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Hypoglycemia Increases Serum Interleukin-6 Levels in Healthy Men and Women
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OBJECTIVE—Inflammation may have a major role in the pathogenesis and prognosis of critical illness. Hyperglycemia increases levels of the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) and is associated with increased risks of morbidity and mortality. Because hypoglycemia is also associated with adverse outcomes, we tested the hypothesis that hypoglycemia increases IL-6. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Seventeen healthy men and women participated in hypoglycemic and euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp studies (target blood glucose levels 2.7 and 5.0 mmol/l, respectively), separated by 1–3 months. IL-6, ACTH, and cortisol were measured at baseline and at 45, 75, 105, and 135 min after initiation of the insulin infusion. RESULTS—IL-6, ACTH, and cortisol levels increased significantly (P < 0.0001) during hypoglycemia but not euglycemia. IL-6 increased from mean ± SEM 1.0 ± 0.2 pg/ml at baseline to 2.6 ± 0.2 pg/ml after 135 min of hypoglycemia, whereas IL-6 levels were unchanged during euglycemia. CONCLUSIONS—Hypoglycemia increases IL-6 levels in healthy individuals.
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“Hypoglycemia is a paradigmatic metabolic physiological stress that evokes autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune responses that are mediated by the same systems activated by psychosocial stress”
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“Acute hypoglycemia has been demonstrated to increase inflammatory markers, prolong QTc, and impair cardiac-vagal baroreflex sensitivity.”
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“Hypoglycemia increases hypothalamic release of CRH and vasopressin into the hypophyseal portal system leading to increases in pituitary ACTH, which then stimulates the adrenal gland to secrete adrenal steroids (including cortisol and aldosterone).”
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“Increases in glucagon, epinephrine, growth hormone, and cortisol compose the main counterregulatory response that serves to restore glucose levels to normal.”
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- Dotson, S., Freeman, R., Failing, H. J., & Adler, G. K.
- Affiliations
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Venue
- Diabetes Care
- Publisher
- American Diabetes Association
- Published
- 2008-06-01
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1222-1223
- ISSN
- 0149-5992
- 1935-5548
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 2
- Language
- en
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