title: Insulin release by glucose anomers in a rat model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
abstract: The effects of the alpha and beta anomers of D-glucose on insulin release were studied in a rat model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes, which was induced by streptozotocin injection at 2 days of age. Glucose tolerance of the streptozotocin-treated rats at 8-10 weeks of age was mildly diabetic. Insulin release from the isolated perfused pancreas of the diabetic rats in response to 10 mmol/l alpha-D-glucose was markedly impaired, while insulin response to 10 mmol/l beta-D-glucose in the diabetic pancreas was only slightly reduced as compared to that in the control pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Aichigakuin University School of Dentistry, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kunoh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007536:Isomerism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D005947:Glucose