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  • Title: Inhibition of lipolysis decreases lipid oxidation and gluconeogenesis from lactate but not fasting hyperglycemia or total hepatic glucose production in NIDDM.
    Author: Puhakainen I, Yki-Järvinen H.
    Journal: Diabetes; 1993 Dec; 42(12):1694-9. PubMed ID: 8243814.
    Abstract:
    We determined whether overnight inhibition of lipolysis by a long-acting nicotinic acid derivative (acipimox) decreases gluconeogenesis from lactate in NIDDM patients. For this purpose, 250 mg of acipimox or placebo was administered in a double-blind crossover study at 2400, 0400, and 0800 to 8 NIDDM patients (54 +/- 4 yr of age, body mass index 29.5 +/- 1.3 kg/m2, fasting plasma glucose 11 +/- 1 mM). The next morning, total hepatic glucose production (glucose Ra) and gluconeogenesis from lactate were determined using primed, continuous infusions of [3-3H]glucose and [U-14C]acetate. Glucose and lipid oxidation rates were measured using indirect calorimetry. Mean overnight serum free fatty acid concentrations averaged 242 +/- 8 microM after acipimox and 721 +/- 30 microM after placebo (P < 0.001). Inhibition of lipolysis decreased lipid oxidation from 33 +/- 3 to 22 +/- 2 J.kg-1 x min-1 (P < 0.001) and increased carbohydrate oxidation from 15 +/- 3 to 23 +/- 2 mumol.kg-1.min-1 (P < 0.005). Gluconeogenesis from lactate decreased by approximately 40%, from 6.2 +/- 0.6 to 3.8 +/- 0.5 mumol.kg-1 x min-1 (P < 0.005); lactate oxidation increased from 5.6 +/- 0.8 to 7.9 +/- 1.1 mumol.kg-1 x min-1 (P < 0.005), with no change in plasma lactate concentrations or total lactate Rd. Fasting plasma glucose concentrations were comparable at 2400 (10.0 +/- 1.1 vs. 10.6 +/- 1.3 mM, acipimox vs. placebo) and between 0900 and 1000 (10.6 +/- 1.3 and 11.3 +/- 1.3 mM, respectively). Also, total glucose production rates remained unchanged (14.0 +/- 1.2 vs. 14.9 +/- 1.3 mol.kg-1 x min-1, respectively).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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