Reduced hyperglycemic action of glucagon in cold-acclimated rats, especially in venous drainage from brown adipose tissue
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Vol. 55 (4) , 951-953
- https://doi.org/10.1139/y77-127
Abstract
Glucagon infusion at a rate of 2 μg/min for 30 min into warm-acclimated rats induced a marked rise of glucose concentration in venous blood both in the external jugular vein and in Sulzer's vein from the interscapular brown adipose tissue. In cold-acclimated rats the increase in the concentration of glucose was significantly reduced in the former vein and abolished in the latter one. These results suggest an enhanced use of glucose in the brown adipose tissue in cold-acclimated animals under the influence of glucagon.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: