The Sources of Plasma Cyclic AMP: Studies in the Rat using Isoprenaline, Nicotinic Acid and Glucagon
- 1 February 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Vol. 5 (1) , 147-152
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2362.1975.tb00440.x
Abstract
The effects of intravenous administration of isoprenaline, glucagon and nicotinic acid on plasma concentrations of cyclic AMP in rats are described. In order to determine the relative importance of the liver as a source of extracellular cyclic AMP, the effects of the hormones were investigated in intact and functionally hepatectomised rats. The results showed that hepatectomy did not prevent an isoprenaline‐stimulated increase in plasma cyclic AMP concentrations, although glucagon was without effect on plasma nucleotide concentrations in this group of animals. It is suggested that the liver is essential for the action of glucagon but that isoprenaline can increase plasma cyclic AMP concentrations in hepatectomised animals by increasing extrahepatic release of the nucleotide. Since inhibition of adipose tissue lipolysis with nicotinic acid did not prevent an isoprenaline or glucagon‐stimulated increase in plasma cyclic AMP concentrations, adipose tissue is discounted as a major source of plasma cyclic AMP.Keywords
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