Changes in bile flow after bariatric surgery may beneficially modulate secretion of insulin and incretins, leading to diabetes remission. However, the exact mechanism(s) involved is still unclear. Here, we propose an alternative method to investigate the relationship between alterations in physiological bile flow and insulin and incretin secretion by studying changes in gutpancreatic function in extrahepatic cholestasis in nondiabetic humans. Methods: To pursue this aim, 58 nondiabetic patients with recent diagnosis of periampullary tumors underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and a subgroup of 16 patients also underwent 4-hour mixed meal tests and hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps. Results: The analysis of the entire cohort revealed a strong inverse correlation between total bilirubin levels and insulinogenic index. When subjects were divided on the basis of bilirubin levels, used as a marker of altered bile flow, subjects with high bilirubin levels displayed inferior glucose control and decreased insulin secretion during the OGTT. Altered bile flow elicited a markedly greater increase in glucagon and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) secretion at fasting state, and following the meal, both glucagon and GLP-1 levels remained increased over time. Conversely, Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) levels were comparable at the fasting state, whereas the increase following meal ingestion was significantly blunted with high bilirubin levels. We reveal strong correlations between total bilirubin and glucagon and GLP-1 levels.

Bile Modulates Secretion of Incretins and Insulin. A Study of Human Extrahepatic Cholestasis / Mezza, T.; Moffa, S.; Ferraro, P. M.; Quero, G.; Capece, U.; Carfi, A.; Cefalo, C. M. A.; Cinti, F.; Sorice, G. P.; Impronta, F.; Mari, A.; Pontecorvi, A.; Alfieri, S.; Holst, J. J.; Giaccari, A.. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - 104:7(2019), pp. 2685-2694. [10.1210/jc.2018-02804]

Bile Modulates Secretion of Incretins and Insulin. A Study of Human Extrahepatic Cholestasis

Cefalo C. M. A.;
2019

Abstract

Changes in bile flow after bariatric surgery may beneficially modulate secretion of insulin and incretins, leading to diabetes remission. However, the exact mechanism(s) involved is still unclear. Here, we propose an alternative method to investigate the relationship between alterations in physiological bile flow and insulin and incretin secretion by studying changes in gutpancreatic function in extrahepatic cholestasis in nondiabetic humans. Methods: To pursue this aim, 58 nondiabetic patients with recent diagnosis of periampullary tumors underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and a subgroup of 16 patients also underwent 4-hour mixed meal tests and hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps. Results: The analysis of the entire cohort revealed a strong inverse correlation between total bilirubin levels and insulinogenic index. When subjects were divided on the basis of bilirubin levels, used as a marker of altered bile flow, subjects with high bilirubin levels displayed inferior glucose control and decreased insulin secretion during the OGTT. Altered bile flow elicited a markedly greater increase in glucagon and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) secretion at fasting state, and following the meal, both glucagon and GLP-1 levels remained increased over time. Conversely, Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) levels were comparable at the fasting state, whereas the increase following meal ingestion was significantly blunted with high bilirubin levels. We reveal strong correlations between total bilirubin and glucagon and GLP-1 levels.
2019
insulin secretion; incretins; type 2 diabetes
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Bile Modulates Secretion of Incretins and Insulin. A Study of Human Extrahepatic Cholestasis / Mezza, T.; Moffa, S.; Ferraro, P. M.; Quero, G.; Capece, U.; Carfi, A.; Cefalo, C. M. A.; Cinti, F.; Sorice, G. P.; Impronta, F.; Mari, A.; Pontecorvi, A.; Alfieri, S.; Holst, J. J.; Giaccari, A.. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - 104:7(2019), pp. 2685-2694. [10.1210/jc.2018-02804]
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