title: Effects of alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists on clonidine-induced inhibition of insulin secretion by isolated pancreatic islets.
abstract: The effects of clonidine, yohimbine, corynanthine and prazosin on glucose-induced insulin secretion by incubated or perifused mouse pancreatic islets were investigated. Clonidine (0.1 microM) inhibited glucose-induced insulin secretion alone and in the presence of yohimbine (0.1 microM), corynanthine (10 microM) or prazosin (1 microM). In higher concentrations, yohimbine (1-10 microM) antagonized the inhibitory effect of clonidine (0.1 microM) upon glucose-induced insulin secretion by incubated islets and by perifused islets. The results support the view that adrenergic inhibition of insulin secretion is mediated by alpha 2-adrenoceptors on pancreatic beta-cells.
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D007328:Insulin; D015016:Yohimbine; D003000:Clonidine