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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2021

Dopamine regulates pancreatic glucagon and insulin secretion via adrenergic and dopaminergic receptors.

Despoina Aslanoglou, Suzanne Bertera, Marta Sánchez-Soto, R Benjamin Free, Jeongkyung Lee, Wei Zong, Xiangning Xue, Shristi Shrestha, Marcela Brissova, Ryan W Logan and 6 more

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Insulin and glucose metabolism with olanzapine and a combination of olanzapine and samidorphan: exploratory phase 1 results in healthy volunteers.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Despoina AslanoglouTranslational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Suzanne BerteraInstitute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network Research Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9228-4279
Marta Sánchez-SotoMolecular Neuropharmacology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
R Benjamin FreeMolecular Neuropharmacology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2428-0487
Jeongkyung LeeDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Beta Cell Biology Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Wei ZongDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Xiangning XueDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Shristi ShresthaDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Marcela BrissovaDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Ryan W LoganTranslational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Claes B WollheimDepartment of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Massimo TruccoInstitute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network Research Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Vijay K YechoorDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Diabetes and Beta Cell Biology Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
David R SibleyMolecular Neuropharmacology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0624-962X
Rita BottinoInstitute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network Research Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Zachary FreybergTranslational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. freyberg@pitt.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6460-0118
University of Pittsburgh · USAllegheny Health Network · USNational Institutes of Health · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · USUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

Molecular And Pharmacological Studies Of Dopamine ReceptorsZIANS002263 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI SIBLEY, DAVID · 2009 to 2025
$37.4M
Circadian disruption-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetesR01DK130499 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YECHOOR, VIJAY K · 2021 to 2024
$1.8M
Circadian Clock and Beta Cell Stress AdaptationR01DK097160 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YECHOOR, VIJAY K · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
Novel dopaminergic mechanisms of islet hormone secretion and antipsychotic drug-induced metabolic disturbancesR01DK124219 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FREYBERG, ZACHARY · 2021 to 2023
$1.2M
Revealing Novel Mechanisms of Amphetamine Action in a Drosophila ModelK08DA031241 · NIDA · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI FREYBERG, ZACHARY · 2011 to 2015
$931k
Mechanisms for Preserving Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias Across Drosophila and Mouse ModelsR21AG068607 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FREYBERG, ZACHARY · 2020 to 2021
$430k
BLRD VA I01 BX002678NIA NIH HHS R21 AG068607NIDA NIH HHS K08 DA031241NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK097160NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK124219NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK130499U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) PR141292U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01DK097160U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Department of Veterans Affairs) I01BX002678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) are catecholamines primarily studied in the central nervous system that also act in the pancreas as peripheral regulators of metabolism. Pancreatic catecholamine signaling has also been increasingly implicated as a mechanism responsible for the metabolic disturbances produced by antipsychotic drugs (APDs). Critically, however, the mechanisms by which catecholamines modulate pancreatic hormone release are not completely understood. We show that human and mouse pancreatic α- and β-cells express the catecholamine biosynthetic and signaling machinery, and that α-cells synthesize DA de novo. This locally-produced pancreatic DA signals via both α- and β-cell adrenergic and dopaminergic receptors with different affinities to regulate glucagon and insulin release. Significantly, we show DA functions as a biased agonist at α

Indexed as

DopamineGlucagonAdrenergic AgentsInsulinInsulin SecretionNorepinephrinePancreasAdrenergic AgentsDopamineGlucagonInsulinNorepinephrine

Identifiers

PMID33589583
PMCPMC7884786
OpenAlexW3130697753

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