Effects of salicylate on insulin and glucagon secretion by the isolated and perfused rat pancreas

C. García
I. Roncero
J. Tamarit-Rodríguez
J. Tamarit
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Abstract

The effects of sodium salicylate, a prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor, on glucose-induced secretion of insulin and glucagon by the isolated perfused rat pancreas have been studied.Sodium salicylate inhibited both basal (2.8 mM glucose) and stimulated (16.7 mM glucose) insulin release in a dose dependent manner (1, 5 and 10 mM).This inhibition is not interpretable in terms of a simple inhibition of cyclooxygenase by sodium salicylate.Basal glucagon release was not changed by 1 mM sodium salicylate but the latter partially blocked its inhibition by 16.7 mM glucose.Higher doses of sodium salicylate (5 and 10 mM) inhibited basal glucagon secretion without affecting its response to 16.7 mM glucose.These findings suggest a predominant stimulatory action of endogenous prostaglandins on glucagon release.

Keywords:
Animals, Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Glucagon/metabolism, Glucose/antagonists and inhibitors/pharmacology, Inbred Strains, Insulin Secretion, Insulin/metabolism, Islets of Langerhans/drug effects, Male, Prostaglandin Antagonists/pharmacology, Rats, Salicylates/pharmacology, Salicylic Acid, Salicylate, Perfused pancreas

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C. García
I. Roncero
J. Tamarit-Rodríguez
J. Tamarit


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