Effects of Serotonin on Blood Glucose and Insulin Levels of Glucose and Streptozotocin-Treated Mice

摘要

References(15) Cited-By(15) Effects of serotonin (5-HT) on plasma glucose and serum insulin levels were studied in mice. In normal mice, 5-HT induced a dose-dependent hypoglycemia and an increase in serum insulin levels. 5-HT significantly inhibited glucose-induced hyperglycemia and increased glucose-stimulated insulin release. However, in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, 5-HT changed neitheir the glucose nor insulin levels. These results strongly suggest that 5-HT-induced hypoglycemia is brought on by increasing serum insulin levels.