PMID- 3280601 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19880512 LR - 20181113 IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 4 DP - 1988 Apr TI - Ethanol causes acute inhibition of carbohydrate, fat, and protein oxidation and insulin resistance. PG - 1137-45 AB - To study the mechanism of the diabetogenic action of ethanol, ethanol (0.75 g/kg over 30 min) and then glucose (0.5 g/kg over 5 min) were infused intravenously into six normal males. During the 4-h study, 21.8 +/- 2.1 g of ethanol was metabolized and oxidized to CO2 and H2O. Ethanol decreased total body fat oxidation by 79% and protein oxidation by 39%, and almost completely abolished the 249% rise in carbohydrate (CHO) oxidation seen in controls after glucose infusion. Ethanol decreased the basal rate of glucose appearance (GRa) by 30% and the basal rate of glucose disappearance (GRd) by 38%, potentiated glucose-stimulated insulin release by 54%, and had no effect on glucose tolerance. In hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp studies, ethanol caused a 36% decrease in glucose disposal. We conclude that ethanol was a preferred fuel preventing fat, and to lesser degrees, CHO and protein, from being oxidized. It also caused acute insulin resistance which was compensated for by hypersecretion of insulin. FAU - Shelmet, J J AU - Shelmet JJ AD - Department of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140. FAU - Reichard, G A AU - Reichard GA FAU - Skutches, C L AU - Skutches CL FAU - Hoeldtke, R D AU - Hoeldtke RD FAU - Owen, O E AU - Owen OE FAU - Boden, G AU - Boden G LA - eng GR - 5T32 AM-07162/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/United States GR - AM-34548/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/United States GR - AM-36192/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Acetates) RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Nonesterified) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, Insulin) SB - IM MH - Acetates/blood MH - Adult MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism MH - Calorimetry MH - *Carbohydrate Metabolism MH - Ethanol/*pharmacology MH - Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood MH - Humans MH - Insulin/metabolism MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - *Lipid Metabolism MH - Liver/metabolism MH - Male MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Proteins/*metabolism MH - Receptor, Insulin/metabolism PMC - PMC329642 EDAT- 1988/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1988/04/01 00:01 PMCR- 1988/04/01 CRDT- 1988/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1988/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1988/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1988/04/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1988/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1172/JCI113428 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 1988 Apr;81(4):1137-45. doi: 10.1172/JCI113428.