The Role of Glucagon Like Peptide-1 in Glucose Metabolism and Weight Loss Following Gastric Bypass Surgery

Summary

The overall goal of this project is to understand the mechanisms by which gastric bypass surgery improves glucose metabolism. The central hypothesis guiding this project is that the reconfiguration of intestinal transit with the Roux-en-Y will increase the release of insulinotropic GI hormones, termed incretins that improve insulin secretion and glucose metabolism. The study is divided into three specific aims. 1. To determine the role of incretin hormones on insulin secretion in patients with gastric bypass surgery using intravenous-oral hyperglycemic clamp. 2. To compare incretin effect and glucose tolerance among patient who suffer from hypoglycemia after RYGB and asymptomatic surgical and non-surgical individuals. 3. To quantify the contribution of GLP-1 to incretin effect enhancement following surgery.

Description

Eligibility

Age range

18–65 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Interventions

• Drug
  exendin-(9-39)

  hyperglycemic clamp-meal tolerance test is designed to assess insulin secretion before and after meal ingestion

• Drug
  exendin -(9-39)

  2-day meal tolerance tests with labeled oral and IV glucose using exendin-(9-39) infusion are designed to evaluate the role of GLP-1 signaling on glucose tolerance and glucose kinetics.

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