title: Adenosine, thyroid status and regulation of lipolysis.
abstract: Adipocytes from hypothyroid rats do not respond to adrenaline with increased glycerol release. Adenosine deaminase largely restores lipolytic sensitivity. This effect is reversed by 2-deoxycoformycin, an inhibitor of the enzyme, and by N6-(phenylisopropyl)adenosine, which is not deaminated. Lipolytic response of normal cells to adrenaline is only 50% inhibited by phenylisopropyladenosine, whereas in cells from hypothyroid rats blockage is total. Inhibition of 50% was seen at 100 and 1 nM concentrations respectively. Insensitivity to adrenaline of hypothyroid-rat adipocytes can, at least partly, be explained by increased sensitivity to adenosine.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000241:Adenosine; D004837:Epinephrine