title: Rat strain differences in cyclic-AMP levels in liver and epididymal fat pad tissue as influenced by glucagon.
abstract: A glucagon-saline solution (0.1 ml, 10(7) mole/100 g body weight) was injected via the portal vein into nonfasted Wistar and carbohydrate-sensitive BHE rats. Levels of liver and epididymal fat pad cyclic-AMP were observed after 6 and 24 minutes. When compared to sham injected rats at 6 minutes, glucagon injected rats of both strains had twice the level of cyclie-AMP in liver and fat pad tissue. By 24 minutes, the cyclic-AMP levels of the Wistar rats had decreased to those observed in their sham injected counterparts, and the concentration of liver cyclic-AMP in both sham injected and glucagon injected BHE rats had decreased to levels significantly below those observed in the Wistar rats. This observation suggests that a lipolytic-lipogenic imbalance may reside in the livers of rats of the BHE strain.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004822:Epididymis; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005990:Glycerol / Q000097:blood; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D005934:Glucagon; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005990:Glycerol