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Possible involvement of eicosanoids in the actions of sympathetic hepatic nerves on carbohydrate metabolism and hemodynamics in perfused rat liver
Author(s) -
Iwai Masaru,
Jungermann Kurt
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80371-x
Subject(s) - nordihydroguaiaretic acid , stimulation , endocrinology , chemistry , medicine , arachidonic acid , lipoxygenase , albumin , perfusion , cyclooxygenase , hemodynamics , biochemistry , biology , enzyme
In isolated rat liver perfused at constant pressure with Krebs‐Henseleit buffer containing 5 mM glucose, 2 mM lactate, 0.2 mM pyruvate and 0.1% bovine serum albumin, perivascular nerve stimulation (20 V, 20 Hz, 2 ms) and infusion of ATP (100 μM), noradrenaline (1 μM) or arachidonic acid (100 μM) caused an increase in glucose and lactate output and a reduction of perfusion flow. The metabolic effects of nerve stimulation but not those of ATP and noradrenaline were inhibited strongly by the phospholipase A 2 inhibitor bromophenacyl bromide (BPB, 20 μM) and the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (Indo, 20 μM) and only slightly by the lipoxygenase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA, 20 μM). In contrast, the hemodynamic effects not only of nerve stimulation but also of ATP and noradrenaline were inhibited strongly by BPB and Indo and slightly by NDGA. The metabolic and hemodynamic actions of arachidonate were inhibited specifically by Indo. These results suggest that the effects of nerve stimulation were at least partially mediated or modulated by eicosanoids, especially by prostanoids.