(Journal Article): Exenatide (exendin-4) improves insulin sensitivity and {beta}-cell mass in insulin-resistant obese fa/fa Zucker rats independent of glycemia and body weight.
 
Gedulin BR, Nikoulina SE, Smith PA, Gedulin G, Nielsen LL, Baron AD, Parkes DG, Young AA (Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 9360 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 110, San Diego, California 92121,USA.)
 
IN: Endocrinology 2005; 146(4):2069-2076
Impact Factor(s) of Endocrinology: 5.151 (2004), 5.063 (2003), 5.095 (2002), 4.971 (2001)

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ABSTRACT: The effects of the incretin mimetic exenatide (exendin-4) on metabolic parameters, insulin sensitivity, and beta-cell mass were examined in nondiabetic, insulin-resistant obese fa/fa Zucker rats. After 6 wk of treatment, ad libitum-fed exenatide-treated (EX) and pair-fed vehicle control (PF) rats had comparable food intake, body weight, hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)), and fasting plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, and lipids. Concurrent decreases in food intake and weight gain were observed in EX and PF rats, compared with ad libitum-fed vehicle control (CON) rats (P < 0.001). The increases in HbA(1c) and fasting plasma insulin concentrations that occur during the normal progression of this disease model were significantly reduced in EX and PF rats, compared with CON rats (P < 0.001). The insulin sensitivity index (ISI; glucose infusion rate to plasma insulin concentration) measured during a hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp was 224% higher in EX rats than CON rats (P < 0.001) and 61% higher in EX rats than PF rats (P < 0.004). The latter difference was despite comparable HbA(1c), fasting glucose, fasting insulin, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and daily food consumption between EX and PF animals. In the absence of exenatide, beta-cell mass was hyperbolically related to ISI (beta-cell mass * ISI was constant). Analogous to the disposition index, the beta-cell mass * ISI product was 63% greater in EX than PF rats (P < 0.05). Thus, exenatide increased beta-cell mass to a greater extent than would be expected in animals of comparable insulin resistance, suggesting a direct trophic effect on islet neogenesis in obese fa/fa rats independent of body weight and glycemia.

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