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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 278: E603-E610, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 4, E603-E610, April 2000

Meal-induced insulin secretion in dogs is mediated by both branches of the autonomic nervous system

Lambertus Benthem, Thomas O. Mundinger, and Gerald J. Taborsky Jr.

Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Seattle Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, and the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98108

We investigated the relationship between autonomic activity to the pancreas and insulin secretion in chronically catheterized dogs when food was shown, during eating, and during the early absorptive period. Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) output, pancreatic norepinephrine spillover (PNESO), and arterial epinephrine (Epi) were measured as indexes for parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous activity to the pancreas and for adrenal medullary activity, respectively. The relation between autonomic activity and insulin secretion was confirmed by autonomic blockade. Showing food to dogs initiated a transient increase in insulin secretion without changing PP output or PNESO. Epi did increase, suggesting beta 2-adrenergic mediation, which was confirmed by beta -adrenoceptor blockade. Eating initiated a second transient insulin response, which was only totally abolished by combined muscarinic and beta -adrenoceptor blockade. During absorption, insulin increased to a plateau. PP output showed the same pattern, suggesting parasympathetic mediation. PNESO decreased by 50%, suggesting withdrawal of inhibitory sympathetic neural tone. We conclude that 1) the insulin response to showing food is mediated by the beta 2-adrenergic effect of Epi, 2) the insulin response to eating is mediated both by parasympathetic muscarinic stimulation and by the beta 2-adrenergic effect of Epi, and 3) the insulin response during early absorption is mediated by parasympathetic activation, with possible contribution of withdrawal of sympathetic neural tone.

cephalic phase of insulin release; feeding; pancreatic polypeptide


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