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  • Title: Beta(3)-adrenergic stimulation and insulin inhibition of non-selective cation channels in white adipocytes of the rat.
    Author: Ringer E, Russ U, Siemen D.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 2000 Feb 15; 1463(2):241-53. PubMed ID: 10675503.
    Abstract:
    Single-channel currents were recorded from the plasma membrane of white adipocytes of 6-8-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats. In outside-out patches (high K(+), no Ca(2+) in pipette), a voltage-dependent K-channel (delayed rectifier) with a single-channel conductance (gamma) of 16 pS (24 degrees C) in modified Ringer's was active at a density of 0.5/microm(2). It was blocked by TEA (IC(50)=1.5 mM). A Ca(2+)-activated non-selective cation channel (NSC-channel) appeared at a mean density of 1/microm(2) in inside-out patches ([Ca(2+)](i)=1.2 mM). gamma was 28 pS (24 degrees C). The NSC showed weak voltage dependence and was blocked by mefenamic acid and by internal ATP. In the cell-attached mode spontaneous activity could be blocked reversibly by 100 nM insulin. Noradrenaline (NA, 100 nM) induced a flickering activity of the NSC-channels. Isoproterenol (100 nM) caused activity of the NSC-channel as well. After 1 microM propranolol even 1 microM NA did not induce any activity. The alpha-antagonist phentolamine had no effect on isoproterenol- or on NA-induced currents. The beta(3)-agonists BRL 37344 and BRL 35135A induced activity of the NSC-channel at 100 nM as well. We conclude that white adipocytes express ion channels which are comparable to those in brown adipocytes and that beta-receptor activation opens NSC-channels thus allowing for Na(+) entry into white adipocytes.
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