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  • Title: Influence of development and reduction of fat stores on the antilipolytic alpha 2-adrenoceptor in hamster adipocytes: comparison with adenosine and beta-adrenergic lipolytic responses.
    Author: Carpene C, Berlan M, Lafontan M.
    Journal: J Lipid Res; 1983 Jun; 24(6):766-74. PubMed ID: 6310014.
    Abstract:
    The response of the hamster adipocyte to various lipolytic (beta-adrenergic) and antilipolytic (alpha(2)-adrenergic and adenosine-dependent) stimuli was studied during the development and after cold-induced regression of fat stores. Alpha(2)-adrenergic binding ([(3)H]clonidine binding sites) was also investigated. Adipocytes came from young animals (4-5 weeks), adults (20-25 weeks), and adults submitted to a 6-week cold exposure (6 degrees C) that promoted a large decrease in fat stores and in fat cell size. The lipolytic response induced by isoproterenol (beta-agonist) was equivalent in the different groups. Adenosine and alpha(2)-adrenergic antilipolytic effects were estimated through the inhibition of theophylline-induced lipolysis by phenylisopropyladenosine and clonidine, respectively. The adenosine effect was unchanged in all the groups. In contrast, the alpha(2)-adrenergic effect, which was not present in young hamsters, increased simultaneously with fat cell size, was fully effective in adult hamsters, and had completely disappeared in small adipocytes from cold-exposed hamsters. In fat cell ghosts, alpha(2)-adrenoceptors ([(3)H]clonidine binding sites), followed similar modifications: they increased with fat cell enlargement and disappeared after cell size reduction following cold exposure. These results suggest that: 1) the increased alpha(2)-adrenergic antilipolytic response which is concomitant with fat cell enlargement could partly explain the growth-related decrease in the previously reported lipolytic effect of epinephrine; 2) the alpha(2)-receptivity of the adipocyte seems to be strictly fat cell size-dependent while the beta-adrenergic and adenosine responses are unaffected; and 3) the regulation in the adipocytes of the adenosine, alpha(2)- and beta-receptors seems to be unrelated.-Carpene, C., M. Berlan, and M. Lafontan. Influence of development and reduction of fat stores on the antilipolytic alpha(2)-adrenoceptor in hamster adipocytes: comparison with adenosine and beta-adrenergic lipolytic responses.
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