title: [Effects of experimental hyperammonemia on the secretion of insulin and glucagon in the rat].
abstract: In order to investigate the controverted effect of ammonia on insulin and glucagon secretion 3 groups of 55 rats were perfused either by Na+ acetate (controls), either by NH4+ acetate: in the first group plasma insulin (IRI) and glucagon (IRG) levels were compared before and after perfusion; the second group was supplemented by glucose perfusion (1 g/100 g/hour); in the last group an arginine perfusion (1 g/kg/min) was started 15 min after the beginning of NH4+ or Na acetate and IRI and IRG levels were determined in the portal blood. Hyperammonemia, which reached about 500 microgram/dl, reduced significantly the IRI portal level and the IRI secretion induced by glucose or arginine, whereas basal or stimulated IRG levels are not modified. The ratio IRI:IRG is diminished in each group perfused with NH4+ acetate. Our results show that ammonia inhibits insulin without modifications in the glucagon secretion; hyperglucagonemia and hyperinsulinism reported in hepatic encephalopathy with chronic hyperammonemia may not be attributed to an effect of ammonia.
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D000641:Ammonia; D005934:Glucagon; D001120:Arginine; D005947:Glucose
vernacular_title: Effets de l'hyperammoniémie expérimentale sur les sécrétions d'insuline et de glucagon chez le rat.