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  • Title: The effect of insulin and FFA on myocardial glucose uptake.
    Author: Knuuti MJ, Mäki M, Yki-Järvinen H, Voipio-Pulkki LM, Härkönen R, Haaparanta M, Nuutila P.
    Journal: J Mol Cell Cardiol; 1995 Jul; 27(7):1359-67. PubMed ID: 7473782.
    Abstract:
    In addition to direct stimulation of glucose uptake and metabolism in cardiac myocytes, insulin inhibits lipolysis and, thereby, reduces serum free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations. This, in turn, has been suggested to enhance myocardial glucose utilization. To study the mechanism of insulin action on myocardial glucose uptake (MGU) in vivo, five patients with stable coronary artery disease were studied with positron emission tomography (PET) and [18F]FDG. All patients underwent two PET studies after a 12-h fast, once during low serum FFA but high insulin concentrations (during insulin clamp), and once during low serum FFA and low insulin concentrations (in the fasting state after two oral doses of 250 mg of an antilipolytic drug, acipimox). The MGU in the normal myocardium was measured using dynamic PET imaging. Plasma glucose concentrations were comparable during the insulin clamp and after administration of acipimox (5.0 +/- 0.4 v 5.2 +/- 0.3 mmol/l, n.s.). Serum insulin concentrations were high during clamp but remained in low fasting concentrations after acipimox (74 +/- 9 mU/l v 6 +/- 5 mU/l, P = 0.0001). Serum FFA concentrations were similar during both approaches (230 +/- 110 v 200 +/- 40 mumol/l, respectively, n.s.). No difference in cardiac work load was detected between the approaches. The calculated MGU values in normal myocardium were similar during both approaches (57 +/- 23 mumol/min/100 g v 61 +/- 14 mumol/min/100 g, respectively, n.s.). The MGU values correlated inversely to serum FFA concentration (r = -0.87, P = 0.001) and directly to myocardial work load (r = 0.73, P = 0.016) but not to serum insulin concentration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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