Marked decline in beta cell function during pregnancy leads to the development of glucose intolerance in Japanese women

Endocrine Journal

Yasunori Yoshimura¹  Yoshifumi Saisho²  Satoru Ikenoue¹  Tadashi Matsumoto¹  Hiroshi Itoh²  Yoshifumi Kasuga¹  Kazuhiro Minegishi¹  Kei Miyakoshi¹ 

[1] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan;Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

关键词: Insulin sensitivity;    Insulin secretion;    Disposition index;    Glucose metabolism;    Pregnancy;   

DOI  :  10.1507/endocrj.EJ12-0356

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

来源: Japan Endocrine Society

【 摘 要 】

References(21)Cited-By(1)The aim of this study is to investigate glucose metabolism longitudinally during pregnancy to explore mechanisms underlying gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We reviewed a total of 62 pregnant Japanese women who underwent a 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) twice during pregnancy (median: early, 13; late, 28 weeks’ gestation) because of positive GDM screening. All showed normal OGTT results in early pregnancy. Based on late OGTT, 15 had GDM (late-onset GDM) and 47 normal glucose tolerance (NGT). In early pregnancy, there were no significant differences in insulin sensitivity (insulin sensitivity index derived from OGTT [ISOGTT] and homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance [HOMA-IR]) and insulin secretion (a ratio of the total area-under-the-insulin-curve to the total area-under-the-glucose-curve [AUCins/glu] and insulinogenic index [IGI]) between the NGT and late-onset GDM groups. In each group, insulin sensitivity significantly decreased from early to late pregnancy, most in the late-onset GDM group (each p < 0.05). The insulin secretion showed no significant changes with advancing pregnancy in both of the groups, although late-onset GDM showed significantly lower IGI compared with NGT in late OGTT (p < 0.05). When assessed beta cell function by OGTT-derived disposition index (i.e. Insulin Secretion-Sensitivity Index-2 and IGI/fasting insulin), the indices significantly decreased from early to late pregnancy in the both groups (each p < 0.05). Women with late-onset GDM showed significantly lower indices compared with NGT (each p < 0.05). The failure of beta cell to compensate for decreased insulin sensitivity could contribute to the development of the late-onset GDM.

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