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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Insulin resistance is strongly associated with hypertension and is postulated to participate in the elevation of blood pressure, although the mechanisms involved are not understood. Recently, we reported that acute increases in plasma insulin levels in normal subjects resulted in increased serum levels of a sodium pump inhibitor, termed the digitalis-like factor (DLF), which has been implicated in both experimental and essential human hypertension. This study looked at the DLF response to hyperinsulinemia, achieved by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), in the setting of a naturally occurring and self-resolving state of human insulin resistance, during third-trimester pregnancy. This model allowed us the further opportunity to compare the DLF response to insulin in the same subjects postpartum, after resolution of their insulin resistance. Administration of an OGTT during pregnancy and postpartum in the same subjects elicited a comparable serum glucose response but a significantly greater insulin response during third-trimester pregnancy, consistent with diminished insulin sensitivity (integrated insulin response during pregnancy: 1611+/-236 vs postpartum: 685+/-101 pmol/l, P=0.004). The time courses of the glucose and insulin responses were identical whether women were pregnant or not. Plasma free fatty acids fell significantly and to a comparable degree during pregnancy and postpartum, but the response was slower during pregnancy. DLF levels increased in response to oral glucose in both pregnant and nonpregnant states. The response was more rapid during pregnancy than after. These findings showed that the increment of insulin induced by oral glucose during pregnancy caused a more rapid rise in circulating DLF levels than it did during the nonpregnant state. At the same time, the response of circulating fatty acids to glucose is retarded during pregnancy. This suggests that the insulin resistance of pregnancy impairs insulin's influence on intermediary metabolism but not its influence on DLF. As a vasoactive substance, DLF might contribute to the hypertension characteristic of insulin-resistant states.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0950-9240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
851-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Cardenolides, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Digoxin, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Fatty Acids, Nonesterified, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Glucose Tolerance Test, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Hyperinsulinism, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Insulin Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Maternal Welfare, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Pregnancy Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Pregnancy Trimester, Third, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Saponins, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12522466-Utah
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Digitalis-like factor response to hyperinsulinemia in human pregnancy, a model of insulin resistance.
pubmed:affiliation
Endocrine-Hypertension Divsion, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hosptial, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies