In vivo and in vitro suppression by leptin of glucose-stimulated insulin hypersecretion in high glucose-fed rats

Chronic feeding to rats of high glycaemic index (GI) diets results in the hypersecretion of insulin in response to an i.v. glucose load. The first aim of this study was to see if this exaggerated insulin response was accompanied by a hypersensitivity to glucose stimulation in isolated islets in vitro. The second aim was to see if the adipocyte factor, leptin, was able to alter insulin secretion in this model both in vivo and in vitro.