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Lipolytic effects on diacylglycerol accumulation in human adipose tissue in vitro

NK Edens, RL Leibel and J Hirsch
Laboratory of Human Behavior and Metabolism, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.

When fragments of rat or human adipose tissue, or isolated adipocytes, are incubated with [14C]glucose in vitro, [14C]diacylglycerol accumulates rapidly: it comprises 20-50% of newly synthesized (14C- labeled) acylglycerols, compared to less than 1% diacylglycerol accumulated in the bulk lipid store in vivo. The experiments reported in this study were performed to test the possibility that agents that influence the rate of lipolysis might differentially affect the accumulation of di- and triacylglycerol in human adipose tissue, and perhaps account for the discrepancy between the early labeling and the later accumulation of diacyglycerol. Fragments of gluteal subcutaneous adipose tissue obtained from obese men and women were incubated with isoproterenol, epinephrine plus yohimbine, adenosine deaminase, or dibutyryl 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate to stimulate lipolysis. Tissue fragments were also incubated with clonidine, adenosine, or insulin to inhibit lipolysis. No agent had any effect on the rate of accumulation of newly synthesized triacylglycerol. The effects of these agents on the rate of lipolysis were negatively correlated with their effects on accumulation of newly synthesized diacylglycerol. Newly synthesized diacylglycerol may be preferentially hydrolyzed by hormone sensitive lipase. This increased susceptibility to lipolytic stimulation, compared to newly synthesized triacylglycerol, may account for the minute accumulation of diacylglycerol in adipose tissue in vivo.
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