ERS42 Insulin And Oral Anti-diabetics Agents Flashcards
Blood glucose homeostasis
Controlled within narrow range
Input:
- Food intake (Postprandial)
- Glycogen breakdown (Short term fasting)
- Gluconeogenesis (Long term fasting)
Output:
- Energy supply
- Glycogen storage (Short term output)
- Lipid synthesis (Long term output)
Both Hyperglycaemia / Hypoglycaemia are harmful
Hyperglycaemia:
- Macrovascular / Microvascular complications
1. Stroke
2. Gangrene
3. Heart attack
4. Nephropathy
5. Neuropathy
6. Retinopathy
Hypoglycaemia:
- Fatigue
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- Coma
- Confusion
Normal glucose level
2 hours oral glucose level <11.1
Fasting blood glucose 4-7
Classification of DM
Type 1:
- Autoimmune destruction of β cells
- Insulin dependent (IDDM)
- Lack of insulin production
- Onset usually before 20 yo
- Absolute requirement for exogenous insulin
Type 1B:
- Idiopathic
Type 2:
- Major form (>90% of Asian)
- NIDDM
- Combined defect of insulin secretion and insulin resistance
- Obesity-associated
Gestational (GDM):
- Pregnancy-associated
Latent autoimmune diabetes (LADA) (1.5 type):
- > 10%
- caused by Type 1 + Type 2
Maturity Onset Diabetes of Young (MODY):
- caused by genetic mutation
Strategies for management of Diabetes
Type 1:
- Diet
- Exercise
- Insulin
Type 2:
- Diet
- Exercise
- Anti-diabetic drugs
- Insulin
GDM:
- Diet
- Anti-diabetic drugs
- Insulin
Insulin
Indication:
- ALL Type 1 (except those with β cell transplantation)
- 1/3 Type 2
- GDM
Endogenous insulin:
- **Short t1/2 in circulation (~5 mins)
- Quick action
- Rapidly released from β cell granules upon stimulation of nutrients (Glucose, Fatty acids etc.)
—> pattern of insulin secretion almost identical to glucose profile (齊上齊落)
—> Goal of insulin treatment: **Mimic natural endogenous insulin secretion
—> ***Basal-bolus insulin
Criteria for Basal + Bolus insulin preparations
Basal insulin:
- Mimic normal pancreatic basal insulin secretion
- Long lasting effect: >= 24 hours
- Smooth, peakless profile
- Reproducible, predictable effects
Bolus insulin:
- Rapid onset of action: to be given just before meals
- Short duration of action: to avoid Hypoglycaemia
- Reproducible, predictable effects
***4 principal types of Insulin preparations
- Short acting:
- Regular human insulin - Rapid onset, Ultrashort-acting (peak within <15 mins):
- Lispro
- Aspart - Intermediate acting:
- Protamine (NPH)
- Lente - Long acting:
- Glargine
- Detemir
ALL produced by recombinant DNA technology using special strains of E. Coli / Yeast as expression system
- Short acting: Regular human insulin
***Humulin, Novolin
Features:
- Standard insulin without any mutation
- Crystalline ***zinc insulin in soluble form
- **Self-aggregate in antiparallel fashion —> form **Dimers —> stabilise around Zinc ions —> ***Hexamers
- Hexameric nature (inactive) causes delayed onset (only Monomer / Dimer can bind to Insulin receptor) —> prolong time to peak actions
Effect:
- Onset: <30 mins
- Peak: 1-2 hrs
- Duration: 5-8 hrs
Use:
- Management of ***Diabetic ketoacidosis
- When insulin requirement is changing rapidly (post-surgery / acute infection)
Administration:
- SC/IM
- IV (so can constantly adjust amount)
Limitations for bolus injection:
- Slow onset (∵ self aggregation)
—> ***inconvenient administration (20-40 mins before meal)
—> risk of hypoglycaemia if meal further delayed
—> mismatch with postprandial hyperglycaemia peak
- Long duration
—> up to 12 hrs
—> ***potential for late postprandial hypoglycaemia
- Rapid onset, Ultrashort-acting: Lispro
***Lispro: Humalog (by Eli Lily)
Features:
- Produced by reversing 2 a.a. near carboxyl terminal of B chain (**Proline 28, Lysine 29)
—> prevents hexameric formation of insulin, but does not affect receptor binding activity
—> able to achieve **rapid onset
—> closely **mimic endogenous postprandial insulin secretion
—> improved **postprandial glucose control without risk of hypoglycaemia between meals
Effect:
- Onset: 10-15 mins
- Peak: 30-60 mins
Use:
- Taken just before meals
- Rapid onset, Ultrashort-acting: Aspart
***NovoLog (Novo Nordisk)
Features:
- Produced by substitution of B chain Proline 28 with -ve charged ***Aspartic acid
- Rapidly ***breaks into monomer after SC injection
Effect:
- Onset: 10-20 mins
- Peak: 1 hr
- Duration: 2-4 hrs
- Intermediate acting: Protamine (NPH) + Lente
Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH):
- mixture of Insulin + ***Protamine
Lente insulin:
- 30% Semilente + 70% Ultralente (poorly soluble crystal of ***Zinc insulin with delayed onset and prolonged duration)
Features: Insulin ***bound to Zinc / Protamine —> slowly dissolve in body fluids —> prolong t1/2 —> facilitate control of glycaemia over extended period (peak 4-10 hr)
Effect:
- Peak: 4-10 hrs
- Duration: 10-18 hrs
- Long acting: Glargine
***Lantus (Sanofi-Aventis)
Features:
- Attachment of **2 Arginines to B chain carboxyl terminus + Substitution by Glycine 21 for **Asparagine 21 at A chain
—> **shift Isoelectric point to pH 7.0 (~physiological pH)
—> Low solubility at pH 7.0
—> **precipitates in SC milieu after injection
—> stabilising insulin hexamers
—> ***delaying hexamer dissociation
—> slow, consistent absorption into systemic circulation
—> ultra-long-acting
Effect:
- Peak: NO peak (clear solution - no zinc in formula)
- Duration: >=24 hrs
Use:
- OD at bedtime
- Long acting: Detemir
Levemir (Novo Nordisk)
Features:
- Add **Myristic acid (a fatty-acid moiety) to **Lysine a.a. at position B29
- Threonine in B30 omitted
—> when enter circulation
—> fatty acid causes Detemir to ***bind to Albumin
—> slow release, extended circulating life
Effect:
- t1/2: 23 hours
Mode of Insulin administration
Current:
- SC / IM
- Insulin pump (precise control of insulin delivery)
Trial
- Transdermal
- Inhalation
- Oral
- Pancreatic transplantation / Stem cell therapy
