This research study will examine brain glucose metabolism after an overnight fast to determine the effect of exenatide on brain glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism.
This study will elucidate if exenatide has an effect on brain glucose metabolism. This will be accomplished by measuring the rate of glucose binding in various brain regions by Positron Emission Tomography (PET) after glucose load with exenatide injection and compare it with placebo injection measured in the same subject. The changes will be compared with peripheral and hepatic glucose metabolism and lipolysis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
15
Texas Diabetes Institute and UTHSCSA
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Effect of Exenatide on Brain (Total Gray Matter) Glucose Metabolism
To study the acute effect of exenatide on brain glucose metabolism after the glucose load. Brain glucose uptake will be determined from serial FDG PET-imaging, by using graphical methods to quantify both global and regional results. The results obtained after Exenatide injection will be compared with the ones obtained after injection of placebo in the same subject.
Time frame: 120 minutes after exenatide or placebo injection
Effect of Exenatide on the Liver and Adipose Tissue Glucose Uptake
we evaluated the acute effects of exenatide on hepatic (Hep-IR) and adipose (Adipo-IR) insulin resistance and glucose uptake.
Time frame: 60 minutes after exenatide or placebo injection
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