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Patients with type 1 diabetes exhibit altered cerebral metabolism during hypoglycemia
Kim C.C. van de Ven, Cees J. Tack, Arend Heerschap, Marinette van der Graaf, Bastiaan E. de Galan
Kim C.C. van de Ven, Cees J. Tack, Arend Heerschap, Marinette van der Graaf, Bastiaan E. de Galan
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Patients with type 1 diabetes exhibit altered cerebral metabolism during hypoglycemia

Abstract

Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) experience, on average, 2 to 3 hypoglycemic episodes per week. This study investigated the effect of hypoglycemia on cerebral glucose metabolism in patients with uncomplicated T1DM. For this purpose, hyperinsulinemic euglycemic and hypoglycemic glucose clamps were performed on separate days, using [1-13C]glucose infusion to increase plasma 13C enrichment. In vivo brain 13C magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to measure the time course of 13C label incorporation into different metabolites and to calculate the tricarboxylic acid cycle flux (VTCA) by a one-compartment metabolic model. We found that cerebral glucose metabolism, as reflected by the VTCA, was not significantly different comparing euglycemic and hypoglycemic conditions in patients with T1DM. However, the VTCA was inversely related to the HbA1C and was, under hypoglycemic conditions, approximately 45% higher than that in a previously investigated group of healthy subjects. These data suggest that the brains of patients with T1DM are better able to endure moderate hypoglycemia than those of subjects without diabetes.

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Kim C.C. van de Ven, Cees J. Tack, Arend Heerschap, Marinette van der Graaf, Bastiaan E. de Galan

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