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ABSTRACT: Objective
To compare effects of medications and laparoscopic gastric band surgery (LB) on α-cell function in dysglycemic youth and adults in the Restoring Insulin Secretion (RISE) Study protocols.Research design and methods
Glucagon was measured in three randomized, parallel, clinical studies: 1) 91 youth studied at baseline, after 12 months on metformin alone (MET) or glargine followed by metformin (G/M), and 3 months after treatment withdrawal; 2) 267 adults studied at the same time points and treated with MET, G/M, or liraglutide plus metformin (L+M) or given placebo (PLAC); and 3) 88 adults studied at baseline and after 12 and 24 months of LB or MET. Fasting glucagon, glucagon suppression by glucose, and acute glucagon response (AGR) to arginine were assessed during hyperglycemic clamps. Glucagon suppression was also measured during oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs).Results
No change in fasting glucagon, steady-state glucagon, or AGR was seen at 12 months following treatment with MET or G/M (in youth and adults) or PLAC (in adults). In contrast, L+M reduced these measures at 12 months (all P ≤ 0.005), which was maintained 3 months after treatment withdrawal (all P < 0.01). LB in adults also reduced fasting glucagon, steady-state glucagon, and AGR at 12 and 24 months (P < 0.05 for all, except AGR at 12 months [P = 0.098]). Similarly, glucagon suppression during OGTTs was greater with L+M and LB. Linear models demonstrated that treatment effects on glucagon with L+M and LB were largely associated with weight loss.Conclusions
Glucagon concentrations were reduced by L+M and LB in adults with dysglycemia, an effect principally attributable to weight loss in both interventions.
SUBMITTER: Kahn SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8740921 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kahn Steven E SE Edelstein Sharon L SL Arslanian Silva A SA Barengolts Elena E Caprio Sonia S Ehrmann David A DA Hannon Tamara S TS Marcovina Santica S Mather Kieren J KJ Nadeau Kristen J KJ Utzschneider Kristina M KM Xiang Anny H AH Buchanan Thomas A TA
Diabetes care 20210616 9
<h4>Objective</h4>To compare effects of medications and laparoscopic gastric band surgery (LB) on α-cell function in dysglycemic youth and adults in the Restoring Insulin Secretion (RISE) Study protocols.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>Glucagon was measured in three randomized, parallel, clinical studies: <i>1</i>) 91 youth studied at baseline, after 12 months on metformin alone (MET) or glargine followed by metformin (G/M), and 3 months after treatment withdrawal; <i>2</i>) 267 adults studi ...[more]