Sustained oscillations of insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin from the isolated canine pancreas during exposure to a constant glucose concentration

The Journal of Clinical Investigation
J StagnerG C Weir

Abstract

Canine pancreata were perfused in vitro to examine whether hormone cycles could be demonstrated without hepatic or central nervous influence. Insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin demonstrated regular sustained cyclic secretion from the in vitro canine pancreas. Oscillations were noted for over 200 min during the infusion of a constant glucose concentration. Insulin demonstrated a 10-min period with a range of 8-12 min/cycle. Somatostatin had a 10-min period with a range of 8-11 min. Glucagon had a period of 8.6 min with range of 6-10 min. These periods do not allow glucagon to be consistently 90 degrees out of phase with insulin and somatostatin. When glucose was increased from 88 to 200 mg/dl, insulin cycles persisted but on an elevated base line, demonstrating that cycles react to glucose changes but are not dependent upon them. Cycles were disrupted by infusions of dopamine, apomorphine, epinephrine, and acetylcholine, but were reestablished. Autonomic blockade by both single and combined infusions of atropine (cholinergic), propranolol, and dibenzyline (adrenergic) had no effect on cycles. These results suggest that, in vitro, there is an intrinsic rhythm of hormone secretion by the pancreas despite a constant glucose level....Continue Reading

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