Glucagon increases hepatic efficacy for urea synthesis.

Abstract:

:The effect of glucagon on the relation between urea synthesis and blood amino acid concentration was studied in seven healthy volunteers. Alanine was given as prime-continuous infusions and, after 1 hr for equilibration, the urea nitrogen synthesis rate was measured in two periods of about 2 hrs as urinary excretion corrected for accumulation and intestinal hydrolysis. During one of the periods, glucagon was infused to obtain a constant concentration of 200-1200 ng/l. The spontaneous urea synthesis during the alanine infusion was 86-141 mmol/hr and linearly related to the alanine concentrations of 1.33-2.99 mmol/l. The hepatic clearance of alanine-nitrogen to urea-nitrogen, assessed by the ratio between the increase in the urea synthesis rate and alanine concentration, was 23 +/- 4 l/hr (mean +/- S.D.). Glucagon increased the rate of urea synthesis by 35 +/- 11 mmol/hr (p less than 0.02) and decreased the alanine concentration by 0.22 +/- 0.06 mmol/l (p less than 0.01). Glucagon increased the hepatic nitrogen clearance to an average of 42 +/- 13 l/hr (p less than 0.01). The difference between infusion of amino-nitrogen and appearance of urea-nitrogen was +15 +/- 10 mmol/hr during alanine infusion alone and -11 +/- 25 mmol/hr during exogenous glucagon. The loss of nitrogen could be accounted for by depletion of non-alanine amino acids from the blood. Glucagon increases the efficacy of urea synthesis, which may be of importance for catabolism by changing the hepatic contribution to nitrogen homeostasis.

journal_name

J Hepatol

journal_title

Journal of hepatology

authors

Vilstrup H,Hansen BA,Almdal TP

doi

10.1016/0168-8278(90)90072-y

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-01-01 00:00:00

pages

46-50

issue

1

eissn

0168-8278

issn

1600-0641

pii

0168-8278(90)90072-Y

journal_volume

10

pub_type

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