Lipolytic activity of porcine adipose tissue after preincubation |
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Authors: | H J Mersmann |
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Institution: | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Clay Center, NE 68933. |
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Abstract: | 1. The stimulated lipolytic rate in porcine adipose tissue slices was markedly increased after preincubation with or without isoproterenol. 2. Preincubation with and without insulin, dibutyryl-cAMP or theophylline suggested that the activation of the stimulated rate resulted from inhibition or inactivation of cAMP-phosphodiesterase activity during preincubation. 3. Preincubation with isoproterenol also caused activation of the basal (no exogenous hormone) lipolytic activity. 4. However, much of this activation appeared to result from carry-over of isoproterenol into the incubation medium because it could be lowered by additional washing of the tissue, by lower isoproterenol concentration or by propranolol. |
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