| Literature DB >> 1732697 |
K Kawai1, C Ohse, Y Watanabe, S Suzuki, K Yamashita, S Ohashi.
Abstract
Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a novel hypothalamic peptide structurally related to vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and glucagon like peptide-1(7-36) amide (tGLP-1) in its N-terminal portion. Therefore, their levels of insulinotropic potency were compared using an isolated rat pancreas perfusion. It was found that 0.1 nM PACAP (1-27) amide (PACAP27) significantly stimulated insulin release under a perfusate glucose concentration of 5.5 mM, whereas 1 nM PACAP27 did not under a perfusate glucose concentration of 2.8 mM. The potency was evaluated as tGLP-1 greater than PACAP27 greater than VIP. These results indicate that PACAP is a glucagon superfamily peptide which stimulates insulin release in a glucose dependent manner.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1732697 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(92)90332-j
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Life Sci ISSN: 0024-3205 Impact factor: 5.037