| pubmed-article:6784135 | pubmed:abstractText | Human diabetes mellitus is characterized by impaired insulin response to intravenous glucose. In search of possible endogenous factors which impair insulin release, we have investigated the effect of lysine acetylsalicylate (LAS), an inhibitor of endogenous prostaglandin (PGs) synthesis, upon insulin responses to glucose and arginine in subjects with type II (adult-on-set) diabetes mellitus. Acute insulin response to glucose (20 g) was significantly increased by LAS (response before LAS=26 +/- 10%; during LAS=77+15%, mean+/-SEM, mean change 3-10 min insulin, % basal, n=8, p 0.01), as well as second phase insulin secretion (before LAS=1437+/-316%; during LAS=3960+/-550%, change 10-60 min, uU/ml-min, % basal, p less than 0.01). This effect was associated with an increase in glucose disappearance rates (p less than 0.01). Acute insulin response to arginine (5 g iv) was also increased by LAS infusion. These results suggest that endogenous PGs may be one of the factors which impair insulin secretion in human diabetes. | lld:pubmed |
