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  • Title: The role of beta-cell function and insulin sensitivity in the remission of type 2 diabetes after gastric bypass surgery.
    Author: Nannipieri M, Mari A, Anselmino M, Baldi S, Barsotti E, Guarino D, Camastra S, Bellini R, Berta RD, Ferrannini E.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 2011 Sep; 96(9):E1372-9. PubMed ID: 21778221.
    Abstract:
    CONTEXT: Bariatric surgery can induce remission in a high proportion of severely obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to investigate predictors and mechanisms of surgery-induced diabetes remission. PATIENTS AND SETTING: Forty-three morbidly obese subjects (body mass index = 45.6 ± 5.0 kg/m(2)), 32 with T2DM and 11 nondiabetic [normal glucose tolerance (NGT)], participated at a clinical research center. INTERVENTION: Patients underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Diabetes remission and β-cell function were evaluated. RESULTS: Subjects were tested before and 45 d and 1 yr after surgery. Weight decreased similarly in T2DM and NGT (-39 kg at 1 yr, P < 0.0001). Insulin sensitivity improved in both groups in proportion to the changes in body mass index but remained lower in T2DM than NGT (386 ± 91 vs. 479 ± 89 ml/min · m(2), P < 0.01). Based on glycosylated hemoglobin and oral glucose testing, diabetes had remitted in nine patients at 45 d and in an additional 16 at 1 yr. In T2DM, β-cell glucose sensitivity increased early after surgery but was no further improved and still abnormal at 1 yr [median, 48 (coefficient interval, 53) pmol/min · m(2) · mm vs. median, 100 (coefficient interval, 68) of NGT, P < 0.001]. Baseline β-cell glucose sensitivity was progressively worse in early remitters, late remitters, and nonremitters (median, 54[coefficient interval, 50] vs. median, 22[coefficient interval, 26] vs. median, 4[coefficient interval, 10] pmol/min · m(2) · mm) and, by logistic regression, was the only predictor of failure [odds ratio for bottom tertile = 7.9 (95% confidence interval = 1.2-51.9); P = 0.03]. CONCLUSIONS: In morbid obesity, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass causes rapid and profound metabolic adaptations; insulin sensitivity improves in proportion to the weight loss, and β-cell glucose sensitivity increases independently of weight loss. Over a period of 1 yr after surgery, diabetes remission depends on the starting degree of β-cell dysfunction.
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