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Interstitial glucose kinetics in subjects with type 1 diabetes under physiologic conditions
Malgorzata E Wilinska1, Manfred Bodenlenz, Ludovic J Chassin
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
Abstract:
We investigated the dynamic relationship between interstitial glucose (IG) in the subcutaneous adipose tissue and plasma glucose (PG) during physiologic conditions in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Nine subjects with T1DM (5/4 M/F; age, 33 +/- 13 years; body mass index, 26.6 +/- 4.3 kg/m(2); glycosylated hemoglobin [HbA(1c)], 8.6% +/- 0.9%; mean +/- SD) treated by continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) with insulin lispro were studied over 12 hours after a standard meal (40 g carbohydrate [CHO]) and prandial insulin. IG was measured by open flow microperfusion. Nine compartment models were postulated to account for temporal variations in the IG/PG ratio. The models differed in the inclusion of physiologically motivated alterations of pathways entering/leaving the IG compartment in the adipose tissue. The best model included zero order (constant) glucose disposal from the interstitial fluid (ISF) and insulin-stimulated glucose transfer from plasma to the ISF. The former effect is expressed by a positive association between the IG/PG ratio and PG, eg, a decrease in PG from 9 to 3.3 mmol/L lowers the IG/PG ratio by 0.1. The latter effect results in the IG/PG ratio to be increased by 0.03 per 10 mU/L of plasma insulin. We were not able to detect the stimulatory effect of insulin on glucose disappearance from the ISF. In conclusion, we developed and quantified a model of IG kinetics in the adipose tissue applicable to physiologic conditions in subjects with T1DM.
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