Oral glutamine increases circulating glucagon-like peptide 1, glucagon, and insulin concentrations in lean, obese, and type 2 diabetic subjects1,2,3,4
Jerry R Greenfield, I Sadaf Farooqi, Julia M Keogh, Elana Henning, Abdella M Habib, Anthea Blackwood, Frank Reimann, Jens J Holst and Fiona M Gribble
1 From the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (JRG, ISF, JMK, EH, AMH, AB, FR, and FMG), and the Department of Medical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, The Panum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (JJH).
2 JRG and ISF contributed equally to this work.
3 Supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and St. Vincent's Clinic Foundation, Sydney, Australia (JRG), and the Wellcome Trust (ISF and FMG).
4 Reprints not available. Address correspondence to FM Gribble, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected].
Background: Incretin hormones, such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), play an important role in meal-related insulin secretion. We previously demonstrated that glutamine is a potent stimulus of GLP-1 secretion in vitro.
Objective: Our objective was to determine whether glutamine increases circulating GLP-1 and GIP concentrations in vivo and, if so, whether this is associated with an increase in plasma insulin.
Design: We recruited 8 healthy normal-weight volunteers (LEAN), 8 obese individuals with type 2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance (OB-DIAB) and 8 obese nondiabetic control subjects (OB-CON). Oral glucose (75 g), glutamine (30 g), and water were administered on 3 separate days in random order, and plasma concentrations of GLP-1, GIP, insulin, glucagon, and glucose were measured over 120 min.
Results: Oral glucose led to increases in circulating GLP-1 concentrations, which peaked at 30 min in LEAN (31.9 ± 5.7 pmol/L) and OB-CON (24.3 ± 2.1 pmol/L) subjects and at 45 min in OB-DIAB subjects (19.5 ± 1.8 pmol/L). Circulating GLP-1 concentrations increased in all study groups after glutamine ingestion, with peak concentrations at 30 min of 22.5 ± 3.4, 17.9 ± 1.1, and 17.3 ± 3.4 pmol/L in LEAN, OB-CON, and OB-DIAB subjects, respectively. Glutamine also increased plasma GIP concentrations but less effectively than glucose. Consistent with the increases in GLP-1 and GIP, glutamine significantly increased circulating plasma insulin concentrations. Glutamine stimulated glucagon secretion in all 3 study groups.
Conclusion: Glutamine effectively increases circulating GLP-1, GIP, and insulin concentrations in vivo and may represent a novel therapeutic approach to stimulating insulin secretion in obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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Glutamina może efektywnie usprawniać działanie insuliny, wpływając na regulacje poziomu cukru we krwi, zwłaszcza u osób cierpiących na otyłość i/lub cukrzyce typu II. Z powodu problemów w sygnalizacji komórkowej uaktywnionej przez insulinę, co ostatecznie prowadzi do wydzielania mniejszych jej ilości, chorzy z cukrzycą II typu nie radzą sobie z kontrolowaniem poziomu cukru. W trakcie trawienia posiłku, w układzie pokarmowym wydzielane są takie związki jak GLP-1 i GIP, które stymulują produkcję i uwalanianie insuliny, której zadaniem jest kontrolowanie poziomu cukru we krwi.
Badanie przeprowadzone na Uniwersytecie w Cambridge w Wielkiej Brytanii udowodniło, że doustne
suplementy zawierające glutaminę zwiększają poziom GLP-1, GIP i insuliny we krwi.
Zatem glutamina może być skutecznym środkiem usprawniającym kontrolę poziomu cukru we krwi.
źródło: MD