Relative contribution of nervous system and hormones to hyperglycemia induced by thyrotropin-releasing hormone in fed rats.
In a continuation of our studies on the mechanism of central nervous system induced hyperglycemia in the rat, we evaluated the relative contribution of a direct neural effect on the liver and of certain hormones to the hyperglycemia induced by administration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). The findings were compared with those of a previous investigation using neostigmine or 2-deoxy-D-glucose. In the present study TRH was injected into the third cerebral ventricle of rats, and the concentrations of hepatic venous plasma glucose, immunoreactive glucagon, immunoreactive insulin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine, were measured. Four groups of animals were evaluated: (1) intact rats; (2) rats receiving an infusion of somatostatin with insulin via the femoral vein to inhibit glucagon secretion and to maintain the basal insulin level; (3) rats bilaterally adrenalectomized (ADX) to prevent epinephrine secretion, and (4) ADX rats administered an infusion of somatostatin and insulin. Evaluation of the areas under the glucose curves for the rats receiving somatostatin with insulin, ADX rats, and ADX rats receiving somatostatin with insulin showed values 202, 50, and 79% of those observed in intact animals. These observations suggest that TRH-induced hyperglycemia results from at least two effects: a direct neural effect on the liver including a suppressive effect of epinephrine on insulin secretion (contributing about 79% to the total hyperglycemic effect) and a direct effect of epinephrine on the liver (contributing about 21% to the total hyperglycemic effect).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Ishiguro
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3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Iguchi
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A
Kunoh
Y
Y
Goto
M
M
Uemura
K
K
Miura
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H
Nonogaki
K
K
Sakamoto
N
N
D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000139:chemically induced; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
D001786:Blood Glucose; D006728:Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D005934:Glucagon; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine