Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 14, 250-254, March 1973
Copyright © 1973 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Lipolysis and reesterification: effects of some inhibitors of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate phosphodiesterase
Floyd P. Kupiecki
Diabetes Research, The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001
Theophylline and three lipolytic agents, 2,5-bis(2-chloroethylsulfonyl)-pyrrole-3,4-dicarbonitrile (substituted pyrrole), 2,4-diamino-6-butoxy-s-triazine (substituted triazine), and 2,3-dihydro-5,6-dimethyl-3-oxo-4-pyridazinecarbonitrile (substituted pyridazine), stimulate basal lipolysis in adipose tissue in vitro. They also cause an increased release of free fatty acids, but not glycerol, from adipose tissue in which lipolysis is already maximally stimulated by epinephrine. The four compounds also inhibit cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase and the conversion of [1-14C]glucose to 14CO2. Evidence is presented that free fatty acids accumulate as the result of inhibited reesterification. The substituted pyridazine and triazine, but not the pyrrole, elevate plasma free fatty acids after oral or intraperitoneal administration in rats.
Supplementary key words plasma free fatty acids 2,3-dihydro-5,6-dimethyl-3-oxo-4-pyridazinecarbonitrile 2,5-bis(2-chloroethylsulfonyl)-pyrrole-3,4-dicarbonitrile 2,4-diamino-6-butoxy-s-triazine
Submitted on July 14, 1971
Revised on August 21, 1972
Accepted on November 28, 1972