title: Inhibitory effects of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), on 2-deoxy-D-glucose-induced hyperglycemia in rats.
abstract: The inhibitory effects of a potent nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), on 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG)-induced hyperglycemia were investigated in rats. L-NAME significantly inhibited 2-DG-induced hyperglycemia, although N(G)-nitro-D-arginine methyl ester (D-NAME) did not affect it. A similar NO synthase inhibitor, N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), also inhibited 2-DG-induced hyperglycemia. The antagonistic effects of L-NAME are unrelated to the cholinergic system, since the muscarinic receptor antagonist scopolamine did not affect 2-DG-induced hyperglycemia. The neuronal NO synthase inhibitor 7-nitroindazole (7-NI) did not reduce 2-DG-induced hyperglycemia, but rather enhanced it. Our results suggest that NO may be involved in glucose homeostasis and that the inhibitory effects of L-NAME on 2-DG-induced hyperglycemia are not related to muscarinic receptors or neuronal NO synthase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horisaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000963:Antimetabolites / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007191:Indazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000963:Antimetabolites; D001786:Blood Glucose; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007191:Indazoles; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D012601:Scopolamine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; C080122:7-nitroindazole; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester