title: Effect of glucagon on the plasma concentration of uridine.
abstract: To determine whether glucagon affects the plasma concentration of uridine, we administered 100 mL physiological saline containing 1 mg glucagon or 100 mL physiological saline alone intravenously over 1 hour to healthy subjects. Glucagon decreased the plasma concentration of uridine from 5.72 +/- 1.05 to 4.80 +/- 0.60 micromol/L but increased the concentrations of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in plasma and pyruvic acid and lactic acid in blood 59-, 1.4-, and 1.3-fold, respectively. Although glucagon increased urinary excretion of uric acid, it did not affect the plasma concentration of purine bases (hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid) or urinary excretion of oxypurines and uridine, indicating that glucagon does not affect purine degradation and suggesting that glucagon does not affect adenosine triphosphate (ATP) consumption-induced pyrimidine degradation. In contrast, physiological saline did not affect any of the measured variables. These results suggest that glucagon enhanced Na+-dependent uridine uptake from the blood into the cells, since glucagon stimulates Na+-dependent uridine uptake into cells in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamakita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiroishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higashino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000097:blood; D005934:Glucagon / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D011687:Purines / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000097:blood; D014529:Uridine / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D010710:Phosphates; D011687:Purines; D019344:Lactic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D005934:Glucagon; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D014529:Uridine