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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 272: E567-E575, 1997;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 272, Issue 4 E567-E575, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Brain of the conscious dog is sensitive to physiological changes in circulating insulin

S. N. Davis, B. Dunham, K. Walmsley, C. Shavers, D. Neal, P. Williams and A. D. Cherrington
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.

The aim of this study was to determine whether a selective, physiologically relevant increase in blood-borne insulin perfusing the brain has an impact on the counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia. Experiments were carried out on 12 conscious 18-h-fasted dogs. Insulin was infused (1 mU x kg(-1) x min(-1)) in separate, randomized studies into a peripheral vein (n = 6) or both carotid and vertebral arteries (n = 6). This resulted in equivalent systemic insulinemia (38 +/- 2 vs. 35 +/- 5 microU/ml) but differing head insulin levels (38 +/- 2 microU/ml during peripheral infusion and an estimated 90 microU/ml during head insulin infusion). Glucose was infused during peripheral insulin infusion to equate the level of hypoglycemia (58 +/- 2 mg/dl) to that obtained during head insulin infusion (57 +/- 2 mg/dl). Despite equivalent peripheral insulin levels and hypoglycemia, incremental area under the curve responses for epinephrine, glucagon and cortisol were increased during head insulin infusion (P < 0.05). Net hepatic glucose output, gluconeogenesis, and lipolysis were increased 50-100% (P < 0.05) during head compared with peripheral insulin infusion. We conclude that during hypoglycemia in the conscious dog 1) physiologically relevant increases of blood-borne insulin to the head can amplify neuroendocrine and metabolic counterregulatory responses and 2) glucagon secretion can be regulated, in part, by neural efferent activity.


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