Abstract
To assess the role of circulating nitric oxide (NO) production in glucose homeostasis, plasma nitrate/nitrite (NO x) was assessed during oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) on 64 sedentary subjects and in a subset 40 subjects before and after 6 months of endurance exercise training. NO x decreased with the oral glucose load ( P ≤ .001 for linear and quadratic effects). OGTT NO x response indices (NO x response area (NO x AREA), change in NO x from baseline to the minimum (ΔNO x), and NO x time-to-minimum) were not associated with OGTT insulin or glucose areas under the curve (AUCs) or with insulin sensitivity index (ISI). Training did not alter NO x AREA, or ΔNO x, however, NO x time-to-minimum occurred later after training ( P = .038). Training-induced insulin AUC and ISI changes were not associated with OGTT NO x index changes; however, glucose total AUC changes were associated with changes in NO x AREA ( r = .42, P = .007) and ΔNO x ( r = .37, P = .019). In conclusion, these data suggest that circulating NO production is not involved in glycemic control after an oral glucose load in sedentary adults. In response to endurance training, however, it appears that the time required to reach minimum NO x levels after a glucose load is greater after training. Furthermore, although the magnitude of NO x response (as indicated by NO x AREA and ΔNO x) to an oral glucose load does not appear to change with training for all individuals, individual training-induced changes in the NO x response magnitude are partly explained by training-induced changes in OGTT glucose responses.
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