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Overnight lowering of free fatty acids with Acipimox improves insulin resistance and glucose tolerance in obese diabetic and nondiabetic subjects.

Santomauro, A T, Boden, G, Silva, M E, Rocha, D M, Santos, R F, Ursich, M J, Strassmann, P G, Wajchenberg, B L·1999·Diabetes

Abstract

Obesity is commonly associated with elevated plasma free fatty acid (FFA) levels, as well as with insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, two important cardiovascular risk factors. What causes insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia in obesity remains uncertain. Here, we have tested the hypothesis that FFAs are the link between obesity and insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia and that, therefore, lowering of chronically elevated plasma FFA levels would improve insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia and glucose tolerance in obese nondiabetic and diabetic subjects. Acipimox (250 mg), a long-acting antilipolytic drug, or placebo was given overnight (at 7:00 P.M., 1:00 A.M., 7:00 A.M.) to 9 lean control subjects, 13 obese nondiabetic subjects, 10 obese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance, and 11 patients with type 2 diabetes. Euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamps and oral glucose tolerance tests (75 g) were performed on separate mornings after overnight Acipimox or placebo treatment. In the three obese study groups, Acipimox lowered fasting levels of plasma FFAs (by 60-70%) and plasma insulin (by approximately 50%). Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake during euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamping was more than twofold higher after Acipimox than after placebo. Areas under the glucose and insulin curves during oral glucose tolerance testing were both approximately 30% lower after Acipimox administration than after placebo. We conclude that lowering of elevated plasma FFA levels can reduce insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia and improve oral glucose tolerance in lean and obese nondiabetic subjects and in obese patients with type 2 diabetes.

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  • Reducing plasma free fatty acid concentration in insulin-resistant individuals, such as type 2 diabetic subjects, augments insulin-stimulated glucose disposal in skeletal muscle, and the improvement in insulin sensitivity is closely associated with a reduction in intramyocellular fatty acyl-CoA concentration.

    “Conversely, reduction of plasma FFA concentration in insulin resistant individuals, for example, type 2 diabetic subjects, augments insulin-stimulated glucose disposal in skeletal muscle [69–72], and the improvement in insulin sensitivity is closely associated with a reduction in intramyocellular FACoA concentration [69].”

    From Pathogenesis of insulin resistance in skeletal muscle (2010) · cites this paper as [72]

  • Pharmacological inhibition of lipolysis lowers fatty acid levels and rapidly improves insulin sensitivity in diabetic and nondiabetic, lean and obese subjects.

    “Further evidence linking fatty acids to insulin sensitivity comes from clinical studies showing that pharmacological inhibition of lipolysis decreases fatty acid levels and rapidly enhances insulin sen-sitivity in diabetic and nondiabetic, lean and obese subjects (48,49).”

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Authors
Santomauro, A. T., Boden, G., Silva, M. E., Rocha, D. M., Santos, R. F., Ursich, M. J., Strassmann, P. G., & Wajchenberg, B. L.
Affiliations
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Venue
Diabetes
Published
1999-09-01
Volume
48
Issue
9
Pages
1836-1841
ISSN
  • 0012-1797 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-327X
OpenAlex
W2007405015
Cited by
431
References
0
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FWCI
9.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Diabetes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ag007988-10, 5r01aa010221-03)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01-AA-10221)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01-AG07988)
  • National Center for Research Resources (M01RR000349, RR-00349)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
Keywords
acipimox, free fatty acids, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, glucose tolerance, obesity, type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp, oral glucose tolerance test
MeSH terms
Adult, Hypolipidemic Agents, Basal Metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified, Female, Glucose Tolerance Test, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Male, Obesity, Oxidation-Reduction, Pyrazines, Glucose Clamp Technique

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