title: Hypoglycemic activity of 1-alpha-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethylaminomethyl) -2-hydroxybenzylalcohol 1/2 fumarate (TA-078) in the mouse, rat and dog.
abstract: 1-alpha-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenethylaminomethyl)-2-hydroxybenzylalcohol 1/2 fumarate (TA-078) is a new hypoglycemic agent structurally different from any existing hypoglycemic drug. It depresses the rise of blood glucose when it is orally administered to glucose-loaded mice, rats and beagle dogs at minimal doses of 1, 10 and 2.5 mg/kg, respectively. In contrast with tolbutamide, TA-078 hardly affected fasting blood glucose levels in rats and dogs and only weakly reduced fasting blood glucose levels in mice. Oral administration of TA-078 to KK mice also improved glucose tolerance, while no improvement was observed in streptozotocin-diabetic rats. TA-078 elevated plasma immunoreactive insulin (IRI) levels in mice and rats soon after its oral administration. In fasted rats, TA-078 caused only a transient increase in plasma IRI but did not affect plasma immunoreactive glucagon (IRG) levels in the early phase after its administration. On the other hand, tolbutamide induced a sustained increase in plasma IRI and a transient but marked decrease in plasma IRG. In perfused rat pancreas, TA-078 stimulated insulin secretion. The stimulation by 10 micrograms/ml TA-078 in the perfusion liquid required the presence of a normal concn (5.6 mM) of glucose, whereas the same concn of tolbutamide stimulated insulin release even at a low glucose concn (2.8 mM).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D004285:Dogs; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014044:Tolbutamide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004983:Ethanolamines; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; C037644:TA 078; D005934:Glucagon; D014044:Tolbutamide