Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2440/7922
Citations | ||
Scopus | Web of Science® | Altmetric |
---|---|---|
?
|
?
|
Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Postnatal ontogeny of glucose homeostasis and insulin action in sheep |
Author: | Gatford, K. De Blasio, M. Thavaneswaran, P. Robinson, J. McMillen, I. Owens, J. |
Citation: | American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2004; 286(6):E1050-E1059 |
Publisher: | Amer Physiological Soc |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
ISSN: | 0193-1849 1522-1555 |
Statement of Responsibility: | K. L. Gatford, M. J. De Blasio, P. Thavaneswaran, J. S. Robinson, I. C. McMillen, and J. A. Owens |
Abstract: | Glucose tolerance declines with maturation and aging in several species, but the time of onset and extent of changes in insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion and their contribution to changes in glucose tolerance are unclear. We therefore determined the effect of maturation on glucose tolerance, insulin secretion, and insulin sensitivity in a longitudinal study of male and female sheep from preweaning to adulthood, and whether these measures were related across age. Glucose tolerance was assessed by intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT, 0.25 g glucose/kg), insulin secretion as the integrated insulin concentration during IVGTT, and insulin sensitivity by hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp (2 mU insulin·kg–1·min–1). Glucose tolerance, relative insulin secretion, and insulin sensitivity each decreased with age (P < 0.001). The disposition index, the product of insulin sensitivity, and various measures of insulin secretion during fasting or IVGTT also decreased with age (P < 0.001). Glucose tolerance in young adult sheep was independently predicted by insulin sensitivity (P = 0.012) and by insulin secretion relative to integrated glucose during IVGTT (P = 0.005). Relative insulin secretion before weaning was correlated positively with that in the adult (P = 0.023), whereas glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, and disposition indexes in the adult did not correlate with those at earlier ages. We conclude that glucose tolerance declines between the first month of life and early adulthood in the sheep, reflecting decreasing insulin sensitivity and absence of compensatory insulin secretion. Nevertheless, the capacity for insulin secretion in the adult reflects that early in life, suggesting that it is determined genetically or by persistent influences of the perinatal environment. |
Keywords: | Age sex characteristics secretion sensitivity disposition index |
Description: | Copyright © 2004 by the American Physiological Society. |
DOI: | 10.1152/ajpendo.00340.2003 |
Published version: | http://ajpendo.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/286/6/E1050 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.