0.13 vs. 3.53 +/- 0.19 mumol.kg-1.min-1, P less than 0.05); HGO was also lower between 60 and 480 min (7.48 +/- 0.57 vs. 11.6 +/- 0.35 mumol.kg-1.min-1, P less than 0.05), whereas Rd was greater between 210 and 480 min (19 +/- 0.38 vs. 11.4 +/- 0.34 mumol.kg-1.min-1, respectively, P less than 0.05). In study III, LO increased to the values of study I; between 4 and 8 h, HGO increased by approximately 2.5 mumol.kg-1.min-1, and Rd decreased by approximately 7 mumol.kg-1.min-1 vs. study II. We conclude that, in a late phase of hypoglycemia, the indirect effects of catecholamines (lipolysis mediated) account for at least approximately 50% of the adrenergic contribution to increased HGO, and approximately 85% of suppressed Rd.
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- C G Fanelli
- Istituto di Medicina Interna e Scienze Endocrine e Metaboliche, Università di Perugia, Italy
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Insulin-mediated glucose disposal was studied immediately prior to and following moderate hypoglycemia in nondiabetic subjects and subjects with insulin-dependent (type I) diabetes mellitus (IDDM), the latter having varying epinephrine secretory capacities. Plasma insulin concentration was fixed throughout the study at approximately 300 to 400 pmol/L to avoid effects of waning insulin action and plasma glucose was clamped at either 5 mmol/L (euglycemic control) or at 3.1 mmol/L (hypoglycemic) periods of 120 minutes. Baseline (clamp 1) and postexperiment (clamp 2) periods were assessed for net glucose disposal (as a function of the exogenous glucose infusion rate) and glucose kinetics using 3H-glucose. In normal subjects, glucose disposal increased progressively by 132% during control studies but only by 57% with intervening hypoglycemia (P less than .005). Similarly, 33% during hypoglycemia, P less than .025). These changes were mediated by reduction of whole-body glucose uptake (rate of glucose disappearance [Rd], [3H]-3-glucose) and metabolic clearance rates with comparable suppression of hepatic glucose production in both groups. The increase in plasma free-fatty acids (FFA) following hypoglycemia was modest but greater in subjects with IDDM (P less than .01), whereas IDDM had reduced concentrations of epinephrine (P less than .01) and glucagon (P less than .005) during hypoglycemia. In subjects with IDDM but not in normal subjects, the change in posthypoglycemia glucose disposal was inversely correlated with the increase in plasma norepinephrine (R2 = .54, P less than .004) and epinephrine (R2 = .32, P less than .04). Glucose disposal did not correlate with other counterregulatory hormones, plasma FFA, or antecedent glycemic control.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M R Davis
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461
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De Feo P, Perriello G, Torlone E, Fanelli C, Ventura MM, Santeusanio F, Brunetti P, Gerich JE, Bolli GB. Contribution of adrenergic mechanisms to glucose counterregulation in humans. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 261:E725-36. [PMID: 1767833 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1991.261.6.e725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To assess the role of adrenergic mechanisms during prolonged hypoglycemia, eight normal subjects were studied on six occasions. In study 1, insulin was infused subcutaneously (15 mU.m-2.min-1 for 12 h), and plasma glucose concentration (PG) decreased from 89 +/- 2 to 50 +/- 1 mg/dl. In study 2 (insulin as in study 1 + propranolol and phentolamine + variable glucose to maintain PG as in study 1), the rate of hepatic glucose production (HGO, [3-3H]glucose) was approximately 30% lower after 1.5 h, and the rate of peripheral glucose utilization (GU) was approximately 15% greater after 5 h. To quantitate the effects of adrenergic mechanisms on glucose counterregulation, in a control study (study 3), glucoregulatory hormone secretion was blocked, and the hormones were reinfused to reproduce study 1. When alpha- and beta-blockade plus variable glucose were superimposed to study 3 (study 4), HGO was approximately 25% lower (after 2 h), and GU was approximately 10% greater (after 6 h) vs. study 3. When glucose was not infused to match PG of study 3 (study 5), severe hypoglycemia developed (PG at 7 h 36 +/- 2 vs. 62 +/- 3 mg/dl). Finally, when glucose was not infused during alpha- and beta-blockade of study 2 (study 6), PG was 49 +/- 3 mg/dl at 7 h vs. 65 +/- 3 mg/dl of the control study (study 1), despite greater secretion of glucagon, growth hormone, and cortisol. It is concluded that adrenergic mechanisms play a key counterregulatory role, even in the presence of appropriate responses of glucagon and that greater increases in glucagon (and other counterregulatory hormones) cannot compensate fully for absent contribution of adrenergic mechanisms to counterregulation.
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- P De Feo
- Istituto di Patologia Medica, Università di Perugia, Italy
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Shalwitz RA, Farkas-Hirsch R, White NH, Santiago JV. Prevalence and consequences of nocturnal hypoglycemia among conventionally treated children with diabetes mellitus. J Pediatr 1990; 116:685-9. [PMID: 2184211 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)82648-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To determine the prevalence and predictors of, and the glucose responses after, nocturnal hypoglycemia, we studied 135 pediatric patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus on 388 nights. The frequencies of blood glucose values less than 60, 50, and 40 mg/dl (3.3, 2.8, and 2.2 mmol/L) at 2 AM were 14.4%, 7.0%, and 2.1%, and at 6 AM were 6.7%, 2.6%, and 0.5%, respectively. Longer duration of diabetes, higher daily insulin doses, and lower glycosylated hemoglobin values were all significant but weak predictors of 2 AM hypoglycemia (glucose less than or equal to 60 mg/dl (less than or equal to 3.3 mmol/L). A 10 PM glucose concentration less than or equal to 100 mg/dl (less than or equal to 5.6 mmol/L) was present on 48% of nights with 2 AM glucose values less than or equal to 60 mg/dl (less than or equal to 3.3 mmol/L), but only 24% of nights with 10 PM blood glucose values less than or equal to 100 mg/dl (less than or equal to 5.6 mmol/L) were followed by 2 AM hypoglycemia. After treatment of 70 episodes of 2 AM glucose concentrations less than or equal to 60 mg/dl (less than or equal to 3.3 mmol/L), mean 6 AM glucose concentration was 95 +/- 6 mg/dl (5.7 +/- 0.3 mmol/L) and less than or equal to 100 mg/dl in 68.6%. In only 4.3% of these cases was the 6 AM glucose concentration greater than 200 mg/dl (greater than 11.1 mmol/L). Among patients who experienced 2 AM hypoglycemia, after-breakfast glucose values were not greater on days with 2 AM hypoglycemia than on days without it. These data indicate that 2 AM hypoglycemia is relatively common in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, is frequently preceded by a 10 PM glucose value less than or equal to 5.6 mmol/L, and is less well predicted by other factors. Appropriate treatment of 2 AM hypoglycemia seldom results in either before-breakfast or after-breakfast blood glucose values greater than 200 mg/dl (greater than 11.1 mmol/L). Early-morning hypoglycemia is an uncommon cause of otherwise unexplained, prebreakfast hyperglycemia in children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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- R A Shalwitz
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Fowelin J, Attvall S, von Schenck H, Smith U, Lager I. Postprandial hyperglycaemia following a morning hypoglycaemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med 1990; 7:156-61. [PMID: 2137757 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1990.tb01351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The occurrence of hyperglycaemia following a morning hypoglycaemic episode was studied in nine patients with Type 1 diabetes. Each patient was studied twice, once following induced hypoglycaemia and once in a control study when hypoglycaemia was prevented by glucose infusion. After the initial hypoglycaemic/control period the patients were maintained on their regular insulin regimens and were given standard meals. Hypoglycaemia induced postprandial hyperglycaemia (3.1 +/- 0.8 mmol l-1 above control) which lasted for about 8 h. Maximal growth hormone levels were seen 40 min after glucose nadir (control 7.8 +/- 3.2, hypoglycaemia 74.0 +/- 12.3 mU l-1) and the magnitude of the hyperglycaemia was related to the growth hormone levels following the hypoglycaemia (r = 0.80, p less than 0.01).
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- J Fowelin
- Department of Medicine II, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Perriello G, De Feo P, Torlone E, Fanelli C, Santeusanio F, Brunetti P, Bolli GB. Nocturnal spikes of growth hormone secretion cause the dawn phenomenon in type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus by decreasing hepatic (and extrahepatic) sensitivity to insulin in the absence of insulin waning. Diabetologia 1990; 33:52-9. [PMID: 2406181 DOI: 10.1007/bf00586461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The aim of the present studies was to test the hypothesis that the dawn phenomenon in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is due to a decrease in insulin sensitivity caused by nocturnal spikes of growth hormone. Twelve subjects with Type 1 diabetes were studied on two different occasions, from 24.00 to 02.00 hours, and from 06.00 to 08.00 hours with the euglycaemic clamp technique at two plasma free insulin levels (approximately 25 mU/l, n = 7; approximately 80 mU/l, n = 5). To eliminate the confounding factor of insulin waning of previous Biostator studies, prior to clamp experiments the diabetic subjects were infused with i.v. insulin by means of a syringe pump according to their minute-to-minute insulin requirements. Insulin sensitivity decreased at dawn as compared to the early night hours (approximately 30% increase in the rate of hepatic glucose production, approximately 25% decrease in the rate of peripheral glucose utilisation). Plasma insulin clearance did not change overnight. In seven Type 1 diabetic subjects, suppression of nocturnal spikes of growth hormone secretion by somatostatin during basal glucagon and growth hormone replacement resulted in complete abolition of the increased rate of hepatic glucose production at dawn. Replacement of nocturnal spikes of growth hormone faithfully reproduced the increase in hepatic glucose production at dawn of the control study.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G Perriello
- Instituto di Patologia Speciale Medica, Università di Perugia, Italy
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Affiliation(s)
- G B Bolli
- Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica e Metodologia, Clinica dell'Università di Perugia, Italy
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