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  • Title: Androgenic regulation of adipocyte alpha 2-adrenoceptor expression in male and female Syrian hamsters: proposed transcriptional mechanism.
    Author: Saulnier-Blache JS, Bouloumie A, Valet P, Devedjian JC, Lafontan M.
    Journal: Endocrinology; 1992 Jan; 130(1):316-27. PubMed ID: 1309336.
    Abstract:
    Adaptation of male hamsters to short daily (SD) photoperiod induced a reduction of the adipocyte alpha 2-adrenoceptor (alpha 2-AR) expression which was related to a sexual involution and could be reversed by testosterone administration. In the present paper, the possible mechanisms of such a physiological regulation are explored. The effect of testosterone on the adipocyte alpha 2-AR was rapid, dose-dependent, occurred at the physiological plasma concentrations of androgen, and was mimicked by dihydrotestosterone, but not by 17 beta-estradiol, progesterone, hydrocortisol, insulin, or T3. Adaptation of female hamsters to SD photoperiod also induced a sexual involution, but no modification of the adipocyte alpha 2-AR number was observed. Administration of testosterone induced a large up-regulation of the adipocyte alpha 2-AR. Testosterone was also able to up-regulate the adipocyte alpha 2-AR in male hamsters adapted to long day photoperiod whatever their age (6-, 12-, and 25-week old). Adaptation to SD photoperiod did not modify the adipocyte adenylyl cyclase activity (basal, forskolin-stimulated, GppNHp-inhibited). Conversely, UK14304-mediated inhibition of the adenylyl cyclase was suppressed in SD photoperiod and recovered after testosterone treatment. Administration of testosterone in young male hamsters adapted to long day photoperiod induced an increase in the amount of the alpha 2-AR messenger RNA, which coincided with the increase in the alpha 2-AR maximal number. The existence of a specific regulation of the adipocyte alpha 2-AR by the androgens, probably via a transcriptional mechanism, can be hypothesized. This regulation, which occurs in both male and female hamsters, appears to be physiologically relevant.
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