Abstract
The hypothesis that peripheral catecholamines mediated the rises in free fatty acids resulting from phentolamine administration was investigated. Reserpine and guanethidine pretreatment of dogs or rats and, in addition, ergotamine in rats completely antagonized the increase in free fatty acids induced by phentolamine. Meprobamate, chlorisondamine, hexamethonium, iproniazid, bretylium, Dibenamine and dichloroisoproterenol were not capable of blocking the free fatty acid response under the conditions studied. In dogs both guanethidine and reserpine increased free fatty acid levels in blood when administered alone. Blood glucose levels in dogs declined following guanethidine; reserpine produced an equivocal rise. The transient hyperglycemic and more prolonged hypoglycemic effects of phentolamine in dogs were not altered appreciably by pretreatment with reserpine or guanethidine. The results strongly suggest that peripheral catecholamines play a major role in mediating the effects of phentolamine in fat metabolism.
Footnotes
- Accepted February 11, 1965.
- The Williams & Wilkins Comapny
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