title: p-Hydroxymercuribenzoate-induced hyperglycemia: influence of pre- and post-treatment with L-leucine, tolbutamide, D-mannoheptulose, insulin and alloxan.
abstract: The aims were to see whether p-hydroxymercuribenzoate (PMB) administration affects the serum insulin concentration in mice in vivo, whether the transitory hyperglycemia induced in fed mice by treatment with PMB is affected by L-leucine, tolbutamide, D-mannoheptulose or insulin, and whether PMB affects the B-cell toxicity of alloxan. A significant decrease in the serum insulin concentration was found 1 and 2 h following PMB injection in fed and starved mice. PMB-induced hyperglycemia was abolished by pre-treatment with L-leucine and tolbutamide, but not by pre-treatment with D-mannoheptulose, or by post-treatment with insulin. Pre-treatment of fed mice with PMB caused potentiation of the initial hyperglycemia following alloxan, but inhibited the second hyperglycemic phase. These findings indicate that PMB treatment of mice has a transient inhibitory influence upon insulin secretion, and protects against the development of alloxan diabetes.
mesh_terms: D000496:Alloxan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006902:Hydroxymercuribenzoates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects; D007930:Leucine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008356:Mannoheptulose / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D014044:Tolbutamide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006902:Hydroxymercuribenzoates; D007328:Insulin; D008356:Mannoheptulose; D000496:Alloxan; D014044:Tolbutamide; D007930:Leucine