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Abstract
A multiplicity of substrates and hormones interact to influence neonatal glucose homeostasis.
Based on prior studies in our laboratory, we hypothesized that glucose alone does
not tightly control neonatal glucose homeostasis. Fifteen spontaneously delivered,
mixed-breed term lambs, weighing 4.7 ± 0.9 kg (mean ± SD) were studied at 4.7 ± 0.6
days after birth following administration of 100 μCi d[6,6-3H2] glucose in 0.9% NaCl by the prime plus constant fusion technique to measure glucose
production. After a baseline period, five lambs received 8.5 mg · kg−1 · min−1 glucose in combination with the following to isolate the contribution of glucose:
somatostatin to block insulin, glucagon, and growth hormone release; metyrapone to
block cortisol release; phentolamine to block α-adrenergic release; and propranolol
to block β-adrenergic release (glucose + blockade). Five lambs received the above
without the glucose infusion (blockade). Five lams continued to receive 0.9% NaCl
alone as the diluent for the isotopic tracer throughout the study (control). The glucose
+ blockade group had a significant increase in plasma glucose (P < .0001) and a significant increase in total glucose appearance (P < .0001) compared with both the blockade and control groups. Under conditions of
glucose infusion at a rate 49% greater than the basal rate, the endogenous glucose
production rate persisted such that there was only an evanescent decrease compared
with that of the control group, which was not statistically different over time. As
a substrate, glucose does not tightly control neonatal glucose homeostasis.
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Publication history
Accepted:
March 19,
1998
Received:
December 12,
1997
Footnotes
☆Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant No. R-01-27287.
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© 1998 Published by Elsevier Inc.
