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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
The neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide in the autonomic nerves innervating the pancreatic islets and previous studies have shown that it stimulates insulin and glucagon secretion. It is known that autonomic nerve activation contributes to the glucagon response to hypoglycaemia. In the present study, we evaluated whether PACAP is involved in this glucagon response by examining the glucagon response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia in mice genetically deleted of the specific PACAP receptor, the PAC1 receptor. We found that insulin (1 U kg-1 ip) reduced circulating glucose to a hypoglycaemic level of approximately 2.5 mmol L-1 in PAC1R-/- mice and their wild-type counterparts with no difference between the groups. However, the glucagon response to this hypoglycaemia was markedly impaired in the PAC1R-/- mice. Thus, after 120 min, plasma glucagon was 437 +/- 79 ng L-1 in wild-type mice vs. only 140 +/- 36 ng L-1 in PAC1R-/- mice (P=0.004). In contrast, the glucagon response to intravenously administered arginine (0.25 g kg-1) was the same in the two groups of mice. We conclude that PACAP through activation of PAC1 receptors contribute to the glucagon response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. Therefore, the glucagon response to hypoglycaemia is dependent not only on the classical neurotransmitters but also on the neuropeptide PACAP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adcyap1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adcyap1r1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arginine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Blood Glucose, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucagon, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hypoglycemic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuropeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pituitary Adenylate..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Pituitary Hormone
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0001-6772
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The neuropeptide PACAP contributes to the glucagon response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't