1. Adipocytes isolated from rats 6–9 days after adrenalectomy had significantly increased sensitivity to insulin action against noradrenaline-stimulated lipolysis. In the presence of adenosine deaminase there was no significant difference in insulin sensitivity between cells from adrenalectomized and sham-operated rats. 2. Adipocytes from adrenalectomized rats had decreased lipolytic responses to all concentrations of noradrenaline and glucagon tested and a decreased lipolytic response to low but not high concentrations of corticotropin. There was no difference in lipolytic response to theophylline after adrenalectomy. Adenosine deaminase corrected the differences in response to noradrenaline and glucagon resulting from adrenalectomy. 3. In the presence of adenosine deaminase rates of lipolysis, after stimulation by high concentrations of noradrenaline, glucagon, corticotropin or theophylline, were the same in cells from adrenalectomized or sham-operated rats. 4. These findings and previously reported effects of adenosine and adrenalectomy on adipocyte function are discussed. It is proposed that changes in adipocyte hormone responsiveness after adrenalectomy may result from changes in adenosine metabolism or release.
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July 15 1978
Alterations in response of rat white adipocytes to insulin, noradrenaline, corticotropin and glucagon after adrenalectomy. Correction of these changes by adenosine deaminase
Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1978 London: The Biochemical Society
1978
Biochem J (1978) 174 (1): 111–118.
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B M Fernandez, E D Saggerson; Alterations in response of rat white adipocytes to insulin, noradrenaline, corticotropin and glucagon after adrenalectomy. Correction of these changes by adenosine deaminase. Biochem J 15 July 1978; 174 (1): 111–118. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1740111
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