on September 30, 2004
Published online before print September 30, 2004, doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000146267.71816.30
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Submitted on April 28, 2004
Accepted on August 18, 2004
Insulin Resistance Is Independently Associated With Postprandial Alterations of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Giovanni Annuzzi *;
From the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (G.A., C.D., C.I., L.P., L.D., S.C., G.R., A.A.R.), Federico II University, Naples, and the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism (S.D.), University of Pisa, Italy.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: annuzzi{at}unina.it.
Objective--To evaluate the role of insulin resistance in development of postprandial dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetic patients in an experimental setting in which these patients were compared with nondiabetic subjects at similar glucose and insulin blood levels.
Methods and Results--Eight type 2 diabetic patients in optimal blood glucose control and 7 control subjects (aged 50.0±2.6 and 48.1±1.3 years; body mass index 28.3±1.2 and 25.6±1.1 kg/m2; fasting plasma triglycerides 1.12±0.13 and 0.87±0.08 mmol/L, respectively; mean±SEM; NS) consumed a mixed meal during an 8-hour hyperinsulinemic glycemic clamp. Mean blood glucose during clamp was 
7.8 mmol/L, and plasma insulin during the preprandial steady state was 480 pmol/L in both groups; that differed for insulin sensitivity (measure of insulin sensitivity value lower in diabetic subjects [1.65±0.30 and 3.42±0.60; P<0.05]). Subjects with diabetes had higher postprandial levels of lipids and apolipoprotein B (apoB) in large very low-density lipoprotein (incremental area for triglycerides 1814±421 versus 549±153 µmol/Lx6 hours; P<0.05; cholesterol 694±167 versus 226±41 µmol/Lx6 hours; P<0.05; apoB-48 6.3±1.0 versus 2.6±0.7 mg/Lx6 hours; P<0.05; apoB-100 56.5±14.9 versus 26.2±11.0 mg/Lx6 hours; NS). Basal lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity before and after meal was higher in diabetic subjects, whereas postheparin LPL activity 6 hours after the meal was similar.
Conclusions--Insulin resistance is also associated with postprandial lipoprotein abnormalities in type 2 diabetes after acute correction for hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia.
Key words: postprandial lipemia • large VLDL • insulin resistance • type 2 diabetes • lipoprotein lipase
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