CERTAIN PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RELEASE OF PANCREATIC GLUCAGON IN RESPONSE TO STIMULATION OF SPLANCHNIC NERVES
CERTAIN PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RELEASE OF PANCREATIC GLUCAGON IN RESPONSE TO STIMULATION OF SPLANCHNIC NERVES
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1978.sp012370
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
EDWARDS, AV
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作者:
BLOOM, SR;EDWARDS, AV
The effect of .alpha.- and .beta.-adrenoceptor blockade on the release of pancreatic glucagon, in response to stimulation of the peripheral ends of the splanchnic nerves, was examined in adrenalectomized calves 3-5 wk after birth. The effects of insulin, atropine and somatostatin on the glucagon response to splanchnic nerve stimulation were assessed in adrenalectomized dogs. In calves, release of pancreatic glucagon in response to splanchnic nerve stimulation was not suppressed by phentolamine at a dose that effectively abolished .alpha.-adrenergic inhibition of insulin release, or by propranolol, at a dose that completely eliminated the chronotropic action of the cardiac sympathetic innervation. In dogs, release of pancreatic glucagon in response to splanchnic nerve stimulation was not suppressed by atropine (0.2 mg/kg) or somatostatin, at a dose that caused a steady fall in the concentration of gastrin in the circulating plasma (0.5 .mu.g .cntdot. kg-1 .cntdot. min-1). Glucagon release was apparently potentiated by exogenous insulin (4.0 u[units]/kg). The results are discussed in relation to the findings of other workers. The precise mechanism whereby stimulation of the sympathetic innervation to the pancreas leads to secretion of glucagon merits more detailed investigation.