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. 2024 Jan 11;119(3):599–627. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.01.007

TABLE 4.

Glucose- or food-stimulated GLP-1 secretion after short-, mid-, and long-term dietary interventions

Author, (y), n GLP-1 assay Intervention
Participant characteristics
GLP-1 values (pmol/L) at time points (min)
TTP (min) Δ Peak (pmol/L) GLP-1 AUC/iAUC (pmol/L ∗ min) Results
0 30 60 90 120 150 180
Glucose-stimulated GLP-1 secretion (OGTT) before and after dietary intervention
Otten et al.
2019 [72]
n = 70
RCT
RIA1 2-y intervention:
Paleo diet (PD)
Healthy Nordic Diet (ND)
(slight energy reduction)
NGT (BMI: 32.3 kg/m2) females
ND# 0 mo 10 18 20 18 17 60 10 120 min:
AUC: 2424 iAUC: 1084
- ↑ AUC, iAUC in PD and ND compared with baseline
- ↑ fasting values in ND compared with baseline
6 mo 10 21 21 19 19 30
60
11 120 min:
AUC: 2769 iAUC: 1449
24 mo 12 27 26 24 22 30 15 120 min:
AUC: 2826 iAUC: 1572
PD# 0 mo 11 23 21 22 20 30 12 120 min:
AUC: 2113 iAUC: 933
6 mo 11 25 26 25 24 60 15 120 min:
AUC: 2287 iAUC: 1036
24 mo 11 26 26 26 24 30
60
90
15 120 min:
AUC: 2907 iAUC: 1488
Stentz et al.
2021 [74]
n = 24
RCT
Human Metabolic Hormone Magnetic Bead Panel (Merck)2
6-mo intervention:
Calorie restricted diets (-500 kcal)
High-Protein Diet (HP, 40% CH, 30% F, 30% P)
High-Carbohydrate Diet (HC, 55% CH, 30% F, 15% P)
OW-IGT (BMI: 39.0 kg/m2)
HP 0 mo 13 68 44 30 27 30 55 n.a.
↑ AUC in HP compared with HC
6 mo 17 85 56 38 29 30 68
HC
0 mo 15 67 41 29 24 30 52
6 mo
15
67
48
29
24


30
52
Food-stimulated GLP-1 secretion (test meal) before and after dietary intervention

Samkani et al. 2018 [78]
n = 16
RCT cross-over
RIA1 2-d intervention:
High-CH (HC, 54% CH, 30% F, 16% P)
CH-reduced high-protein (CRHP, 31% CH, 40% F, 29% P)
Breakfast test meal on day 2
T2DM (BMI:: 30 kg/m2)
HC
Day 2
11 24 30 26 26 28 25 60 19 n.a. - ↑ postprandial value (120 min) in CRHP compared with HC
- ↔ netAUC
CRHP
Day 2
11 18 28 30 34 32 28 120 23
Samkani et al. 2018 [77]
n = 14
RCT cross-over
RIA1 2-d intervention:
HC (54% CH, 30% F, 16% P)
CRHP (31% CH, 40% F 29% P)
Breakfast test meal on day 2
NW to OW (BMI:: 32 kg/m2)
HC
Day 2
0 11 12 12 16 14 13 120 16 n.a. ↑ postprandial/ peak, netAUC values in CRHP compared with HC
CRHP
Day 2
0 9 14 15 20 20 18 120 150 20
Fuglsang-Nielsen et al.
2021 [76]
n = 73
RCT
RIA1 12 wks intervention:
Whey Protein (WP, 60 g/d) or Maltodextrin (MD, 60 g/d) combined with High-Fiber (HF, 30 g/d) or Low-Fiber diet (LF, 10 g/d)
High-fat mixed meal test at baseline and endline (360 min)
OW (BMI:: 29.4 kg/m2)
WP-HF 0 wk 19.3# 360 min: iAUC:
6143#
↔ fasting values, iAUC
12 wks 20.2# 360 min: iAUC:
3791#
WP-LF 0 wk 21.5# 360 min: iAUC:
4174#
12 wks 19.6# 360 min: iAUC:
4264#
MD-HF 0 wk 21.2# 360 min: iAUC:
3896#
12 wks 21.1# 360 min: iAUC:
4676#
MD-LF 0 wk 21# 360 min: iAUC:
3471#
12 wks 20.7# 360 min: iAUC:
3062#
Oliveira et al. 2022 [75]
n = 43
RCT cross-over
V-PLEX (Meso Scale)3 32-h intervention:
IG: High-protein total diet replacement (35% CH, 25% F, 40% P)
CG: (55% CH, 30% F, 15% P)
Lunch test meal on day 1
NW (BMI:: 22.0 kg/m2)
IG# Day 1 1.6 4.2 120 2.6 n.a. ↑ postprandial values in IG compared with CG on day 1
↑ fasting values in CG compared with IG on day 2
Day 2 1.2
CG# Day 1 1.6 2.6 120 1
Day 2 1.5
Day 2 6.7# 12 10 9 8 10 9 30 5.3 180 min:
AUC: 440

GLP-1 concentrations for selected time points of blood sampling, time-to-peak as well as peak (peak concentration – fasting concentration), and —if available—AUC or iAUC values are listed. Under “results,” only significant results are listed. Time point 0 describes fasting concentrations, and time points >0 are reporting postprandial concentrations. Under “results,” only significant results are listed.

#original data, ↑ higher GLP-1 secretion in comparison to referred groups, ↓ lower GLP-1 secretion in comparison to referred groups, ↔ no differences of GLP-1 secretion between groups.

Supplemental Table 5 shows GLP-1 values for all measured time points. Details on GLP-1 assays as stated in the publications or according to manufacturer instructions:

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; CH, carbohydrates; CG, control group; CRHP, carbohydrate-reduced-high-protein; CV, coefficient of variation; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; F, fat; GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide 1; HC, high-carbohydrate; HF, high fiber; HP, high protein; iAUC, incremental area under the curve; iFG, impaired fasting glucose; IG, intervention group; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; LF, low fiber; LOD, limit of detection; MD, maltodextrin; min, minutes; n.a., not available; ND, healthy nordic diet; NGT, normal glucose tolerance; NW, normal weight, OW, overweight; P, protein; PD, paleo diet; RCT, randomized controlled trial; RIA, radioimmunoassay; RPCT, randomized placebo-controlled trial; RT, randomized trial; TTP, time-to-peak; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; WP, whey protein.

1

RIA [standardized assay (41)], polyclonal antiserum no. 89390, LOD: 1 pM, intra-assay CV: 6%, specificity: 100% for GLP-1 (7–36) 89% for GLP-1 (9–36);

2

Human Metabolic Hormone Magnetic Bead Panel MILLIPLEX MAP Kits (Cat. # HMHEMAG-34K, Merck), sensitivity: 7.3 pg/mL, intra-assay CV: < 10%, inter-assay CV: < 15%.

3

Electro-chemiluminescence V-PLEX (Meso Scale Discovery), specificity: 0.017 pM.