| Literature DB >> 6140041 |
J Langer, U Panten, S Zielmann.
Abstract
The effects of clonidine, yohimbine, corynanthine and prazosin on glucose-induced insulin secretion by incubated or perifused mouse pancreatic islets were investigated. Clonidine (0.1 microM) inhibited glucose-induced insulin secretion alone and in the presence of yohimbine (0.1 microM), corynanthine (10 microM) or prazosin (1 microM). In higher concentrations, yohimbine (1-10 microM) antagonized the inhibitory effect of clonidine (0.1 microM) upon glucose-induced insulin secretion by incubated islets and by perifused islets. The results support the view that adrenergic inhibition of insulin secretion is mediated by alpha 2-adrenoceptors on pancreatic beta-cells.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6140041 PMCID: PMC2044869 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1983.tb11014.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Pharmacol ISSN: 0007-1188 Impact factor: 8.739