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PANCREAS
Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 142-147Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000172562.96168.59
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dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; nucleus tractus solitarii; paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; hypoglycemia; vagus
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-41301] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: Insulin-induced hypoglycemia activates neurons in hypothalamic and brain medullary nuclei involved in central autonomic regulation. We investigated whether these central neuronal activations relates to a deficiency of glucose supply. Methods: Three groups of non-fasted, conscious rats received intravenous (iv) saline infusion ( control), a hyperinsulinemic/hypoglycemic clamp, or a hyperinsulinemic/euglycemic clamp for 120 minutes and then the brains were collected for Fos immunohistochemistry. Results: The number of Fos positive cells significantly increased in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN, 191 +/- 63 versus 66 +/- 18), pontine locus coeruleus (LC, 53 +/- 19 versus 5 +/- 2), brain medullary dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus ( DMV, 26 6 4 versus 1 +/- 0), and nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS, 38 +/- 3 versus 10 +/- 35) in rats with hyperinsulinemic/hypoglycemic clamp compared with the controls. Maintaining blood glucose levels within physiological range by hyperinsulinemic/euglycemic clamp prevented insulin infusion-induced Fos expression in the PVN, DMV, and NTS. The numbers of Fos positive cells in these nuclei were significantly lower (-87%, -75%, and -51%, respectively) than that in the hypoglycemic rats. Conclusion: These results indicate that neuronal activation in hypothalamic and medullary autonomic regulatory nuclei induced by insulin administration is caused by hypoglycemia rather than a direct action of insulin. In addition, certain neurons in the medullary DMV and NTS respond to declines in glucose levels within physiological range.
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