title: On the stimulation of respiration by alpha-adrenergic agonists in perfused rat liver.
abstract: Interactions between phenylephrine-induced oxygen consumption, lactate and pyruvate output, and urea and glucose production were examined in perfused livers from fed or 48-h-fasted rats. Within 2 min of phenylephrine infusion, oxygen consumption in perfused livers was increased by approximately 40%. Increases in oxygen consumption induced by phenylephrine were essentially abolished in the presence of carboxyatractyloside, whereas those induced by dinitrophenol were still evident. Phenylephrine-induced increases in oxygen consumption were accompanied by enhanced rates of gluconeogenesis and ureogenesis in livers from fed or 48-h-fasted animals. These data indicate that phenylephrine-induced increases in respiration in perfused rat liver may result from an enhanced rate of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in response to an increased cellular energy requirement.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van de Pol
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Bygrave
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001278:Atractyloside / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects*; D010477:Perfusion; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014508:Urea / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D007773:Lactates; D011773:Pyruvates; D001278:Atractyloside; D010656:Phenylephrine; D019344:Lactic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D014508:Urea; D005947:Glucose; C003853:carboxyatractyloside