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  • Title: Stimulation of adipocyte phospholipid methyltransferase activity by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Differential regulation of phospholipid methyltransferase and lipolysis.
    Author: Kelly KL.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1987 Feb 01; 241(3):917-21. PubMed ID: 3297041.
    Abstract:
    The present studies demonstrate that treatment of rat adipocytes with the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) causes a dose-dependent stimulation of phospholipid methyltransferase (PLMT) activity. The stimulatory effect of PMA was not additive with that of isoprenaline or forskolin. The sensitivity of stimulated PLMT activity to inhibition by insulin, however, was decreased in the presence of PMA. The inhibitory effect of a maximal concentration of insulin on PLMT was unchanged in the presence of PMA. In contrast with the effects on PLMT, the lipolytic response of adipocytes to isoprenaline and the anti-lipolytic response to insulin were unaffected by PMA. These data suggest that PLMT is, whereas hormone-sensitive lipase is not, an intracellular target for the action of PMA. The lack of effect of PMA on lipolysis suggests that PLMT and hormone-sensitive lipase can be regulated by separate mechanisms. Furthermore, phorbol esters do not interfere in the regulatory pathway whereby insulin inhibits PMLT or lipolysis.
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