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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Brain Sci. 2019 Aug 29;4:e190013. doi: 10.20900/jpbs.20190013

Table 4.

Acute preclinical studies examining direct effects of antipsychotics on glucose metabolism.

A. Female Models
STUDY MODEL AP DOSE EFFECT ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM
Albaugh et al. (2006) [33] Female
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; oral gavage
4 mg/kg
4 doses over 29 h
• Basal fasting glucose was significantly decreased by olanzapine
• Olanzapine improved glucose tolerance (via OGTT administered 1-h after last dose)
• Matched by significant increase in serum insulin in response to glucose bolus (attenuated compared to vehicle treated rats)
Boyda et al. (2012) [76] Female
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; I.P.
7.5, 15 mg/kg, Once
• Increased fasting glucose levels, increased serumin insulin levels
• Significantly impaired glucose tolerance (ipGTT)
Boyda et al. (2014) [77] Female
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; I.P.;
7.5, 15 mg/kg; Once
• No effect on fasting blood glucose levels
• Significantly increased fasting serum insulin
• Olanzapine decreased glucose tolerance (7.5, 15 mg/kg; ipGTT)
Houseknecht et al. (2007) [60] Female
CD/Sprague-Dawley Rats
• Olanzapine; S.C.
• 10 mg/kg; Once (60 min before dissection/ex vivo incubation)
• Clozapine; S.C.; 10 mg/kg; Once (60 min before dissection/ex vivo incubation)
• No effect on in vitro basal or insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in isolated epitrochlearis muscle
Jassim et al. (2012) [78] Female
Sprague-Dawley rats
• Olanzapine; I.P.; 5 mg/kg
• Clozapine; I.P.; 25 mg/kg
• Increased serum glucose approximately 1 h posttreatment (olanzapine increased approximately 1 mmol/L (resolved by next time point-3 h))
• Olanzapine: No significant effect on serum insulin, or serum glucagon, slightly decreased gluconeogenic precursors
• Clozapine: increased glucagon 30 min posttreatment, increased gluconeogenic precursors
Martins et al. (2010) [79] Female
C57/BL6
Mice
Olanzapine; I.P.; 4.5 mg/kg Once • Olanzapine increased blood glucose
• Serum insulin levels not reported
Wu et al. (2014) [80] Female
Sprague-Dawley Rats
Olanzapine; S.C.
10 mg/kg (for ipGTT)
1.5 mg/kg, 15 mg/kg (for HIEC)
Once
• No effect on fasting (overnight) blood glucose
• Large increase in fasting insulin levels
• Decreased glucose tolerance (ipGTT)
• High dose (15 mg.kg) but not low dose (1.5 mg/kg) increased insulin resistance (HIEC)
B. Male Models
STUDY MODEL AP DOSE EFFECT ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM
Albaugh et al. (2011) [48] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; Oral gavage
10 mg/kg
2 Doses (PM + AM 2 h preceding experiments)
• Increased blood glucose 2 h post-treatment in fed and fasted (5 h, 15 h) rats
• Increased insulin in fasted state, no affect in fed state
• Impaired insulin sensitivity (HIEC) but insulin signaling remained intact in response to hyperinsulinemia
Albaugh et al. (2012) [81] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; Oral gavage
4 mg/kg
2 doses (PM and AM 1 h preceding experiment)
• Increased fasting glucose levels
• Decreased glucose tolerance (OGTT) and insulin tolerance (ITT)
• Plasma insulin did not change during OGTT or in response to olanzapine
Bush et al. (2018) [82] Male
C57BL6J
mice
Olanzapine; I.P.
5 mg/kg; Once
• Increased blood glucose immediately posttreatment
Prevented via activation of liver AMPK (via AICAR)
Castellani et al. (2017) [83] Male
C57BL6J
mice + male
Grgrc−/−mice
Olanzapine; I.P.
5 mg/kg; Once
• Increased blood glucose immediately posttreatment
• No change in serum insulin, increased serum glucagon
• Glucagon receptor knockout mice protected from olanzapine-induced increase in blood glucose, but not olanzapine-induced reductions insulin tolerance
Castellani et al. (2018) [84] Male
C57BL6J
mice
Olanzapine; I.P.; 5 mg/kg;
Once
• Increased blood glucose immediately post-treatment, no change in serum insulin
Chintoh et al. (2008) [85] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; S.C.
3 mg/kg; Once
• Increased blood glucose
• Decreased insulin release in response to glucose bolus (lower insulin and c-peptide levels during hyperglycemic clamp)
• Increased insulin resistance (HIEC-increased glucose production/decreased glucose uptake)
Chintoh et al., (2009) [86] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
• Clozapine; S.C.; 10 mg/kg
• Olanzapine; S.C.; 3.0 mg/kg
• Risperidone; S.C.; 1 mg/kg
• Ziprasidone; S.C.; 3 mg/kg
• Haloperidol; S.C.; 0.25 mg/kg Once
• Olanzapine and clozapine decreased insulin sensitivity (HIEC), increased hepatic glucose production
• Olanzapine and clozapine decreased insulin secretion in response to glucose bolus (hyperglycemic clamp)
Girault et al. (2012) [87] Male Wistar
Han rats
• Olanzapine; intragastirc; 3 mg/kg/h; Once
• Olanzapine; ICV; 30 mg/kg/h, Once
• Increased blood glucose levels, no change in plasma insulin, corticosterone
• ICV olanzapine had no effect on blood glucose levels or endogenous glucose production, insulin, corticosterone levels
Hahn et al. (2014) [88] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; ICV; 75 ug;
Once
• Decreased insulin secretion (decreased insulin and c-peptide levels during hyperglycemic clamp)
• Increased blood glucose levels (lower glucose infusion rate to reach hyperglycemia in response to olanzapine treatment)
• No effect on insulin resistance (HIEC)
Houseknecht et al. (2007) [60] Male Wistar
Han rats
• Clozapine; S.C.; 1, 3.2, 10 mg/kg; Once
• Olanzapine; S.C.; 1, 3.2, 10 mg/kg; Once
• Risperidone; S.C.; 2 mg/kg; Once
• Ziprasidone; S.C.; 3.2, 10, 32 mg/kg; Once
Clozapine (3.2, 10 mg/kg): Increased insulin resistance (HIEC)
• Olanzapine (3.2, 10 mg/kg): Increased insulin resistance (HIEC)
• Risperidone: No effect on insulin sensitivity (HIEC)
• Ziprasidone: No effect on insulin sensitivity (HIEC)
Ikegami et al. (2013) [89] Male ICR
Mice
Olanzapine; ICV; 5, 10, 15 nmol; Once • Dose dependent increase in blood glucose at doses of 10 and15 nmol
• No change in blood insulin
Ikegami et al. (2013) [90] Male ICR
mice
• Olanzapine; I.P; 0.3,1,3,5 mg/kg, Once
• Olanzapine; ICV; 10, 15 nmol; Once
• I.P. dose (3,5 mg/kg): Decreased glucose tolerance (ipGTT)
• ICV dose: Decreased glucose tolerance (ipGTT) Changes involve activation of hypothalamic AMPK
• No effect of olanzapine on insulin or glucagon levels (20 min post-treatment)
Ikegami et al.
(2013) [91]
Male ICR mice,6 weeks old • Olanzapine; I.P; 0.3,1,3,5 mg/kg, Once
• Olanzapine; ICV; 10, 15 nmol; Once
• I.P. treatment increased blood glucose in fed and overnight fasted mice
• ICV treatment increased blood glucose in fed mice only
• Involves AMPK activation at hypothalamus and beta-adrenergic activation
Klingerman et al. (2015) [92] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
• Olanzapine; ICV (3rd ventricle); 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.44 mg/kg
• Olanzapine; ICV (lateral ventricle); 0.44, 1.8 mg/kg
• Olanzapine; Oral gavage; 0.44, 1, 3,10 mg/kg)
• ICV: Increased blood glucose 30 min posttreatment to 3rd ventricle (0.3 mg/kg, 0.44 mg/kg)
• ICV: Increased blood glucose 30 min posttreatment to lateral ventricle (1.8 mg/kg)
• Increased blood glucose in fasted (4-h) rats 30 min post-treatment (3 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg) and 1 h post-treatment (10 mg/kg)
Kowalchuk et al. (2017) [93] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
Olanzapine; S.C.; 2 mg/kg
Once
• No effect of olanzapine during euglycemic-pancreatic clamp (somatostatin to block endogenous insulin secretion, exogenous insulin replaced at basal levels)
Martins et al. (2010) [79] Male
Sprague-Dawley Rats
• Olanzapine; primed continuous IV infusion;1 mg/kg/h Once
• Olanzapine; ICV; a bolus of 110 g and 73.4 g/h Once
• Increased blood glucose levels, no change in plasma insulin
• Increased rate of glucose production, decreased rate of uptake (HIEC)
• Increased endogenous glucose production at liver and increased p-AMPK at hypothalamus
Nagata et al. (2016) [94] Male Wistar
Rats
Olanzapine; I.V.; 2.5, 5, 10 mg/kg
Once
• High dose of olanzapine (10 mg/kg) increased blood glucose and blood insulin (max ~1 h post-AP)
• Increased blood cortisol but no change in serum glucagon
• Effect blocked by treatment with adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol
Smith et al. (2008) [54] Male
Sprague-Dawley rats
• Haloperidol; 0.25 mg/kg
• Quetiapine;10 mg/kg
• Clozapine;10 mg/kg 28 days
• Blood glucose and plasma insulin levels were significantly increased by 1 h after haloperidol, quetiapine or clozapine injections
• Decreased glucose tolerance (via decreased glucose clearance in response to quetiapine and clozapine)
• Increased hepatic glucose output (PTT)
Townsend et al. (2018) [61] Male
C57BL6J
mice
Olanzapine; I.P.; 5 mg/kg
Once
• Increased blood glucose post-treatment
• Potentiated with 4 week high fat feeding
• Increased gluconeogenesis, decreased insulin sensitivity and signaling

AP: antipsychotic, iPGTT: intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test, HIEC: hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp, PTT: pyruvate tolerance test.