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Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Vaisbuch E, Gotsch F, Mittal P, Than GN, Nhan-Chang C, Chaiworapongsa T, Edwin S, Camacho N, Nien JK, Hassan SS. Adiponectin multimers in maternal plasma. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2009; 21:796-815. [PMID: 19031276 DOI: 10.1080/14767050802266881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Adiponectin is an anti-diabetic, anti-atherogenic, anti-inflammatory, and angiogenic adipokine that circulates in oligomeric complexes including: low molecular weight (LMW) trimers, medium molecular weight (MMW) hexamers, and high molecular weight (HMW) isoforms. The aim of this study was to determine whether there are changes in adiponectin multimers in pregnancy and as a function of maternal weight. STUDY DESIGN In this cross-sectional study, plasma concentrations of total, HMW, MMW, and LMW adiponectin were determined in women included in three groups: (1) normal pregnant women of normal body mass index (BMI) (n = 466), (2) overweight pregnant women (BMI >or=25; n = 257), and (3) non-pregnant women of normal weight (n = 40). Blood samples were collected once from each woman between 11 and 42 weeks of gestation. Plasma adiponectin multimer concentrations were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Non-parametric statistics were used for analysis. RESULTS (1) The median HMW adiponectin concentration and the median HMW/total adiponectin ratio were significantly higher, and the median LMW adiponectin concentration was significantly lower in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women. (2) Among pregnant women, the median plasma concentration of total, HMW, and MMW adiponectin was significantly higher in normal weight women than in overweight patients. (3) Maternal HMW was the most prevalent adiponectin multimer regardless of gestational age or BMI status. (4) There were no significant differences in the median concentration of total, MMW, and LMW adiponectin and their relative distribution with advancing gestation. CONCLUSION Human pregnancy is characterized by quantitative and qualitative changes in adiponectin multimers, especially the most active isoform, HMW adiponectin.
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- S Mazaki-Tovi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Women's Hospital, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Than NG, Chaiworapongsa T, Nhan-Chang CL, Pacora P, Gotsch F, Yeo L, Kim SK, Edwin SS, Hassan SS, Mittal P. Visfatin in human pregnancy: maternal gestational diabetes vis-à-vis neonatal birthweight. J Perinat Med 2009; 37:218-31. [PMID: 19099366 PMCID: PMC3504974 DOI: 10.1515/jpm.2009.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Adipose tissue dysfunction, characterized by dysregulation of adipokines production and/or secretion, has been implicated in the pathophysiology of type-2 diabetes mellitus, a metabolic complication closely related to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Recently, an association between circulating maternal visfatin, a novel adipokine with metabolic and immunoregulatory properties, and impaired glucose metabolism as well as with altered fetal growth, has been proposed. The aims of this study were to determine whether there is an association between maternal plasma visfatin concentration, GDM, and a large-for-gestational-age (LGA) newborn. STUDY DESIGN This cross-sectional study, included pregnant women at term in the following groups: 1) normal pregnancy and an appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) neonate (n=54); 2) normal pregnancy and an LGA newborn (n=47); 3) GDM and an AGA newborn (n=56); 4) GDM and an LGA newborn (n=45). The study population was further stratified by first trimester BMI (<25 vs. > or =25 kg/m(2)). Maternal plasma visfatin concentration was determined by ELISA. Parametric and non-parametric statistics were used for analysis. RESULTS 1) Among women who delivered an AGA neonate, the median maternal plasma concentration of visfatin was higher in patients with GDM than in those with a normal pregnancy; 2) Among women with a normal pregnancy, those who delivered an LGA neonate had a higher median maternal plasma visfatin concentration than those who delivered an AGA neonate; 3) among patients with normal BMI, there were no significant differences in the median maternal plasma visfatin concentration between the four study groups; and 4) maternal GDM, as well as delivery of an LGA neonate were independently associated with a higher maternal plasma visfatin concentrations. CONCLUSION The linkage between increased maternal circulating visfatin and the presence of GDM or delivery of an LGA neonate supports the hypothesis that perturbation of adipokines homeostasis may play a role in the pathophysiology of GDM or excess fetal growth.
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- Shali Mazaki-Tovi
- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Vaisbuch E, Erez O, Than NG, Chaiworapongsa T, Nhan-Chang CL, Pacora P, Gotsch F, Yeo L, Kim SK, Edwin SS, Hassan SS, Mittal P. Maternal visfatin concentration in normal pregnancy. J Perinat Med 2009; 37:206-17. [PMID: 19284295 PMCID: PMC3500641 DOI: 10.1515/jpm.2009.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Adipose tissue has now emerged as a powerful endocrine organ via the production of adipokines. Visfatin, a novel adipokine with diabetogenic and immuno-modulatory properties has been implicated in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance in patients with obesity and Type-2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to determine whether there are changes in the maternal plasma concentration of visfatin with advancing gestation and as a function of maternal weight. STUDY DESIGN In this cross-sectional study, maternal plasma concentrations of visfatin were determined in normal weight and overweight/obese pregnant women in the following gestational age groups: 1) 11-14 weeks (n=52); 2) 19-26 weeks (n=68); 3) 27-34 weeks (n=93); and 4) >37 weeks (n=60). Visfatin concentrations were determined by ELISA. Non parametric statistics were used for analysis. RESULTS 1) The median maternal plasma visfatin concentration was higher in pregnant women between 19-26 weeks of gestation than that of those between 11-14 weeks of gestation (P<0.01) and those between 27-34 weeks of gestation (P<0.01); 2) among normal weight pregnant women, the median plasma visfatin concentrations of women between 19-26 weeks of gestation was higher than that of those between 11-14 weeks (P<0.01) and those between 27-34 weeks (P<0.01); and 3) among overweight/obese patients, the median maternal visfatin concentration was similar between the different gestational age groups. CONCLUSION The median maternal plasma concentration of visfatin peaks between 19-26 and has a nadir between 27-34 weeks of gestation. Normal and overweight/obese pregnant women differed in the pattern of changes in circulating visfatin concentrations as a function of gestational age.
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- Shali Mazaki-Tovi
- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Nien JK, Mazaki-Tovi S, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Erez O, Gotsch F, Pineles BL, Friel LA, Espinoza J, Goncalves L, Santolaya J, Gomez R, Hong JS, Edwin S, Soto E, Richani K, Mazor M, Hassan SS. Resistin: a hormone which induces insulin resistance is increased in normal pregnancy. J Perinat Med 2007; 35:513-21. [PMID: 17919114 PMCID: PMC2413054 DOI: 10.1515/jpm.2007.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS Resistin, a newly discovered adipokine, is thought to play a key role in the regulation of insulin resistance. The objectives of this study were to develop a nomogram of maternal plasma concentrations of resistin from 11 weeks of gestation to term and to determine whether resistin concentrations differ between normal and overweight pregnant women. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, plasma concentrations of resistin were determined in normal pregnant women of normal body mass index (BMI 18.5-24.9; n=261), overweight pregnant women (BMI > or =25; n=140), and non-pregnant women of normal BMI (n=40). Blood samples were collected once from each woman between the first trimester and term. Percentiles for resistin concentration were determined for five pre-specified windows of gestational age. Plasma resistin concentration was determined by immunoassay. Non-parametric statistics were used for analysis. RESULTS The median maternal plasma concentration of resistin between 11 to 14 weeks of gestation in women of normal weight was significantly higher than non-pregnant women; the plasma concentration of resistin increased with gestational age. CONCLUSIONS Normal pregnant women have a higher median plasma concentration of resistin than non-pregnant women and the concentration of this adipokine increases with advancing gestation. Alterations in the maternal plasma concentration of resistin during pregnancy could contribute to metabolic changes of pregnancy.
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- Jyh Kae Nien
- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI., Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Center for Perinatal Diagnosis and Research (CEDIP), Hospital Sotero del Rio, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Puente Alto, Chile
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI
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- Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Perinatology Research Branch, Intramural Division, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Bethesda, MD, and Detroit, MI., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University/Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit, MI
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Maslovitz S, Shimonovitz S, Lessing JB, Hochner-Celnikier D. The validity of oral glucose tolerance test after 36 weeks’ gestation. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2006; 129:19-24. [PMID: 16360260 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2004] [Revised: 11/15/2005] [Accepted: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Secretion of anti-insulin hormones plateaus near term, questioning the validity of OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test) during that period. We aimed at assessing the feasibility of OGTT near term as compared to OGTT at 26-32 weeks. PATIENTS AND METHODS One thousand four hundred and eighty seven pregnant women were screened by GCT (glucose challenge test), and 282 (19%) of them performed an OGTT at 26th-32nd weeks ("early" OGTT) after meeting the threshold value for GCT. Forty-one women with abnormal and 16 with normal early OGTT underwent a repeated OGTT at 36-40 weeks' gestation ("late" OGTT). Blood glucose levels during GCT and OGTT were compared between women with early and late abnormal OGTT and women who converted from early abnormal to late normal OGTT. RESULTS Thirty-six out of 41 participants (88%) with early abnormal OGTT had abnormal test near term as well (Group I). Five women with an early abnormal OGTT converted to normal according to a late OGTT (Group II). These women had lower glucose levels on both late and early OGTT as compared with Group I. All 16 women who tested normal on early OGTT had a consistently normal late OGTT. Glucose levels for all 57 women did not significantly differ between early and late OGTT. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of late OGTT were 88%, 100%, 100%, and 76%, respectively. CONCLUSION The positive predictive value of late OGTT performed at 36-40 weeks' gestation is 100%. This test may be used to detect gestational diabetes in women near term.
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- Sharon Maslovitz
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Diamond MP, Rossi G. Effects of Pregnancy on Metabolism. Compr Physiol 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp070231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hu L, Lytras A, Bock ME, Yuen CK, Dodd JG, Cattini PA. Detection of placental growth hormone variant and chorionic somatomammotropin-L RNA expression in normal and diabetic pregnancy by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1999; 157:131-42. [PMID: 10619404 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-7207(99)00152-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Diabetes is a common complication encountered during pregnancy. Earlier studies indicated that diabetic placentas bear morphological alterations consistent with modified placental differentiation, including alterations in the villous cellular content, structure, and total surface. Limited data associating the diabetic status with the expression of terminal placental differentiation markers are available. The human growth hormone/chorionic somatomammotropin (hGH/CS) family consists of five genes, one of which (GH-N) is expressed efficiently in pituitary while the other four (CS-A, B, L, and hGH-V) are expressed in placenta and represent ultimate placental differentiation markers. We developed and applied a sensitive RT-PCR method coupled with diagnostic restriction digestion to determine the relative levels of the hGH/CS family in normal pregnancies and examine whether their mRNA expression pattern is altered in pregnancies complicated by diabetes. We show that relative hCS-L content changes during placental development. Specifically, normal term placentas express higher relative levels of hCS-L, lower relative hGH-V levels and a 70-fold lower hGH-V/CS-L mRNA ratio compared to early placentas. Also, many term placentas from diabetic pregnancies express lower relative levels of hCS-L mRNA and a much higher hGH-V/CS-L mRNA ratio compared to normal term placenta, resembling more an early placenta pattern of expression. Thus, our study suggests that the expression of terminal placental differentiation markers, such as the hGH/CS genes, is altered in term placentas from these diabetics reflecting either impaired placental differentiation or post-differentiation impairment of normal placental function.
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- L Hu
- Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Farmer G, Hamilton-Nicol DR, Sutherland HW, Ross IS, Russell G, Pearson DW. The ranges of insulin response and glucose tolerance in lean, normal, and obese women during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1992; 167:772-7. [PMID: 1530038 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(11)91588-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We characterized insulin secretion and glucose disposal in a large unselected group of women, encompassing the full spectrum of glucose tolerance in pregnancy, and related the findings to maternal obesity. STUDY DESIGN Intravenous glucose tolerance and first-phase insulin response were measured at about 32 weeks' gestation in 690 unselected pregnancies. The women were designated as "lean," "normal," or "obese" on weight-for-height criteria. RESULTS The distribution of insulin response was bimodal, but there was no corresponding dichotomy in maternal glucose disposal rate. Insulin response was greatest and glucose disposal rate slowest in obese women. In general, "poor" glucose tolerance was associated with relatively low insulin output. It was not possible to identify any cluster of women, obese or otherwise, in whom poor glucose tolerance was specifically associated with an unusually high insulin response. CONCLUSION The data indicate that the distribution of glucose tolerance in pregnancy is a continuum. Glucose intolerance represents one end of that spectrum and is attributable to insufficient insulin secretion. This relative insufficiency is most frequent with maternal obesity.
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- G Farmer
- Department of Child Health, Aberdeen University Medical School, Scotland
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Smith MA, Nagey DA, Moser-Veillon PB. Plasma and erythrocyte magnesium changes following a glucose challenge during pregnancy. J Am Coll Nutr 1992; 11:426-31. [PMID: 1506604 DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1992.10718246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This study examined the effects of pregnancy and glucose loading on plasma and erythrocyte (RBC) magnesium (Mg) concentrations. In a completely randomized design with repeated measures, 15 nonpregnant, 15 early pregnant (13-17 weeks) and 15 late pregnant (28-34 weeks) women ingested 100 g glucose. Blood was collected at 0, 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes to evaluate changes in Mg levels. Fasting plasma Mg concentrations decreased slightly but not significantly as gestational age of the groups increased. Fasting RBC Mg concentrations were significantly higher (p less than 0.05) in late pregnant women compared with early pregnant and nonpregnant women. Plasma Mg responses to a glucose challenge in nonpregnant women exhibited a curvilinear pattern whereas responses in pregnant women appeared unaffected by the glucose challenge. RBC Mg concentrations for nonpregnant and early pregnant women failed to respond to the glucose challenge whereas it decreased in a linear pattern during late pregnancy. The diabetogenic effect of late pregnancy appears to affect RBC Mg. This redistribution of Mg during late pregnancy could suggest a possible role for RBC as a Mg pool.
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- M A Smith
- Nutritional Sciences Program, University of Maryland, College Park 20742
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Catalano PM, Tyzbir ED, Roman NM, Amini SB, Sims EA. Longitudinal changes in insulin release and insulin resistance in nonobese pregnant women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991; 165:1667-72. [PMID: 1750458 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)90012-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 400] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To assess the longitudinal changes in insulin release and insulin sensitivity in nonobese normal women during gestation, six women were evaluated with oral glucose tolerance testing, body composition analysis, intravenous glucose tolerance tests, and the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp before conception, at 12 to 14 weeks, and at 34 to 36 weeks' gestation. There was a significant increase in the insulin/glucose ratio (p = 0.028) during the oral glucose tolerance test during gestation. There was also a significant 3.0- to 3.5-fold increase throughout gestation in first-phase (p = 0.001) and second-phase (p = 0.0001) insulin release during the intravenous glucose tolerance test. Peripheral insulin sensitivity was estimated as the glucose infusion rate (in milligrams per kilogram fat-free mass per minute) during the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. There was a significant (p = 0.0003) 56% decrease in insulin sensitivity through 36 weeks' gestation. These results are the first to prospectively evaluate the longitudinal changes in maternal carbohydrate metabolism from the time before conception through late gestation with newer methods such as the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp.
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- P M Catalano
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington
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Piva I, Erle G, Thiella M, Lora L, Strazzabosco M, Sicolo N, Federspil G. A study on the hyperinsulinism of late pregnancy. J Endocrinol Invest 1991; 14:807-14. [PMID: 1802920 DOI: 10.1007/bf03347933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Much research has demonstrated that in late pregnancy glucose administration causes a marked increase of peripheral insulin levels. To ascertain whether this particular increase is due to increased insulin secretion and/or to reduced hepatic insulin removal, we measured blood glucose, plasma C-peptide and plasma insulin during OGTT in 7 nonpregnant women and in 20 nondiabetic women at third trimester of gestation and 60-90 days after delivery. The C-peptide/insulin molar ratio was calculated for all subjects. Data obtained showed that both plasma insulin and C-peptide response to oral glucose is considerably higher in women at third trimester of pregnancy as compared with that observed in the same subjects after delivery and in nonpregnant women. The basal (overnight fasting) C-peptide/insulin molar ratio did not differ significantly between pregnant and nonpregnant women. After the oral glucose load the molar ratio was sharply reduced in all groups of subjects, but the overall decrease in the pregnant women in the three hours following oral glucose was considerably greater than in postpartum and in nonpregnant women. The increased plasma C-peptide response clearly indicates that in pregnancy oral glucose-induced hyperinsulinism is caused by increased insulin release from pancreatic B-cells. Moreover, the marked overall decrease of the C-peptide/insulin molar ratio suggests, even if it does not definitely prove, that hyperinsulinism after glucose in late pregnancy may be a consequence not only of increased insulin secretion, but also of decreased hepatic extraction of insulin.
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- I Piva
- Divisione di Malattie del Metabolismo, Ospedale Civile, Vicenza, Italy
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Prior to the introduction of insulin, a vast majority of pregnancies complicated by diabetes ended in perinatal death, with an associated risk of maternal death. Currently, virtually all diabetic women can undergo pregnancy with the expectation of good maternal and fetal outcome. However, many challenges still remain in preventing congenital anomalies and macrosomia.
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- V A Barss
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Ober C, Xiang KS, Thisted RA, Indovina KA, Wason CJ, Dooley S. Increased risk for gestational diabetes mellitus associated with insulin receptor and insulin-like growth factor II restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Genet Epidemiol 1989; 6:559-69. [PMID: 2574127 DOI: 10.1002/gepi.1370060502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. We have examined restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) near "candidate diabetogenic genes" as one approach to identify molecular markers for GDM genes. Genotypes for insulin hypervariable region (HVR), insulin-like growth factor II (IGF2), insulin receptor (INSR), and glucose transporter (GLUT1) RFLPs were studied in 96 GDM and 164 control subjects, matched to GDM for race, age, and gravidity. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between genotypes at these candidate gene loci and GDM, while adjusting for the effects of potential confounding variables. Among black subjects, the INSR allele 1 (P = 0.001) and interactions between INSR allele 1 with body mass index (BMI) (P = 0.002) and history of DM in subject's mother (P = 0.004) contributed significantly to GDM risk. Among Caucasian subjects, a similar relationship between the INSR allele 1 (P = 0.007) and INSR allele 1-BMI interactions (P = 0.011) on GDM risk were observed. In Caucasians, an additional significant risk factor was determined by an INSR allele 1-IGF2 allele 2 interaction (P = 0.018). No risk factors were identified in Hispanic subjects. These data continue to support the hypothesis that GDM is a heterogeneous disorder with respect to phenotypic and genotypic features. Furthermore, our data suggest that risk for GDM in black and Caucasian subjects is not due to obesity perse but to interactions between obesity and INSR alleles. In Caucasian women, INSR and IGF2 alleles interact to confer additional risk for GDM. Thus genes underlying susceptibility to GDM in some women may be similar to genes conferring risk to NIDDM, while in others novel genes may contribute to GDM risk.
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- C Ober
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, IL 60637
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Kofinas AD, Meis PJ, Rose JC. Gestational diabetes reverses the circadian variation of plasma insulin response to intravenous glucose. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988; 159:607-11. [PMID: 3048098 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(88)80018-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Both healthy third-trimester pregnant women and a group of women with gestational diabetes failed to show a difference in glucose clearance rates when given an intravenous glucose bolus at 8 AM compared with 4 PM. The plasma insulin response in the healthy pregnant women was greater at 8 AM. In the diabetic group, the peak insulin response was greater at 4 PM, but it was more prolonged after the 8 AM tests. These alterations in plasma insulin response were especially striking in the subgroup of obese women with gestational diabetes, who demonstrated metabolic differences compared with their nonobese counterparts.
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- A D Kofinas
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
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Leonhardt UT, Stevenson JC, Ghatei MA, Lischka A, Macdonald DW, Whitehead MI, Bloom SR. Elevated 7B2 levels during normal human pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1988; 158:1141-4. [PMID: 3369498 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90241-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In a cross-sectional study the plasma concentrations of immunoreactive 7B2, a novel protein originally isolated from the pituitary gland, was measured in 60 healthy pregnant and postpartum women. The mean circulating concentration of 7B2 immunoreactive equivalents was found to be significantly increased throughout pregnancy (10 to 12 weeks, 52.2 +/- 13.1 pmol/L; 20 to 22 weeks, 74.4 +/- 20.1 pmol/L; 30 to 32 weeks, 56.0 +/- 12.9 pmol/L; and 36 to 40 weeks, 85.7 +/- 13.6 pmol/L) when compared with a group of 32 age-matched nonpregnant controls (19.7 +/- 5.0 pmol/L); (p less than 0.01). The highest 7B2 plasma concentrations were found shortly before delivery (36 to 40 weeks) and fell sharply after birth, returning to normal within 4 to 6 weeks. Fetal plasma from both umbilical artery and vein was found to have particularly high concentrations of 7B2-like immunoreactivity (396 +/- 19 and 361 +/- 24 pmol/L, respectively), and 7B2 was extractable from the placenta. Chromatographic analysis of plasma and tissue extracts showed the main peak of immunoreactivity to coincide with that originally described in the pituitary gland. Although the function of 7B2 is at present unknown, our data suggest that 7B2 immunoreactivity in fetal blood originates from the fetus and may play an important role in pregnancy.
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- U T Leonhardt
- Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Steel JM, Home PD, Young RJ, Johnstone FD, Frier BM. Observations on the metabolic basis for altered insulin dose distribution in diabetic pregnancy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1987; 3:1-7. [PMID: 3545727 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8227(87)80002-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Insulin requirements are known to increase during pregnancy, but it has not been reported whether this relates to prandial or basal requirements, or to a change in insulin pharmacokinetics. In nine unselected pregnant patients the pattern of this increase was that of a large increase in the total morning dose and a reduction in the evening dose of intermediate acting insulin, in order to maintain good control while avoiding nocturnal hypoglycaemia. 24 h metabolic profiles were carried out in these patients in the third trimester of pregnancy. Plasma free insulin profiles reflected the dosage patterns and there was no change in insulin metabolic clearance rate in pregnancy. Pregnant diabetic patients had a broad peak of free insulin concentration around lunchtime followed by a steady fall until next morning. Blood lactate and alanine were higher than normal and 3-hydroxybutyrate lower than is usually seen in non-pregnant diabetic patients. The observations suggest that there may be differential changes in insulin sensitivity in diabetic pregnancy between the fed and fasting states, and that the therapeutic response to this causes a measurable metabolic change.
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Sartin JL, Cummins KA, Kemppainen RJ, Marple DN, Rahe CH, Williams JC. Glucagon, insulin, and growth hormone responses to glucose infusion in lactating dairy cows. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1985; 248:E108-14. [PMID: 3881044 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1985.248.1.e108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Early lactation in the dairy cow is associated with an increased demand for energy that can only be met by hormone-mediated partitioning of nutrients. The purpose of this study was to determine adaptive responses of basal and glucose-stimulated glucagon (IRG), insulin (IRI), and growth hormone (GH) concentrations to early lactation. Blood was collected via jugular cannulas from nonpregnant nonlactating (NPNL) cows and cows 14 days antepartum (AP) and 5 and 30 days postpartum (PP). Basal concentrations of IRI decreased with lactation, IRG was essentially unchanged, and GH was increased with lactation. The molar IRI/IRG (I/G) ratio was decreased from 4.6 at day 14 AP to 1.3 at day 30 PP. The effects of exogenous glucose (0.56 mM/kg body wt) on IRI were greatest during pregnancy and declined with lactation. IRG responses to glucose were similar except in NPNL cows, which had a minimal but prolonged IRG inhibition, GH responses to glucose infusion were absent in NPNL cows and were most significant at 5 days PP. The decreased I/G and elevated GH concentrations suggests that both IRG and GH play a role in nutrient partitioning during early lactation.
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Gray RS, Cowan P, Steel JM, Johnstone FD, Clarke BF, Duncan LJ. Insulin action and pharmacokinetics in insulin treated diabetics during the third trimester of pregnancy. Diabet Med 1984; 1:273-8. [PMID: 6242816 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1984.tb01972.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Insulin action and pharmacokinetics were compared, using the euglycaemic insulin clamp technique, in seven insulin-treated diabetics during the third trimester of pregnancy and one to three weeks post-partum. At an insulin infusion rate of 1 mU/kg/min, insulin mediated glucose disposal was significantly greater (p less than 0.02) following delivery (1.194 +/- 0.138 mmol/m2/min) than in pregnancy (0.761 +/- 0.072 mmol/m2/min) and the rate of decline in insulin mediated glucose disposal, at the end of the insulin infusion, was significantly greater (p less than 0.02) following delivery (24.78 +/- 4.22 mumol/m2/min2) than in pregnancy (15.17 +/- 2.00 mumol/m2/min2). The metabolic clearance rate, distribution space and pharmacological half-life of insulin were not significantly altered by pregnancy. These findings show that the third trimester of pregnancy is associated with steady state insulin resistance accompanied by a reduced rate of insulin deactivation, but normal insulin pharmacokinetics.
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- R S Gray
- Diabetic Outpatient Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Using a glucose infusion test insulin responses and insulin sensitivities were studied in 15 gestational diabetic women at 36-40 weeks gestation. In all women intravenous glucose tolerance had returned to normal at six weeks postpartum. Twelve women had a repeat glucose infusion test done 7-24 weeks (mean 17 weeks) postpartum. The results were compared with previously evaluated normal non-pregnant and normal pregnant standards and insulin responses below the normal 15th percentile were defined as "low". Twelve women had "low insulin responses in late pregnancy, and six had "low" insulin responses postpartum. The mean insulin sensitivity index of 1.34 +/- 1.21 (mean +/- SD) was significantly higher in the gestational diabetic group during pregnancy compared with a control pregnant group at 0.53 +/- 0.21 (p less than 0.01). The findings in this study support the hypothesis that gestational diabetes may arise in women who are unable to achieve adequate insulinogenic compensation to pregnancy. Increased insulin sensitivity in gestational diabetes may be a compensatory mechanism.
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