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Increase of urate formation by stimulation of sympathetic hepatic nerves, circulating noradrenaline and glucagon inthe perfused rat liver

In the isolated rat liver perfused in situ stimulation of the nerve bundles around the portal vein and the hepatic artery caused an increase of urate formation that was inhibited by the α1-blocker prazosine and the xanthine oxidase inhibitor allopurinol. Moreover, nerve stimulation increased glucose and lactate output and decreased perfusion flow. Infusion of noradrenaline had similar effects. Compared to nerve stimulation infusion of glucagon led to a less pronounced increase of urate formation and a twice as large increase in glucose output but a decrease in lactate release without affecting the flow rate. Insulin had no effect on any of the parameters studied.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:1672
Date January 1987
CreatorsPüschel, Gerhard P., Nath, Annegret, Jungermann, Kurt
PublisherUniversität Potsdam, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Ernährungswissenschaft, Extern. Extern
Source SetsPotsdam University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePostprint
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceFEBS Letters 219 (1987), 1, p. 145 - 150, DOI 10.1016/0014-5793(87)81207-3, ISSN 0014-5793
Rightshttp://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php

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