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Hypoglycemic detection at the portal vein is mediated by capsaicin-sensitive primary sensory neurons

Departments of ¹Kinesiology and ²Biological Sciences, and ³Neuroscience Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Submitted 10 August 2006 ; accepted in final form 7 March 2007

To elucidate the type of spinal afferent involved in hypoglycemic detection at the portal vein, we considered the potential role of capsaicin-sensitive primary sensory neurons. Specifically, we examined the effect of capsaicin-induced ablation of portal vein afferents on the sympathoadrenal response to hypoglycemia. Under anesthesia, the portal vein was isolated in rats and either capsaicin (CAP) or the vehicle (CON) solution applied topically. During the same surgery, the carotid artery (sampling) and jugular vein (infusion) were cannulated. One week later, all animals underwent a hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemic clamp, with glucose (variable) and insulin (25 mU·kg^–1·min^–1) infused via the jugular vein. Systemic hypoglycemia (2.76 ± 0.05 mM) was induced by minute 75 and sustained until minute 105. By design, no significant differences were observed in arterial glucose or insulin concentrations between groups. When hypoglycemia was induced in CON, the plasma epinephrine concentration increased from 0.67 ± 0.05 nM at basal to 36.15 ± 2.32 nM by minute 105. Compared with CON, CAP animals demonstrated an 80% suppression in epinephrine levels by minute 105, 7.11 ± 0.55 nM (P < 0.001). A similar response to hypoglycemia was observed for norepinephrine, with CAP values suppressed by 48% compared with CON. Immunohistochemical analysis of the portal vein revealed an 85% decrease in the number of calcitonin gene-related peptide-reactive nerve fibers following capsaicin-induced ablation. That the suppression in the sympathoadrenal response was comparable to our previous findings for total denervation of the portal vein indicates that hypoglycemic detection at the portal vein is mediated by capsaicin-sensitive primary sensory neurons.

calcitonin gene-related peptide; sympathoadrenal response; glucose sensing

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