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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 266: R905-R913, 1994;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 3 905-R913, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Adrenergic lipolysis in guinea pig is not a beta 3-adrenergic response: comparison with human adipocytes

C. Carpene, I. Castan, P. Collon, J. Galitzky, J. Moratinos and M. Lafontan
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.

beta 3-Adrenoceptor agonists are potent lipolytic activators in rats, but they are only weak stimulators in human adipocytes, indicating interspecies differences in the adrenergic regulation of lipid mobilization. Like human but not rat adipocytes, guinea pig fat cells were poorly responsive to the beta 3-agonists BRL-37344, CGP-12177, SR-58611, and ICI-215001, acid metabolite of ICI-D7114. In guinea pigs, the beta 1-agonist dobutamine was more lipolytic than the beta 2-agonist procaterol. Anatomic location of fat deposits was without major influence on the beta-adrenergic responsiveness. Weak responses to beta 3-agonists were found whatever the sex or the age (from 2 days to 16 mo) of the animals. Even in the interscapular brown adipose tissue, which is well known in rats for its beta 3-adrenergic responsiveness, a blunted response to BRL-37344 was observed. The alpha 2-adrenergic antilipolytic effect and receptor number were smaller in guinea pig than in human adipocytes, but the beta-adrenergic receptor number was similar in the two species. Thus guinea pig adipocytes resemble human fat cells when their weak beta 3-adrenergic responsiveness is considered.


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