title: Effects of cimaterol, a beta-adrenergic agonist, on lipid metabolism in rats.
abstract: Rats fed a high carbohydrate diet containing 10 or 100 ppm cimaterol for 4 weeks gained 41% to 59% less fat and 70% to 76% more protein than controls, with no major changes in either energy gain or efficiency of energy retention. Effects of cimaterol on lipid metabolism in these rats were assessed. Cimaterol stimulated lipolysis in vivo and in vitro, but failed to influence rates of de novo fatty acid synthesis in either liver or white adipose tissue. Activities of fatty acid synthetase and malic enzyme in these tissues were also unaffected by cimaterol. Cimaterol administered in vivo failed to affect lipoprotein lipase activity in white adipose tissue, but elevated enzyme activity 67% to 75% in the extensor digitorium longus muscle. Lipoprotein lipase activity in the extensor digitorum longus muscle was also elevated by 66% during a 2 hour incubation with 1 mmol/L cimaterol. We conclude that cimaterol selectively stimulates both lipolysis in white adipose tissue and lipoprotein lipase activity in skeletal muscle, to direct energy away from adipose tissue deposition toward skeletal muscle accretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1224.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Eadara
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dalrymple
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: DeLay
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ricks
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Romsos
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005260:Female; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D004983:Ethanolamines; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase; C047411:cimaterol