Preserved GLP-1 effects in a diabetic patient with Cushing's disease

TY - JOUR

T1 - Preserved GLP-1 effects in a diabetic patient with Cushing's disease

AU - Ritzel, R A

AU - Kleine, N

AU - Holst, Jens Juul

AU - Willms, B

AU - Schmiegel, W

AU - Nauck, M A

PY - 2007/2

Y1 - 2007/2

N2 - CONTEXT: A patient with diabetes mellitus, who participated in a study with intravenous administration of GLP-1, was later found to have Cushing's disease (markedly elevated 24 h urinary cortisol excretion and inadequate suppression of fasting cortisol with 2 mg dexamethasone). His diabetic state disappeared (2 h plasma glucose after 75 g oral glucose 159 mg/dl=IGT) after successful pituitary surgery (normal 24 h urinary cortisol excretion and adequate cortisol suppression with 2 mg dexamethasone).OBJECTIVE: The present analysis was undertaken to compare GLP-1 actions on fasting glycemia in diabetes mellitus due to Cushing's disease with GLP-1 actions in typical type 2 diabetes.DESIGN AND METHODS: GLP-1 (1.2 pmol/kg/min) and placebo had been infused into ten patients with diabetes mellitus over 4 h in the fasting state. The results from the patient with Cushing's disease (C) were compared to the data from the remaining nine patients with type 2 diabetes (D).RESULTS: Within 4 h glucose decreased from basal (C: 12.9; D: 12.9+/-0.7 mmol/l) to normal fasting values (C: 5.0; D: 4.9+/-0.4 mmol/l). The stimulation of insulin secretion and suppression of glucagon secretion was similar in the patient with Cushing's disease compared to those with type 2 diabetes.CONCLUSIONS: The insulinotropic, glucagonostatic and glucose-lowering actions of GLP-1 in a patient with diabetes mellitus due to cortisol excess were similar to actions in typical type 2 diabetes. Therefore incretin mimetics might be a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus.

AB - CONTEXT: A patient with diabetes mellitus, who participated in a study with intravenous administration of GLP-1, was later found to have Cushing's disease (markedly elevated 24 h urinary cortisol excretion and inadequate suppression of fasting cortisol with 2 mg dexamethasone). His diabetic state disappeared (2 h plasma glucose after 75 g oral glucose 159 mg/dl=IGT) after successful pituitary surgery (normal 24 h urinary cortisol excretion and adequate cortisol suppression with 2 mg dexamethasone).OBJECTIVE: The present analysis was undertaken to compare GLP-1 actions on fasting glycemia in diabetes mellitus due to Cushing's disease with GLP-1 actions in typical type 2 diabetes.DESIGN AND METHODS: GLP-1 (1.2 pmol/kg/min) and placebo had been infused into ten patients with diabetes mellitus over 4 h in the fasting state. The results from the patient with Cushing's disease (C) were compared to the data from the remaining nine patients with type 2 diabetes (D).RESULTS: Within 4 h glucose decreased from basal (C: 12.9; D: 12.9+/-0.7 mmol/l) to normal fasting values (C: 5.0; D: 4.9+/-0.4 mmol/l). The stimulation of insulin secretion and suppression of glucagon secretion was similar in the patient with Cushing's disease compared to those with type 2 diabetes.CONCLUSIONS: The insulinotropic, glucagonostatic and glucose-lowering actions of GLP-1 in a patient with diabetes mellitus due to cortisol excess were similar to actions in typical type 2 diabetes. Therefore incretin mimetics might be a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus.

KW - Blood Glucose

KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

KW - Female

KW - Glucagon-Like Peptide 1

KW - Humans

KW - Hydrocortisone

KW - Insulin

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion

U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-955096

DO - 10.1055/s-2007-955096

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 17318778

SN - 0947-7349

VL - 115

SP - 146

EP - 150

JO - Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

JF - Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

IS - 2

ER -