Abstract
Purpose
Incretin-based therapies have been introduced in clinical practice for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treatment in the last few years. Current available medications of this class include glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors. In addition to GLP-1, DPP-4 is able to inactivate many others peptides as hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH). The aim of this exploratory study was to evaluate, on adult diabetic patients, the impact of therapy with incretins, particularly DPP-4 inhibitors on GH/IGF-I axis.
Methods
60 patients with T2DM were included in the study and they were divided into three groups (age and sex comparable) on the basis of their hypoglycemic drugs in the last 4 months: group 1 (17 patients, exenatide or liraglutide + metformin), group 2 (18 patients, sitagliptin or vildagliptin + metformin), group 3 (25 patients, metformin). Anthropometric data, glycemia, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), IGF-I and acid-labile subunit (ALS) were collected in all patients.
Results
Weight, waist circumference and BMI of group 1 were significantly higher (P < 0.05) compared to the other groups. Fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c of the group 1 were similar compared to those of group 3 (P ns) and higher compared to those of group 2 (P < 0.05). IGF-I absolute values, IGF-I SDS were not significantly different in the three groups.
Conclusions
Our data evidence that DPP-4 inhibition does not influence significantly GH/IGF-I system, confirming what was observed in animal models. Further studies are needed to better characterize the properties of these molecules on endocrine system.
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Teti, C., Talco, M., Albertelli, M. et al. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors do not alter GH/IGF-I axis in adult diabetic patients. J Endocrinol Invest 43, 389–393 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-019-01106-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-019-01106-6