Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is a gastrointestinal hormone that is secreted in response to food intake and modulates β-cell function. Remarkably, GIP looses its insulinomimetic effect in the presence of chronic hyperglycaemia and thus appears to be ineffective in poorly controlled T2DM at least with regard to insulin release. The mechanism by which this occurs is not clear and it is not known.Objectives: To analyse ...

Objectives: Premature estrogen deficiency and menopause are associated with increases in body weight and fat mass. Ovariectomized (OVX) mice also show reduced locomotor activity. Because glucose-dependent-insulinotropic-polypeptide (GIP) is known to play an important role both in fat metabolism and locomotor activity, we hypothesized that effects of estrogen on the regulation of body weight, fat mass and spontaneous physical activity could be mediated in part by GIP signaling....