Sex Difference In the Effect of Fetal Exposure to Maternal Diabetes on Insulin Secretion

Autor: Raphaël Porcher, Charbel Abi Khalil, Jean-Pierre Riveline, Michel Marre, Gilberto Velho, Philippe Boudou, Simeon-Pierre Choukem, Eric Ravussin, Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, Etienne Larger, Ronan Roussel, Jean-François Gautier, Samy Hadjadj, Lila Sabrina Fetita, Fidaa Ibrahim
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of the Endocrine Society
ISSN: 2472-1972
DOI: 10.1210/js.2017-00482
Popis: We previously showed that fetal exposure to maternal type 1 diabetes (T1D) is associated with altered glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in adult offspring. Here, we investigated whether this β-cell defect displays a sex dimorphism. Twenty-nine adult nondiabetic offspring of T1D mothers (ODMs) were compared with 29 nondiabetic offspring of T1D fathers. We measured early insulin secretion in response to oral glucose and insulin secretion rate in response to intravenous glucose ramping. Insulin sensitivity and body composition were assessed by a euglycemic, hyperinsulinemic clamp and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, respectively. In response to oral glucose, male and female ODMs displayed a reduced insulin secretion. In contrast, in response to graded intravenous glucose infusion, only female ODMs (not males) exhibited decreased insulin secretion. There was no defect in response to combined intravenous arginine and glucose, suggesting that male and female ODMs exhibit a functional β-cell defect rather than a reduced β-cell mass. In conclusion, fetal exposure to maternal diabetes predisposes to β-cell dysfunction in adult male and female offspring. This β-cell defect is characterized by a sexual dimorphism following intravenous glucose stimulation.
Insulin secretion was evaluated in adults who have been exposed in utero to maternal T1D. Only women (not men) exhibited decreased insulin secretion in response to intravenous glucose.
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