title: Pancreatic hormones in streptozotocin-diabetic rats.
abstract: Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) levels of plasma and pancreas were studied in the rat after streptozotocin (STZ) injection. In 4 weeks of observation, plasma PP was elevated up to 4 times the control values with marked hyperglycemia and insulinopenia. At 4 weeks, intravenous (i.v.) glucose tolerance tests and i.v. insulin tolerance tests were performed. In the glucose tolerance test, control rats responded with a 10-fold increase in plasma insulin and 15% decrease in plasma PP levels, whereas STZ-diabetic rats produced no increase of plasma insulin and an approximately 50% reduction of plasma PP levels with marked hyperglycemia. In the insulin tolerance test, diabetic rats showed a marked increase in plasma PP levels and less increase in plasma insulin levels than the controls. In diabetic rats, pancreatic insulin levels were reduced to about 3.5% of control, whereas those of somatostatin (SRIF), PP and glucagon were elevated to 8.3, 2.7 and 1.4 times control, respectively. In a morphometric study, islet areas of diabetic rats were seen to be reduced to about 10% of control. With in vitro perfused pancreatic slices, STZ-diabetic pancreas released much more glucagon and PP than control pancreas. Thus, STZ injection in the rat caused marked beta-cell damage as well as hyperplasia of SRIF, PP and glucagon cells, with glucagon and PP hypersecretion.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000473:pathology; D007930:Leucine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism; D013311:Streptozocin
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide; D013311:Streptozocin; D002217:Carbachol; D005934:Glucagon; D007930:Leucine