title: The acetylcholine-hypersensitive model of diabetic KK-CA(y) mice analyzed with pulse rate, and modified by repeated cold stress and by adrenalectomy.
abstract: The effects of acetylcholine on pulse rate were examined in the conscious state of diabetic KK-CA(y) male mice. By subcutaneously-administered acetylcholine at 3 and 10 mg/kg the pulse rate was increased in the prediabetic state, whereas it was decreased in the diabetic state. The acetylcholine-induced responses in pulse rate were significantly and multiply correlated with both the blood glucose level and the dose of acetylcholine in KK-CA(y) mice (r = 0.47, p less than 0.01). The diabetic state and adrenalectomy produced an acetylcholine-hypersensitive syndrome, respectively. The hypersensitivity to acetylcholine in a whole body of diabetic mice was attenuated by repeated cold stress producing acetylcholine-subsensitivity, and was enhanced by adrenalectomy. The diabetic KK-CA(y) mice are an acetylcholine-hypersensitive animal model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000502:physiology; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000503:physiopathology; D011674:Pulse / Q000187:drug effects*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D000109:Acetylcholine; D009638:Norepinephrine