title: [Effect of adrenaline on blood glucose and glycogen in catfish tissues].
abstract: The effects of epinephrine injected intraperitoneally (5 mg/kg body weight) on the catfish carbohydrate metabolism were studied. Epinephrine caused a very high and persisting hyperglycemia, the highest value of which was 340 +/- 21 mg/100 ml of blood (control value: 75 +/- 6 mg/100 ml) at 24th hour after the administration. Moreover, epinephrine caused glycogenolysis in liver: from 127 +/- 10 to 95 +/- 8 mg/g of tissue. In white muscle the lowering of glycogen happened just after the epinephrine injection and reached the lowest value (1,6 +/- 0,3 mg/g) at 2,5 hours after the administration (control value: 2,9 +/- 0,4 mg/g). A glycogen decrease took place in red muscle with a great delay, but was still present 48 hours after administration (control value: 17,5 +/- 1,8 mg/g; sample value: 11,2 +/- 3,2 mg/g). The increase of glucose level in blood could be referred to glycogenolytic processes in liver. As far as musculature is concerned, red muscle probably plays a role in recovering the glycogen level in white muscle.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006003:Glycogen; D004837:Epinephrine
vernacular_title: Effetto dell'adrenalina sulla glicemia e sul glicogeno nei tessuti di pesce gatto.