Effect of epinephrine on rat diaphragm.
Effect of epinephrine on rat diaphragm.
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肾上腺素对大鼠膈肌的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(18)56223-2
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发表时间:
1950
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通讯作者:
E. Walaas
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作者:
O. Walaas;E. Walaas
The specific effect of epinephrine on muscle consists of an accelerated breakdown of glycogen which results in an accumulation of hexose-6-phosphate and a corresponding decrease in inorganic phosphate. This is most clearly seen in experiments with isolated frog muscle in which a secondary increase in the rate of lactic acid formation is not a prominent feature (1). In intact mammals the accumulation of hexoseB-phosphate in muscle is accompanied by an outflow of lactic acid from muscle. Another effect of epinephrine which has received attention is a decreased rate of uptake of glucose in muscle (2). This has recently been reaffirmed by Somogyi (3) in experiments on man. The question has been raised whether this is a direct effect of epinephrine or whether it is mediated indirectly through increased anterior pituitary secretion. That injection of epinephrine elicits the secretion of adrenotropic hormone from the anterior pituitary has been clearly demonstrated (4). Cohen (5) concluded that the effect was an indirect one, since injection of epinephrine caused decreased anaerobic glycolysis in diaphragms from normal but not from hypophysectomized rats.In the present paper are reported experiments on carbohydrate balance on rat diaphragm under aerobic conditions; they show that addition of epinephrine in vitro has a marked effect on glucose uptake, glycogen formation, and lactic acid production. As a necessary preliminary to this work the determination of micro quantities of glycogen has been reinvestigated.