The mechanisms of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) remission after gastric bypass surgery (GBP) are unclear. Thelevels of the gut hormones incretins and their effect on insulin secretion, which is impaired in T2DM, markedlyincrease after GBP. The anatomical changes of GBP, rather than weight loss, seem to be responsible for thechanges of incretins. The objective of this proposal is to investigate the different mechanisms by which GBPand gastric banding (LAGB) affect glucose control.We wish to understand the role of weight loss versus changes in gut peptides in the short and long term inmorbidly patients with T2DM after GBP or LAGB.
AIM 1 will compare the short term effect of GBP and LAGBon incretin levels and effect after an equivalent 10 kg weight loss, testing the hypothesis that incretin levels andeffect will increase more after GBP than after LAGB.
AIM 2 will study the long-term changes in the incretinlevels and effect after oral glucose and during a multiple meal diet, before and after GBP, testing thehypothesis that mean incretin levels is greater after GBP.
AIM 3 will study the changes of insulin secretion in response to IV glucose (AIRg) and insulin sensitivity (Si),measured by the minimal model, 2 years after GBP and LAGB, testing the hypothesis that for an equivalentincrease of Si, AIRg will increase more after GBP than after LAGB.
Gastric bypass surgery results in more weight loss and greater rates of type 2 diabetes remission thanadjustable gastric banding. This project will seek to identify factors responsible for the better effect of gastricbypass surgery. We hypothesize that some of the effects of gastric bypass may be related to change of the guthormones rather than weight loss itself. The objective of this proposal is to investigate the differentmechanisms by which these 2 surgeries affect glucose control. Results from this study will help understand themechanism of diabetes remission after weight loss surgery and help develop new treatment for severe obesityand type 2 diabetes.
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