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Acute peripheral metabolic effects of intraarterial ghrelin infusion in healthy young men.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Ghrelin is the endogenous agonist for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). Intravenous administration of ghrelin induces insulin resistance and hyperglycemia and increases the levels of free fatty acids (FFA).

Objective

To investigate whether these effects are mediated directly by ghrelin in skeletal muscle tissue.

Design

This study was single blinded, randomized, and placebo controlled. Eight healthy men (25.5 ± 3.1 years) received 240 min of intraarterial ghrelin infusion (4.2 ng × kg(-1) × min(-1)) into one femoral artery and intraarterial placebo infusion into the contralateral artery. Simultaneous blood samples were drawn from both femoral veins and muscle biopsies were obtained from both legs during both a basal period and during a hyperinsulinemic and euglycemic clamp period.

Results

Ghrelin significantly elevated venous FFA levels and venous dilution of palmitate, suggestive of increased lipolysis. Glucose metabolism was unchanged, and there were no direct effects on pertinent enzymes in the insulin signaling cascade. The metabolic clearance rate of acyl ghrelin was 12.5 ± 3.3 ml × kg(-1) × min(-1). Acyl and desacyl ghrelin levels both increased.

Conclusions

The results of this study suggest that ghrelin may stimulate lipolysis directly in skeletal muscle.

SUBMITTER: Vestergaard ET

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5393419 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Acute peripheral metabolic effects of intraarterial ghrelin infusion in healthy young men.

Vestergaard Esben Thyssen ET Buhl Mads M Gjedsted Jakob J Madsen Michael M Jessen Niels N Nielsen Soren S Gaylinn Bruce D BD Liu Jianhua J Thorner Michael O MO Moller Niels N Jorgensen Jens Otto Lunde JO

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 20101117 2

<h4>Context</h4>Ghrelin is the endogenous agonist for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R). Intravenous administration of ghrelin induces insulin resistance and hyperglycemia and increases the levels of free fatty acids (FFA).<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate whether these effects are mediated directly by ghrelin in skeletal muscle tissue.<h4>Design</h4>This study was single blinded, randomized, and placebo controlled. Eight healthy men (25.5 ± 3.1 years) received 240 min of intraarte ...[more]

PMID: 21084392

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Acute peripheral metabolic effects of intraarterial ghrelin infusion in healthy young men.

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