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  • Title: Glucose does not affect catecholamine stimulus-secretion coupling in rat adrenal medulla: relationship to low changes in osmolarity and to insulin.
    Author: de Araujo e Souza KL, Garcia RM, de Freitas Mathias PC.
    Journal: Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol; 1999; 105(3):200-12. PubMed ID: 10954126.
    Abstract:
    Glucose levels were analyzed to see whether they directly affect the catecholamine release from chromaffin cells. We incubated isolated adrenal medullae of rats in Krebs-Hepes modified solutions with several glucose concentration, in the presence and absence of carbachol or insulin. Transfer of the medulla from a solution with 11.1 mM of glucose to a 0.56 mM one caused an increase in catecholamine secretion. Relative increase in change of glucose levels from 25 to 0.56 mM and from 50 to 0.56 mM enhanced the effect mentioned above. An inhibitory effect was detected after transfer of the medulla from 0.56 mM to 50 mM glucose. However, correction of solution osmolarity with mannitol or NaCl switched back catecholamine secretion to basal levels in all groups, and correction of solution osmolarity with sucrose indicated an impairment of catecholamine release. No difference was observed in stimulated catecholamine secretion (100 microM of carbachol) at all glucose levels. Further, the presence of insulin did not affect catecholamine secretion in all groups. Our results suggest that in isolated adrenal medullae of rats (1) glucose or variations in glucose levels do not affect catecholamine released; (2) isolated adrenal medulla of rat was highly sensitive to hyperosmolarity and extremely sensitive to hyposmolarity; (3) Insulin had no acute direct effect on catecholamine secretion in isolated adrenal medullae of rats.
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