title: Brain 3-methyoxytyramine varies inversely with blood glucose in decapitated rats.
abstract: Concentrations of the dopamine metabolite, 3-methyoxytyramine, were decreased significantly in the corpus striatum and nucleus accumbens of rats 30 min after the IP injection of D-glucose (2 g/kg). Conversely, 90 min after the administration of regular insulin (6 U/kg), significant increases in the concentrations of 3-methoxytyramine were observed in these two brain regions. Brain levels of the major metabolites of dopamine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid, did not correlate well with blood glucose concentration. The significant negative correlation of blood glucose with striatal and accumbens 3-methoxytyramine suggests an inverse relationship between dopamine metabolism and blood glucose concentration, that may be secondary to decapitation-induced anoxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Chance
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002395:Catecholamines; C001746:3-methoxytyramine; D004298:Dopamine