title: Effect of acute N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) hypertension on glucose tolerance, insulin levels, and [3H]-deoxyglucose muscle uptake.
abstract: This study was conducted to test the hypothesis that acute, widespread N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) induced vasoconstriction and hypertension may affect glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in normal rats. Comparisons were made of blood pressure, intravenous glucose tolerance, and insulin response and [3H]-deoxyglucose tissue uptake between L-NAME and control treated rats. Chronically instrumented, awake rats were administered L-NAME (30 mg/kg) (n = 8) or saline (0.3 mL) (n = 8) intravenously. After blood pressure stabilized, a bolus injection containing glucose (300 mg/kg) and trace [3H]-deoxyglucose was administered. Arterial blood was sampled for evaluation of glucose tolerance, insulin response, and [3H]-deoxyglucose muscle uptake. L-NAME treated rats had a persistent 54 +/- 4 mm Hg blood pressure rise while fasting, and postload plasma glucose and insulin responses did not differ, nor did heart and striated muscle [3H]-deoxyglucose uptake differ. In conclusion, acute L-NAME induced hypertension does not result in glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, or decreased [3H]-deoxyglucose muscle uptake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bursztyn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Raz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mekler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ben-Ishay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester