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Cerebral glutamate metabolism during hypoglycaemia in healthy and type 1 diabetic humans.

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BACKGROUND:The mechanisms responsible for the progressive failure of hypoglycaemia counterregulation in long-standing type 1 diabetes are poorly understood. Increased brain glucose uptake during hypoglycaemia or alterations of brain energy metabolism could effect glucose sensing by the brain and thus contribute to hypoglycaemia-associated autonomic failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Type 1 diabetic patients (T1DM) and healthy volunteers (CON) were studied before, during and after a hypoglycaemic (50 mg dL(-1)) hyperinsulinaemic (1.5 mU kg(-1) min(-1)) clamp test. The (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the occipital lobe of the brain was performed employing the STEAM localization technique. The water signal was suppressed by the modified SWAMP method. All spectra were acquired on a 3 Tesla scanner (80 cm MEDSPEC-DBX, Bruker Medical, Ettlingen, Germany) using a 10-cm diameter surface coil. RESULTS:During hypoglycaemia, T1DM showed blunted endocrine counterregulation. At baseline the brain tissue glucose : creatine ratio was lower in CON than in T1DM (CON 0.13 +/- 0.05 vs. T1DM 0.19 0.11; P < 0.01). During hypoglycaemia glucose : creatine ratios decreased in both groups (CON 0.07 +/- 0.08, P < 0.05; T1DM 0.03 +/- 0.03, P < 0.001). A significant drop in the glutamate : creatine ratio could only be found in CON during hypoglycaemia (CON 1.36 +/- 0.08 vs. 1.26 +/- 0.11; P < 0.01; T1DM 1.32 +/- 0.13 vs. 1.28 +/- 0.15; P = NS). The ratios of glutamine, N-acetylaspartate, choline and myo-inositol : creatine were not different between both groups and did not change throughout the experiment. CONCLUSIONS:Only in CON does moderate hypoglycaemia reduce intracerebral glutamate concentrations, possibly owing to a slower substrate flux through the tricarboxylic acid cycle in neurones. The maintenance of normal energy metabolism in T1DM during hypoglycaemia might effect glucose sensing in the brain and contribute to hypoglycaemia-associated autonomic failure.

journal_name

Eur J Clin Invest

journal_title

European journal of clinical investigation

authors

Bischof MG,Brehm A,Bernroider E,Krssák M,Mlynárik V,Krebs M,Roden M

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01615.x

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pub_date

2006-03-01 00:00:00

pages

164-9

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eissn

0014-2972

issn

1365-2362

pii

ECI1615

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Cerebral glutamate metabolism during hypoglycaemia in healthy and type 1 diabetic humans.