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. 1971 Jul;50(7):1444–1450. doi: 10.1172/JCI106628

Diazoxide effects on biphasic insulin release: “adrenergic” suppression and enhancement in the perifused rat pancreas

Ian M Burr 1, Errol B Marliss 1, Werner Stauffacher 1, Albert E Renold 1
PMCID: PMC292083  PMID: 5090060

Abstract

An in vitro system for perifusion of rat pancreas has been used to investigate the effects of diazoxide on glucose-induced insulin release. Administration of diazoxide with a stimulating concentration of glucose produced a dose-dependent suppression of insulin release. This effect was partly reversed by phentolamine. In the presence of nonstimulatory concentrations of glucose, diazoxide plus phentolamine, but neither alone, stimulated a biphasic release of insulin similar to that observed with 1-isopropyl norepinephrine. A prior period of perifusion with a low concentration of diazoxide enhanced the primary component of subsequent glucose-stimulated insulin release, an effect inhibited by addition of either phentolamine or propranolol to the diazoxide during this “prestimulation” period. These effects are similar to those observed with epinephrine. By contrast with epinephrine however, increasing the concentration of diazoxide during the period before glucose stimulation enhanced both the primary and secondary components of subsequent glucose-induced insulin release. These data suggest that at least some of the direct effects of diazoxide on the pancreas are mediated through α- and β-adrenergic receptor mechanisms.

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