LACTATE PRODUCTION FROM THE RAT HINDLIMB IS INCREASED AFTER GLUCOSE-ADMINISTRATION AND IS SUPPRESSED BY A SELECTIVE AMYLIN ANTAGONIST - EVIDENCE FOR ACTION OF ENDOGENOUS AMYLIN IN SKELETAL-MUSCLE
W. Vine et al., LACTATE PRODUCTION FROM THE RAT HINDLIMB IS INCREASED AFTER GLUCOSE-ADMINISTRATION AND IS SUPPRESSED BY A SELECTIVE AMYLIN ANTAGONIST - EVIDENCE FOR ACTION OF ENDOGENOUS AMYLIN IN SKELETAL-MUSCLE, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 216(2), 1995, pp. 554-559
By serially measuring blood flow and venous-arterial lactate differenc
es across the hindlimb of the fasted anesthetized rat, we examined (1)
whether exogenous amylin increased muscle lactate production in vivo,
(2) whether glucose administration increased muscle lactate productio
n, and (3), by using the selective amylin antagonist AC187 to block en
dogenous peptide, whether amylin secreted in response to glucose could
mediate muscle lactate production. Abdominal aortic flow was unchange
d by any treatment. Hindlimb lactate production was increased by both
100 mu g s.c. amyiin (4.0+/-0.4 cf 2.6+/-0.3 mu mol/min after saline,
P<0.05) and by infusion of 2mmol D-glucose (3.0+/-0.2 cf 2.3+/-0.2 mu
mole/hr after saline, P<0.03). The increase in hindlimb lactate produc
tion was prevented by infusion of AC187 (mean post-treatment venoarter
ial Delta-lactate 140+/=11 mu M; n.s. vs saline-treated Delta-lactate
154+/-10 mu M; P<0.05 vs glucose-treated Delta-lactate 201+/-14 mu M).
These findings are consistent with endogenous amylin secreted in resp
onse to a glucose challenge having acted at skeletal muscle to release
lactate. (C) 1995 Academic Press. Inc.