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Title: 3-Hydroxybutyrate coinfused with noradrenaline decreases resulting plasma levels of noradrenaline in Wistar rats
Author: Cañas, Xavier
Sanchis, D.
Gómez, G.
Casanovas, J.M.
Artigas Pérez, Francesc
Fernández López, José Antonio
Remesar Betlloch, Xavier
Alemany, Marià, 1946-
Keywords: Metabolisme
Nutrició
Rates (Animals de laboratori)
Metabolism
Nutrition
Rats as laboratory animals
Issue Date: 1997
Publisher: Company of Biologists Ltd.
Abstract: Pentobarbital-anaesthetized male Wistar rats were infused with 6microgkg-1min-1 of noradrenaline. The infusion was supplemented with 8.5 mgkg-1min-1 of D-3-hydroxybutyrate (3-OHB) for 15 min in order to determine its effect on the adrenergic response of the rat. Plasma levels of noradrenaline rose to a plateau of approximately 50 nmoll-1 with infusion. In the group infused with noradrenaline alone, noradrenaline levels were maintained for 1h. Supplementation with 3-OHB induced a decrease in plasma noradrenaline level that was inversely correlated with 3-OHB level. Aortic and interscapular brown adipose tissue temperatures increased with noradrenaline infusion, but the rise was arrested by 3-OHB; replacing 3-OHB with glucose had no effect. Infusion of saline, glucose or 3-OHB in the absence of noradrenaline did not induce a rise in temperature in either tissue. Blood 3-OHB concentration increased to 1.2 mmoll-1 during 3-OHB infusion, decreasing rapidly at the end of infusion. Blood glucose levels increased with noradrenaline infusion; the presence of high 3-OHB levels decreased glucose concentration. The effects observed were transient and dependent on 3-OHB concentration; these effects may help explain most of the other effects of noradrenaline described here. The role of 3-OHB as a regulator of adrenergic responses seems to be part of a complex fail-safe mechanism which prevents wasting.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: http://jeb.biologists.org/content/200/20/2641.abstract
It is part of: Journal of Experimental Biology, 1997, vol. 200, p. 2641-2646
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/22228
ISSN: 0022-0949
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