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  • Title: Site of free-fatty-acid inhibition of lipolysis by human adipocytes.
    Author: Burns TW, Langley PE, Robison GA.
    Journal: Metabolism; 1975 Mar; 24(3):265-76. PubMed ID: 165350.
    Abstract:
    When human adipocytes were incubated in albumin-free buffer, isoproterenol failed to stimulate an increase in either cyclic AMP or glycerol release. Cells incubated for 1/2 hr with 4% albumin and isoproterenol had a striking increase in cyclic AMP; this effect was markedly reduced when FFA concentration was increased by the addition of sodium oleate. When incubation was prolonged to 4 hr, the cyclic AMP concentration of stimulated cells fell towards the basal level. This decline in the level of cyclic AMP was prevented by frequent change in buffer. The ability of epinephrine and sodium fluoride to stimulate the adenylyl cyclase of human adipocyte membranes was not affected by the addition of sodium oleate. However, when intact cells were preincubated for 1 hr with added sodium oleate, the responsiveness to epinephrine of membranes derived from the cells was reduced. No such alternation in responsiveness to sodium fluoride occurred. These results indicate that the inhibitory effect of FFA on lipolysis is associated with a reduced production of cyclic AMP; the latter effect may be the consequence of FFA inhibition of adenylyl cyclase.
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