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Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Departments of 1 Biology and of 2 Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083
Seasonal adjustments in Siberian hamster adiposity are triggered by day length changes [i.e., short "winter-like" days (SDs) elicit body fat decreases vs. long "summer-like" days (LDs)]. These and other white adipose tissue (WAT) mass decreases traditionally have been ascribed to lipolysis triggered by sympathetically mediated, adrenal medullary released epinephrine; however, recent evidence suggests that direct sympathetic innervation of WAT also is important. Therefore, the contributions of WAT sympathetic innervation and adrenal medullary catecholamines to SD-induced decreases in adiposity were tested. Siberian hamsters were surgically bilaterally adrenal demedullated (ADMEDx) or sham ADMEDx, and all had one inguinal WAT (IWAT) pad sympathectomized via locally injected guanethidine, with the contralateral pad serving as a within-animal innervated control. One-half of the hamsters remained in LDs; the remainder was transferred to SDs. Guanethidine and ADMEDx abolished IWAT norepinephrine and adrenal epinephrine contents, respectively. Although sympathetic denervation or ADMEDx alone did not block SD-induced decreases in IWAT mass, their combination did. These results suggest that both adrenal catecholamines and the sympathetic innervation of WAT interact to decrease SD-induced decreased adiposity.
norepinephrine; adipose tissue; body weight; denervation; sympathetic nervous system; white adipose tissue; Siberian hamsters; sympathectomy; guanethidine; obesity
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