title: Effects of diazoxide on alpha- and beta-cell function in isolated perfused rat pancreas.
abstract: To elucidate the effects of diazoxide on insulin and glucagon secretion at normal, high and low glucose concentrations and 10 mmol/l arginine, we performed pancreatic perfusion experiments. The insulin secretion rate in response to 16.7 mmol/l glucose was dose-dependently suppressed by concomitant infusion of diazoxide (100 and 300 mumol/l). Both the first and second phases of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion were significantly reduced in the presence of diazoxide as compared with controls. Basal glucagon secretion rate at 5.6 mmol/l glucose was significantly reduced by the administration of both 100 and 300 mumol/l diazoxide. Furthermore, the glucagon secretion rate at a high glucose concentration (16.7 mmol/l) was significantly lower with 300 mumol/l diazoxide than in the control. The glucagon secretion rate with glucopenia (1.4 mmol/l) was also significantly lower with 100 and 300 mumol/l diazoxide than in the control. The insulin secretion rate in response to 10 mmol/l arginine was also dose-dependently suppressed by concomitant infusion of diazoxide. The glucagon secretion rate in response to 10 mmol/l arginine was, however, significantly higher with 100 mumol/l diazoxide while not being significantly different with 300 mumol/l diazoxide. These findings suggest that some mechanism(s) which can be inhibited by diazoxide is involved in glucagon, as well as insulin, secretion in isolated perfused rat pancreas.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Hirose
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Maruyama
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ito
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kido
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Koyama
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Saruta
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003981:Diazoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D005934:Glucagon; D001120:Arginine; D005947:Glucose; D003981:Diazoxide