Beta-cell function and glucose metabolism in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Gea Ciccarelli, Gianfranco Di Giuseppe, Laura Soldovieri, Giuseppe Quero, Enrico Celestino Nista, Michela Brunetti, Francesca Cinti, Simona Moffa, Umberto Capece, Vincenzo Tondolo, Andrea Mari, Antonio Gasbarrini, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Sergio Alfieri, Andrea Giaccari*, Teresa Mezza

*Autore corrispondente per questo lavoro

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo in rivistaArticolo in rivista

Abstract

Aims: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is - along with acute pancreatitis - the most frequent cause of diabetes of the exocrine pancreas (DEP). Although insulin deficiency is widely accepted as the major feature of DEP, it is still unclear whether diabetes associated with CP is characterized by additional or different functional defects of the insulin secretory machinery. To identify possible functional defects specifically induced by CP, we performed a cross-sectional study in individuals with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and diabetes mellitus (DM) comparing patients with and without CP (CP vs. NCP). Methods: We administered an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to all participants and, according to their glucose tolerance, classified them as NGT, IGT and DM. Insulin sensitivity and beta-cell functional parameters were derived from OGTT, hyperglycemic clamp and hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp. Results: Studying 146 subjects, we found that beta-cell function and insulin secretion were significantly lower in CP compared to NCP patients. However, when we classified the subjects according to OGTT-derived glucose tolerance, we found no differences in beta-cell function or in insulin sensitivity between CP and NCP with the same glucose tolerance status. Of note, we found that arginine-stimulated insulin secretion is reduced only in subjects with CP and DM compared to NCP subjects with DM. Conclusions: Patients with CP had no specific alterations in insulin secretion and beta-cell function. However, in patients diagnosed with diabetes, we found a lower arginine-stimulated insulin secretion, a marker of reduced functional mass.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)N/A-N/A
RivistaEuropean Journal of Internal Medicine
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2024

Keywords

  • Beta-cell function
  • Insulin secretion
  • Pancreas
  • Type 3c diabetes mellitus

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