Postprandial gallbladder emptying in patients with type 2 diabetes: potential implications for bile-induced secretion of glucagon-like peptide 1

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Abstract

Objective: Recent preclinical work has suggested that postprandial flow of bile acids into the small intestine potentiates nutrient-induced glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) secretion via bile acid-induced activation of the G protein-coupled receptor TGR5 in intestinal L cells. The notion of bile-induced GLP1 secretion combined with the findings of reduced postprandial gallbladder emptying in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) led us to speculate whether reduced postprandial GLP1 responses in some patients with T2DM arise as a consequence of diabetic gallbladder dysmotility.

Design and methods: In a randomised design, 15 patients with long-standing T2DM and 15 healthy age-, gender- and BMI-matched control subjects were studied during 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and three isocaloric (500 kcal) and isovolaemic (350 ml) liquid meals: i) 2.5 g fat, 107 g carbohydrate and 13 g protein; ii) 10 g fat, 93 g carbohydrate and 11 g protein; and iii) 40 g fat, 32 g carbohydrate and 3 g protein. Basal and postprandial plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, glucagon, GLP1, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), cholecystokinin and gastrin were measured. Furthermore, gallbladder emptying and gastric emptying were examined.

Results: Gallbladder emptying increased with increasing meal fat content, but no intergroup differences were demonstrated. GIP and GLP1 responses were comparable among the groups with GIP levels being higher following high-fat meals, whereas GLP1 secretion was similar after both OGTT and meals.

Conclusions: In conclusion, patients with T2DM exhibited normal gallbladder emptying to meals with a wide range of fat content. Incretin responses were similar to that in controls, and an association with postprandial gallbladder contraction could not be demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Endocrinology
Volume171
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)407-419
Number of pages13
ISSN0804-4643
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2014

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Area Under Curve
  • Bile
  • Biological Markers
  • Blood Glucose
  • C-Peptide
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cholecystokinin
  • Denmark
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Dietary Fats
  • Female
  • Gallbladder Emptying
  • Gastric Emptying
  • Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide
  • Gastrins
  • Glucagon
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • Humans
  • Insulin
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postprandial Period
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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