scholarly journals Colchicine inhibition of the heparin-stimulated release of clearing-factor lipase from isolated fat-cells

1975 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 717-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Cryer ◽  
A McDonald ◽  
E R Williams ◽  
D S Robinson

When isolated fat-cells are incubated at 25 degrees C in serum-based media containing glucose, insulin and heparin, the rise that occurs in the clearing-factor lipase activity of the incubation medium is inhibited by colchicine. The rise in the fat-cell clearing-factor lipase activity that occurs during similar incubations in the absence of heparin is not affected by colchicine.

1975 ◽  
Vol 146 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Cryer ◽  
P Davies ◽  
E R Williams ◽  
D S Robinson

1. When fat-cells are isolated from the epididymal adipose tissue of 24h-starved rats and incubated at 25 degrees C in the presence of dialysed serum, glucose, insulin, amino acids and heparin, the total clearing-factor lipase acitivity of the incubation system increases progressively over a period of several hours. 2. All of the increase in activity is accounted for by the appearance of enzyme in the appearance of enzyme in the incubation medium and the fat-cell activity does not change significantly. Cycloheximids, at a concentration that prevents protein synthesis, does not affect the appearance of enzyme in the incubation medium, but the fat-cell enzyme activity is decreased in its presence. 3. The magnitude of the increase in total clearing factor lipase activity is unaffected by the omission of heparin from the medium. However, less enzyme is extracted in tis absence and the fat-cell activity increases. Cycloheximide again only affects the rise in cell activity and does not alter the activity in the incubation medium. 4. When serum in the incubation medium is replaced by casein, the distribution of enzyme between the cells and the medium is changed, but the magnitudes of the increases in total enzyme activity are similar. 5. These characteristics of the clearing-factor lipase response of isolated fat-cells differ in several respects from those observed earlier with intact adipose tissue from 24h-starved rats (Robinson & Wing, 1971; Cryer et al., 1973). The differences could be due, in part, to changes in the relative amounts of two different molecular forms of the enzyme that occur during the isolation of the fat-cells.


1969 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. J. Cunningham ◽  
D S Robinson

1. Incubation of intact epididymal adipose tissue from fed rats at 37° in an albumin solution at pH7·4 in vitro results in rapid loss of clearing-factor lipase activity until a low activity, stable to prolonged incubation, is attained. The clearing-factor lipase activity of intact tissue from starved rats, which is initially much less than that of tissue from fed rats, is mainly stable to incubation at 37°. 2. Much of the clearing-factor lipase activity of intact epididymal adipose tissue from fed rats is inactivated by collagenase. The enzyme activity of intact tissue from starved rats is not inactivated by collagenase. 3. The clearing-factor lipase activity of fat cells isolated from the epididymal adipose tissue of fed rats is stable to prolonged incubation at 37°. It represents only a small proportion of the total activity of the intact tissue. In starved rats, the isolated fat cells contain a much higher proportion of the activity of the intact tissue. Their activity is also stable at 37°. 4. Incubation of isolated fat cells in a serum-based medium leads to a progressive rise in clearing-factor lipase activity. Actinomycin increases the extent of this rise in activity. No rise in clearing-factor lipase activity occurs when stromal-vascular cells isolated from epididymal adipose tissue are incubated in the medium. 5. The findings indicate that less than 20% of the activity of intact adipose tissue from fed rats is retained when fat cells are isolated from the tissue by collagenase treatment. The activity that is lost could be that which normally functions in the uptake of triglyceride fatty acids by the tissue.


1970 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Perry ◽  
C. N. Hales

1. The effluxes of 42K+ and 36Cl− from isolated fat-cells from the rat were studied under a variety of conditions known to affect the metabolism of the cells. 2. 42K+ efflux from isolated fat cells was increased in a Na+-free–high-K+ medium and decreased in a K+-free medium. The existence of K+ exchange diffusion across the fat-cell membrane is suggested. 3. 36Cl− efflux from isolated fat-cells was decreased when the Cl− component of the wash medium was replaced by acetate. The basal 36Cl− efflux is suggested to be partly by Cl− exchange diffusion and partly in company with a univalent cation. 4. A variety of lipolytic stimuli, adrenaline, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, N-6,O-2′-dibutyryladenosine cyclic 3′:5′-monophosphate and theophylline, increased 42K+ efflux from isolated fat-cells. The adrenaline stimulation was biphasic; an initial, rapid and transient increase in 42K+ loss from the fat-cells was followed by a slower, more prolonged, increase in 42K+ efflux. The initial phase was inhibited by phentolamine but not by propranolol. 5. Insulin increased 42K+ efflux only after preincubation with the cells.


1975 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
A C Newby ◽  
J P Luzio ◽  
C N Hales

1. A phosphohydrolase specific for 5′-nucleotides was characterized by using a particulate fraction from isolated fat-cells. 2. The activity of intact cells towards 5′-AMP was studied. 3. The activity in either situation had the same KM for AMP (45 muM) and was inhibited by low concentrations of ATP (less than 50 muM), but less potently by the ATP analogues AMP-P(CH2)P(adenylyl (β γ-methylene)diphosphonate) and AMP-P)NH)P (adenylylimidodiphosphate). 4. Homogenization of intact fat-cells caused no increase in activity and at least 85% of the activity was recovered in the particulate preparation. 5. The preparation of fat-cells used in this work was not freely permeable to AMP. 6. The ability of intact fat-cells to hydrolyse AMP implies that 5′-nucleotidase is an ectoenzyme in fat-cells. 7. Concentrations of ATP 100 times lower than intracellular concentrations inhibit the enzyme when added extracellularly to intact fat-cells, implying that this effect is also medicated at the extracellular face of the membrane. 8. Antibodies raised to whole liver cells and whole fat-cells inhibit 5′-nucleotidase in intact cells. 9. Incubation of intact fat-cells with adrenaline (1 mug/ml) or insulin (50 mui.u./ml) failed to alter the KM or Vmax. of the enzyme.


1978 ◽  
Vol 172 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Vanhove ◽  
C Wolf ◽  
M Breton ◽  
M C Glangeaud

This study supports the possibility for multiple subcellular forms of lipoprotein lipase. 1. The total activity of lipoprotein lipase per g of intact epididymal adipose tissue from fed rats is much higher than that from starved rats. 2. The isolated fat-cells of fed and of starved rats have lipoprotein lipase of almost the same activity per g of fat-pads. The isolated fat-cells of starved rats have a much higher proportion of total activity per g of the intact tissue than do those of fed rats. 3. Under the conditions of homogenization used, only a small proportion of the total activity per g of intact tissue from fed rats was associated with the fat layer which floated to the top of the homogenate during low-speed centrifugation. The different proportions of the specific enzyme activity found in each subcellular fraction are described. 4. Lipoprotein lipase from plasma membranes and microsomal fractions from starved and fed rats was purified by affinity chromatography. 5. The total activity of microsomal lipoprotein lipase per g of intact adipose tissue is enhanced by a normal diet. 6. In intact epididymal adipose tissue from fed rats, the activity per g of tissue of lipoprotein lipase of plasma membranes is much higher than that in the same fraction from starved rats. By contrast, the activities per g of tissue in plasma membranes obtained from starved or from fed rats by collagenase treatment were similar.


1984 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1157-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Despres ◽  
C. Bouchard ◽  
R. Savard ◽  
A. Tremblay ◽  
M. Marcotte ◽  
...  

The present experiment was conducted to study the influence of exercise training on adipose tissue lipolytic activity and to identify the amount of training required to induce maximal adaptation in humans. Fifty-one male subjects were divided into three groups according to their training regimen: 1) sedentary subjects (SS) (n = 21); 2) trained subjects (TS) (n = 15) who had exercised during a period of 20 wk, 5 days/wk, 45 min/session; and 3) experienced marathon runners (MR) (n = 15) who ran an average of 120 km/wk for many years. Biopsies of fat were performed in the suprailiac region after an overnight fast. Adipocyte diameter (AD) and epinephrine-stimulated lipolysis ( ESL ) were assessed on collagenase-isolated fat cells. A lower AD was noted in the MR group compared with the two other groups. Basal lipolysis (BL) and ESL were significantly higher in TS and MR than in controls. Moreover, BL values were comparable in the two trained groups, whereas ESL in the TS group was higher than in the MR group. These results indicate that training increases suprailiac fat cell lipolysis, which seems to adapt maximally within about 4 mo.


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