OBJECTIVE: In type 2 diabetes, although the impairment of postprandial muscle blood flow response is well established, information on the effect of this impairment on glucose uptake and lipid metabolism is controversial. DESIGN: Postprandial forearm blood flow responses and metabolic parameters were assessed in a cross-sectional study of subjects at various stages of insulin resistance. PATIENTS: Eleven healthy subjects (CONTROLS), 11 first-degree relatives of type-2 diabetics (RELATIVES), 10 patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), 10 diabetic patients with postprandial hyperglycaemia (DMA), and 13 diabetic patients with both fasting and postprandial hyperglycaemia (DMB). MEASUREMENTS: All subjects received a meal. Blood was drawn from a forearm deep vein and the radial artery at specific time-points during a period of 360 min for measurements of glucose, insulin, triglycerides and nonesterified-fatty acids. Forearm muscle blood flow was measured with strain-gauge plethysmography. Glucose uptake and ISI Index were calculated. RESULTS: Peak-baseline muscle blood flow was higher in CONTROLS (3.32 ± 0.4) than in RELATIVES (0.53 ± 0.29), IGT (0.82 ± 0.2), DMA (1.44 ± 0.34), DMB (1.23 ± 0.35 ml/min/100 ml tissue), P < 0.001. Glucose uptake (AUC(0-360,) μmol/100 ml tissue) was higher in CONTROLS (1023 ± 132) than in RELATIVES (488 ± 42), IGT (458 ± 43), DMA (347 ± 63), DMB (543 ± 53), P < 0.001. ISI index, postprandial triglycerides and nonesterified-fatty acids behaved in a similar way. Peak-baseline muscle blood flow correlated positively with glucose uptake (r = 0.440, P = 0.001) and ISI index (r = 0.397, P = 0.003), and negatively with postprandial triglycerides (r = -0.434, P = 0.001) and nonesterified-fatty acids (r = -0.370, P = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that increase in muscle blood flow after a meal is impaired at all stages of type-2 diabetes. This defect influences glucose uptake and is associated with impaired lipid metabolism in the postprandial state.
OBJECTIVE: In type 2 diabetes, although the impairment of postprandial muscle blood flow response is well established, information on the effect of this impairment on glucose uptake and lipid metabolism is controversial. DESIGN: Postprandial forearm blood flow responses and metabolic parameters were assessed in a cross-sectional study of subjects at various stages of insulin resistance. PATIENTS: Eleven healthy subjects (CONTROLS), 11 first-degree relatives of type-2 diabetics (RELATIVES), 10 patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), 10 diabeticpatients with postprandial hyperglycaemia (DMA), and 13 diabeticpatients with both fasting and postprandial hyperglycaemia (DMB). MEASUREMENTS: All subjects received a meal. Blood was drawn from a forearm deep vein and the radial artery at specific time-points during a period of 360 min for measurements of glucose, insulin, triglycerides and nonesterified-fatty acids. Forearm muscle blood flow was measured with strain-gauge plethysmography. Glucose uptake and ISI Index were calculated. RESULTS: Peak-baseline muscle blood flow was higher in CONTROLS (3.32 ± 0.4) than in RELATIVES (0.53 ± 0.29), IGT (0.82 ± 0.2), DMA (1.44 ± 0.34), DMB (1.23 ± 0.35 ml/min/100 ml tissue), P < 0.001. Glucose uptake (AUC(0-360,) μmol/100 ml tissue) was higher in CONTROLS (1023 ± 132) than in RELATIVES (488 ± 42), IGT (458 ± 43), DMA (347 ± 63), DMB (543 ± 53), P < 0.001. ISI index, postprandial triglycerides and nonesterified-fatty acids behaved in a similar way. Peak-baseline muscle blood flow correlated positively with glucose uptake (r = 0.440, P = 0.001) and ISI index (r = 0.397, P = 0.003), and negatively with postprandial triglycerides (r = -0.434, P = 0.001) and nonesterified-fatty acids (r = -0.370, P = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that increase in muscle blood flow after a meal is impaired at all stages of type-2 diabetes. This defect influences glucose uptake and is associated with impaired lipid metabolism in the postprandial state.
Authors: P Mitrou; E Petsiou; E Papakonstantinou; E Maratou; V Lambadiari; P Dimitriadis; F Spanoudi; S A Raptis; G Dimitriadis Journal: Eur J Clin Nutr Date: 2015-01-28 Impact factor: 4.016