title: Choline administration: lack of effect on plasma catecholamines in rats.
abstract: Choline chloride (35 or 70 mg/kg, IP) or saline was administered daily for 3 consecutive days to adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Before and 30, 60 and 120 minutes after the third injection of choline chloride or saline, blood samples were collected from a chronic tail artery catheter and later analyzed for levels of norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (EPI). Plasma levels of both catecholamines did not differ between choline- and saline-injected rats at either of the four sampling points. When insulin (10 IU/kg, SC) was administered to stimulate the sympathetic-adrenal medullary system reflexly, plasma levels of NE and EPI increased significantly above basal values but were similar for choline- and saline-injected rats. These findings do not support a role for choline availability in the regulation of catecholamine secretion from the adrenal medulla.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood*; D002794:Choline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D002794:Choline; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine