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The influence of insulin-induced hypoglycemia on copeptin concentrations.
Peptides 2024 March 10
Plasma copeptin is a biomarker that reflects arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion. In this study we measured copeptin during insulin tolerance test (ITT) in 65 patients referred to our department for evaluation of anterior pituitary function. Plasma for measurements of copeptin were collected at the start of the test and regurarly up to 120 minutes thereafter. Of 60 patients who developed significant hypoglycemia and were included in the analyses, 13 (22%) had corticotropic deficiency, 11 (18%) had thyreotropic deficiency, 33 (55%) had growth hormone deficiency and 4 (6%) had AVP deficieny (AVPD). Thirty-seven (62%) patients had at least one anterior pituitary deficiency. In patients without AVPD, median (range) copeptin increased from 4.5 pmol/L (1.3-33.0) to a maximum of 6.2 pmol/L (2.0-34.4; p<0.001). Baseline copeptin was similar in men and women, but maximal copeptin during ITT was higher in men. Copeptin concentrations were not affected by age, BMI, somatotropic, or corticotropic function. Copeptin concentrations were lower in patients with AVPD than patiets without AVPD, and in patients with thyrotropic deficiency, compared to patients with intact thyrotropic function, both at baseline and during ITT. In conclusion, copeptin increases significantly during insulin induced hypoglycemia but is of limited value in predicting anterior pituitary hormonal function.
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