title: Glucoregulatory effects of bombesin in lean and genetically obese hyperglycaemic (ob/ob) mice.
abstract: 1. Plasma glucose and insulin responses to bombesin were examined in 12-15-week-old 12 hr fasted lean and genetically obese hyperglycaemic (ob/ob) mice. 2. Bombesin (1 mg/kg ip) produced a prompt but transient increase of plasma insulin in lean mice (maximum increase of 50% at 5 min), and a more slowly generated but protracted insulin response in ob/ob mice (maximum increase of 80% at 30 min). Plasma glucose concentrations of both groups of mice were increased by bombesin (maximum increases of 40 and 48% respectively in lean and ob/ob mice at 15 min). 3. When administered with glucose (2 g/kg ip), bombesin (1 mg/kg ip) rapidly increased insulin concentrations of lean and ob/ob mice (maximum increases of 39 and 63% respectively at 5 min). Bombesin did not significantly alter the rise of plasma glucose after exogenous glucose administration to these mice. 4. The results indicate that bombesin exerts an insulin-releasing effect in lean and ob/ob mice. The greater insulin-releasing effect in ob/ob mice renders bombesin a possible component of the overactive entero-insular axis in the ob/ob mutant, especially if it acts within the islets as a neurotransmitter or paracrine agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Flatt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001839:Bombesin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008820:Mice, Obese / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D001839:Bombesin