title: Arginine-induced pancreatic hormone secretion during exercise in rats.
abstract: The aim of the present investigation was to 1) determine whether arginine-induced pancreatic hormone secretion can be modified during an exercise bout, and 2) verify whether the sectioning of the hepatic branch of the vagus nerve can alter the arginine-induced insulin and glucagon secretion during exercise in rats. To this end, we studied the effects of an intraperitoneal injection of arginine (1 g/kg body mass) during an exercise bout (30 min, 26 m/min, 0% grade) on the pancreatic hormone responses. These effects were determined in one group of sham-operated exercising rats and compared with three control groups: one group of resting rats, one group of saline-injected exercising rats, and one group of hepatic-vagotomized exercising rats. Five minutes after the injection of arginine, significant (P < 0.05) increases in insulin, glucagon, and C-peptide concentrations were observed in exercising as well as in resting rats. These responses were not, however, altered by the hepatic vagotomy and/or by the exercise bout. It is concluded that arginine is a potent stimulus of pancreatic hormone secretion during exercise, even though the sympathoadrenal system is activated. These results also indicate that a hepatic vagotomy does not seem to influence arginine-induced hormonal pancreatic responses and question the role of the putative hepatic arginoreceptors in the control of the pancreatic hormone secretion during exercise.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Education Physique, Université de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lavoie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D005934:Glucagon; D001120:Arginine; D005947:Glucose