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Vasodilator effect of glucagon: receptorial crosstalk among glucagon, GLP-1, and receptor for glucagon and GLP-1

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Title:Vasodilator effect of glucagon: receptorial crosstalk among glucagon, GLP-1, and receptor for glucagon and GLP-1
Creators Name:Selley, E. and Kun, S. and Szijártó, I.A. and Kertesz, M. and Wittmann, I. and Molnar, G.A.
Abstract:Glucagon is known for its insulin-antagonist effect in the blood glucose homeostasis, while it also reduces vascular resistance. The mechanism of the vasoactive effect of glucagon has not been studied before; thereby we aimed to investigate the mediators involved in the vasodilatation induced by glucagon. The vasoactive effect of glucagon, insulin, and glucagon-like peptide-1 was studied on isolated rat thoracic aortic rings using a wire myograph. To investigate the mechanism of the vasodilatation caused by glucagon, we determined the role of the receptor for glucagon and the receptor for GLP-1, and studied also the effect of various inhibitors of gasotransmitters, inhibitors of reactive oxygen species formation, NADPH oxidase, prostaglandin synthesis, protein kinases, potassium channels, and an inhibitor of the Na(+)/Ca(2+)-exchanger. Glucagon causes dose-dependent relaxation in the rat thoracic aorta, which is as potent as that of insulin but greater than that of GLP-1 (7-36) amide. Vasodilatation by GLP-1 is partially mediated by the glucagon receptor. The vasodilatation due to glucagon evokes via the glucagon-receptor, but also via the receptor for GLP-1, and it is endothelium-independent. Contribution of gasotransmitters, prostaglandins, the NADPH oxidase enzyme, free radicals, potassium channels, and the Na(+)/Ca(2+)-exchanger is also significant. Glucagon causes dose-dependent relaxation of rat thoracic aorta in vitro, via the receptor for glucagon and the receptor for GLP-1, while the vasodilatation evoked by GLP-1 also evolves partially via the receptor for glucagon, thereby, a possible crosstalk between the 2 hormones and receptors could occur.
Keywords:Aortic Rings, Glucagon, GLP-1, Vasodilatation, Animals, Rats
Source:Hormone and Metabolic Research
ISSN:0018-5043
Publisher:Thieme
Volume:48
Number:7
Page Range:476-483
Date:July 2016
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-101794
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