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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 74, 1270-1276, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Suppression of plasma intact parathyroid hormone levels during insulin- induced hypoglycemia in humans

CH Shearing, JP Ashby, DA Hepburn, BM Fisher and BM Frier
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland.

The adrenergic control of intact PTH secretion was investigated by measuring its plasma concentration during insulin-induced hypoglycemia in normal human subjects under control conditions (n = 12) and after alpha (n = 5)- or beta (n = 6)-adrenoceptor blockade. Blood samples were taken at baseline, at the time of the acute hypoglycemic reaction, and at regular intervals for 60 min thereafter. Plasma concentrations of intact PTH, catecholamines, total calcium, magnesium, albumin, phosphate, and glucose were measured in all subjects, and plasma ionized calcium was also assayed in three subjects during acute hypoglycemia without pharmacological blockade. At the time of the acute hypoglycemic reaction, the plasma concentration of intact PTH in the control subjects fell to 60.8% of baseline values and was accompanied by a small but significant increase in plasma total calcium. Intact PTH concentrations remained suppressed after the plasma calcium concentration had returned to normal. The two groups of subjects who were exposed to adrenoceptor blockade exhibited a reduced fall in plasma intact PTH and showed no significant increase in plasma total calcium. Therefore, insulin-induced acute hypoglycemia was associated with a fall in plasma intact PTH. Adrenoceptor blockade reduced, but did not abolish, the response, suggesting that other factors are involved.


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