Weight Loss-Independent Effect of Liraglutide on Insulin Sensitivity in Individuals With Obesity and Prediabetes

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Metabolic effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are confounded by weight loss and not fully recapitulated by increasing endogenous GLP-1. We tested the hypothesis that GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists exert weight loss-independent, GLP-1R-dependent effects that differ from effects of increasing endogenous GLP-1. Individuals with obesity and prediabetes were randomized to receive for 14 weeks the GLP-1R agonist liraglutide, a hypocaloric diet, or the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor sitagliptin. The GLP-1R antagonist exendin(9-39) and placebo were administered in a two-by-two crossover study during mixed-meal tests. Liraglutide and diet, but not sitagliptin, caused weight loss. Liraglutide improved insulin sensitivity measured by HOMA for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), the updated HOMA model (HOMA2), and the Matsuda index after 2 weeks, prior to weight loss. Liraglutide decreased fasting and postprandial glucose levels, and decreased insulin, C-peptide, and fasting glucagon levels. In contrast, diet-induced weight loss improved insulin sensitivity by HOMA-IR and HOMA2, but not the Matsuda index, and did not decrease glucose levels. Sitagliptin increased endogenous GLP-1 and GIP values without altering insulin sensitivity or fasting glucose levels, but decreased postprandial glucose and glucagon levels. Notably, sitagliptin increased GIP without altering weight. Acute GLP-1R antagonism increased glucose levels in all groups, increased the Matsuda index and fasting glucagon level during liraglutide treatment, and increased endogenous GLP-1 values during liraglutide and sitagliptin treatments. Thus, liraglutide exerts rapid, weight loss-independent, GLP-1R-dependent effects on insulin sensitivity that are not achieved by increasing endogenous GLP-1.

ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS: Metabolic benefits of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are confounded by weight loss and are not fully achieved by increasing endogenous GLP-1 through dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibition. We investigated weight loss-independent, GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R)-dependent metabolic effects of liraglutide versus a hypocaloric diet or the DPP-4 inhibitor sitagliptin. GLP-1R antagonism with exendin(9-39) was used to assess GLP-1R-dependent effects during mixed meals. Liraglutide improved insulin sensitivity and decreased fasting and postprandial glucose prior to weight loss, and these benefits were reversed by exendin(9-39). GLP-1R agonists exert rapid, weight loss-independent, GLP-1R-dependent effects on insulin sensitivity not achieved by increasing endogenous GLP-1.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Diabetes - 73(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 38-50

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mashayekhi, Mona [VerfasserIn]
Nian, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Mayfield, Dustin [VerfasserIn]
Devin, Jessica K [VerfasserIn]
Gamboa, Jorge L [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Silver, Heidi J [VerfasserIn]
Niswender, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Luther, James M [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Nancy J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

839I73S42A
89750-14-1
9007-92-5
Blood Glucose
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors
EC 3.4.14.5
Glucagon
Glucagon-Like Peptide 1
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor
Hypoglycemic Agents
Journal Article
Liraglutide
Randomized Controlled Trial
Sitagliptin Phosphate
TS63EW8X6F

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Date Completed 22.12.2023

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2337/db23-0356

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36366923X