title: Dose response of plasma insulin and glucagon to intravenous n-butyrate infusion in sheep.
abstract: n-Butyrate (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 mumol.kg BW-1.min-1) was infused i.v. for 30 min to investigate the physiological effects of n-butyrate on plasma insulin and glucagon responses in sheep. Blood n-butyrate concentrations during n-butyrate infusion increased (P < .01) with increasing infusion rates. At the greater infusion rates of n-butyrate, plasma glucose concentrations increased (P < .01) during infusion, and then they decreased (P < .05) to less than the preinfusion values. Plasma insulin concentrations increased (P < .01) dose-dependently during n-butyrate infusion at rates of > or = 2 mumol.kg BW-1.min-1. Plasma glucagon concentrations increased (P < .05) during n-butyrate infusion at rates of 32 and 64 mumol.kg BW-1.min-1. It is possible that, in sheep, n-butyrate may have a physiological role in controlling insulin secretion; however, it does not seem to have a role in glucagon secretion.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Science, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terashima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002087:Butyrates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood*; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000662:veterinary; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D007328:Insulin; D005934:Glucagon