| Catecholamine sensitivity in brown fat cells from cold-acclimated hamsters and rats. | |
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PMID: 6278947 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Brown fat cells, freshly isolated from cold-acclimated hamsters and rats, did not respond to norepinephrine addition with the characteristic increase in oxygen consumption (heat production) seen in cells from control animals. However, incubation of these cells for 1 h in a Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer, in the presence of 10 mM pyruvate, fully restored norepinephrine responsiveness. Cells treated in this way from cold-acclimated hamsters (a hibernator) increased the rate of oxygen consumption after maximal norepinephrine stimulation as much as cells from control hamsters; also norepinephrine-stimulated fatty acid release was unaltered, indicating that brown fat cells may partly be responsible for the increase in serum fatty acid level seen during arousal from hibernation. Similarly, preincubated cells from cold-acclimated rats (a nonhibernator) increased oxygen consumption and fatty acid release as much as cells from control rats; this suggests that also in cold-acclimated rats brown fat may supply the circulation with fatty acids during cold stress. Cells from cold-acclimated animals were, however, about 10 times less sensitive to norepinephrine than cells from control animals; this desensitization may be the result of a stimulated phosphodiesterase. |
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Authors:
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J Nedergaard |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of physiology Volume: 242 ISSN: 0002-9513 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Physiol. Publication Date: 1982 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1982-05-27 Completed Date: 1982-05-27 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370511 Medline TA: Am J Physiol Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: C250-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Adaptation, Physiological* Adipose Tissue, Brown / enzymology, metabolism* Animals Cold Temperature* Cricetinae Mesocricetus / metabolism Norepinephrine / pharmacology* Oxygen Consumption / drug effects Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / metabolism Pyruvate Carboxylase / metabolism Rats Species Specificity |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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51-41-2/Norepinephrine; EC 3.1.4.-/Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; EC 6.4.1.1/Pyruvate Carboxylase |
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