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Svensson AM, Abdel-Halim SM, Efendic S, Jansson L, Östenson C-G. Pancreatic and islet blood flow in F1 -hybrids of the non-insulin-dependent diabetic GK-Wistar rat. Eur J Endocrinol 1994:130:612–16. ISSN 0804–4643
Previous studies have indicated that various conditions under which an increased functional load is posed on the pancreatic islets, e.g. partial pancreatectomy and continuous glucose infusions, may influence the microcirculation of the pancreas. To investigate further the effects of elevated functional demand on the islets, the blood perfusion of the whole pancreas and the pancreatic islets was measured with a microsphere technique in an animal model presenting impaired glucose tolerance and mild hyperglycemia, namely F 1-hybrids of the spontaneously non-insulin-dependent diabetic GK-Wistar rat. Normal Wistar rats served as controls. All hybrids had a pathological intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test 1 week before the blood flow measurements, which were performed in 10–12-week-old rats. Both the whole pancreatic and the islet blood flows were increased in the hybrids compared to controls. The fractional islet blood flow, i.e. the fraction of whole pancreatic blood flow diverted through the islets, also was increased in the hybrid rats (12.6 ±0.6% vs 9.8 ±0.5% in controls, p <0.01). A bilateral abdominal vagotomy performed 30 min before the blood flow measurement markedly decreased the blood flow values of the islets and the whole pancreas in both groups of rats. After vagotomy, the islet blood flow in the hybrid rats was similar to that of the vagotomized control animals (8.2 ± 0.8 and 7.5 ± 1.4%, respectively). It is concluded that the increased pancreatic and islet blood perfusion observed in F 1-hybrids of the GK-Wistar rat depends on a mechanism mediated by the vagus nerve.
Annika M Svensson, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Biomedical Centre, PO Box 571, S-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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