Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 17, 559-564, Copyright © 1976 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Effects of catecholamines on the lipolysis of two kinds of fat cells from adult rabbit
A Kumon, T Hara and A Takahashi
The administration of various catecholamines and adrenocorticotropic
hormone to adult rabbit elevated plasma glycerol concentration. These
catecholamines also induced the in vitro lipolysis of isolated
interscapular fat cells but could not bring about the lipolysis of
epididymal ones, while adrenocorticotropic hormone induced the lipolyses of
both kinds of fat cells. It may be speculated from these results that
catecholamines liberated endogenously in adult rabbit cannot act on all
systemic adipose tissues but have lipolytic effects on a part of them.