1. Fasting serum total bile acid levels are associated with insulin sensitivity, islet β-cell function and glucagon levels in response to glucose challenge in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Wang XH, Xu F, Cheng M, Wang X, Zhang DM, Zhao LH, Cai HL, Huang HY, Chen T, Zhang XL, Wang XQ, Cheng XB, Su JB, and Lu Y
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- Adult, Bile Acids and Salts blood, C-Peptide blood, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 blood, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 drug therapy, Female, Glucagon blood, Glucose Tolerance Test, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Bile Acids and Salts metabolism, Blood Glucose metabolism, C-Peptide metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 metabolism, Glucagon metabolism, Insulin Resistance, Insulin Secretion, Insulin-Secreting Cells metabolism
- Abstract
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by islet β-cell dysfunction and impaired suppression of glucagon secretion of α-cells in response to oral hyperglycaemia. Bile acid (BA) metabolism plays a dominant role in maintaining glucose homeostasis. So we evaluated the association of fasting serum total bile acids (S-TBAs) with insulin sensitivity, islet β-cell function and glucagon levels in T2D. Total 2,952 T2D patients with fasting S-TBAs in the normal range were recruited and received oral glucose tolerance tests for determination of fasting and postchallenge glucose, C-peptide and glucagon. Fasting and systemic insulin sensitivity were assessed by homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) and Matsuda index using C-peptide, i.e., IS
HOMA-cp and ISIM-cp , respectively. Islet β-cell function was assessed by the insulin-secretion-sensitivity-index-2 using C-peptide (ISSI2cp ). The area under the glucagon curve (AUCgla ) was used to assess postchallenge glucagon. The results showed ISHOMA-cp , ISIM-cp and ISSI2cp decreased, while AUCgla notably increased, across ascending quartiles of S-TBAs but not fasting glucagon. Moreover, S-TBAs were inversely correlated with ISHOMA-cp , ISIM-cp and ISSI2cp (r = -0.21, -0.15 and -0.25, respectively, p < 0.001) and positively correlated with AUCgla (r = 0.32, p < 0.001) but not with fasting glucagon (r = 0.033, p = 0.070). Furthermore, after adjusting for other clinical covariates by multiple linear regression analyses, the S-TBAs were independently associated with ISHOMA-cp (β = -0.04, t = -2.82, p = 0.005), ISIM-cp (β = -0.11, t = -7.05, p < 0.001), ISSI2cp (β = -0.15, t = -10.26, p < 0.001) and AUCgla (β = 0.29, t = 19.08, p < 0.001). Increased fasting S-TBAs are associated with blunted fasting and systemic insulin sensitivity, impaired islet β-cell function and increased glucagon levels in response to glucose challenge in T2D.- Published
- 2020
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