Summary
An amperometric enzyme electrode and a wick technique were used for measurement of glucose in sc. tissue of sheep. When wicks were left implanted long enough to equilibrate with interstitial fluid, sc. glucose could have been reproducibly determined with the necessary accuracy. It was demonstrated that sc. tissue glucose concentrations in sheep are about 30% higher than in whole blood and are on the level of plasma glucose. This allows interpretation of sc. glucose sensor currents since results of in vitro-calibrations cannot be transferred to in vivo conditions. When an enzymatic sensor was implanted in the sc. compartment, the sensor signals were closely related to changes of blood glucose. These in vivo experiments indicate that short term glucose-monitoring with an subcutaneously implantable glucose sensor is feasible and so may provide a possible access to glycemic control.
Further experiments will have to show, if glucose-controlled insulin infusions based on the output of a sc. glucose sensor will be able to maintain stable normoglycemia.
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Abbreviations
- sc.:
-
subcutaneous
- iv.:
-
intravenous
- SEM:
-
standard error of means
- G:
-
gauge
- vs.:
-
versus
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Brückel, J., Kerner, W., Zier, H. et al. In vivo measurement of subcutaneous glucose concentrations with an enzymatic glucose sensor and a wick method. Klin Wochenschr 67, 491–495 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01721675
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