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  • Title: Effects of epinephrine on glucose transport and metabolism in adipose tissue of normal and hypothyroid rats.
    Author: Bray GA, Goodman HM.
    Journal: J Lipid Res; 1968 Nov; 9(6):714-9. PubMed ID: 5693499.
    Abstract:
    Epinephrine increases the oxidation of glucose in adipose tissue even when its lipolytic effects are markedly reduced or abolished by propranolol, nicotinic acid, ouabain, or thyroidectomy. In order to locate the site(s) at which epinephrine stimulates glucose utilization, we studied the effects of epinephrine on the oxidation of various metabolites of glucose. Epinephrine neither increased the production of (14)CO(2) from 1- or 3-(14)C-pyruvate nor affected pyruvate conversion to glyceride-glycerol. To assess the possibility that epinephrine might accelerate the entry of glucose into adipocytes, we studied the accumulation of the nonmetabolized sugar l-arabinose in the intracellular water of adipose tissue. Epinephrine increased arabinose penetration into adipocytes to a degree comparable with that caused by 0.1 mU/ml of insulin. Virtually identical results were obtained in tissues from thyroidectomized rats in which the lipolytic effects of epinephrine were significantly reduced. It is concluded that epinephrine increases glucose oxidation by promoting its entry into adipose tissue and that the effect is independent of lipolysis.
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