title: Plasma insulin levels and beta-adrenoceptor antagonists. Relevance of the steric configuration of beta-adrenoceptor antagonists to their effect on glucose tolerance.
abstract: The relevance of the steric configuration to the effects of two non-selective beta-adrenoceptor antagonists without intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (+)- and (--)-bupranolol (10 and 50 micrograms/kg i.v.) and (4)- and (--)-propranolol (100 and 500 micrograms/kg i.v.) on the i.v. glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) were investigated in conscious, normoglycemic dogs. The effects of the beta-adrenoceptor antagonists on plasma glucose, and insulin levels and insulin-glucagon ratio following IVGTT were evaluated by calculating the respective areas under the curve (AUC). The AUC values for plasma glucose were significantly increased by the (--)-configuration of both beta-adrenoceptor increased by the (--)-configuration of both beta-adrenoceptor antagonists. In the (+)-configuration only propranolol (500 micrograms/kg i.v.) increased the AUC value for plasma glucose significantly. The AUC values for plasma insulin and also for the plasma insulin-glucagon ratio were significantly increased by (--)-propranolol (500 micrograms/kg i.v.) and by (--)-bupranolol (10 and 50 micrograms/kg i.v.). Thus the impairment of glucose tolerance, due to suppression of the plasma insulin level, depends mainly on the beta-adrenoceptor antagonistic activity of the (--)-configuration.
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D002046:Bupranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D002046:Bupranolol; D005934:Glucagon; D011433:Propranolol