title: [Prolonged fasting on the lipolytic activity of isolated adipocytes of the rat epididymis].
abstract: Male Wistar rats, 6-8 week old, were fasted for 72 hours. The in vitro lipolytic activity of epididymal adipocytes was measured in the presence of adrenalin (a alpha and beta adrenergic agonist), isoprenaline (a pure beta agonist), theophylline (a phosphodiesterase inhibitor) or UK 14304 (a alpha 2 adrenoceptor agonist) associated with adenosine deaminase. The basal lipolytic activity, expressed per 100 mg lipids, was higher in fasted adipocytes than in fed ones. Its stimulation by adrenalin or isoproterenol was decreased by fast. The effects of these drugs were more potentiated by theophylline in fasted adipocytes than in fed ones. The UK 14304 inhibition of adenosine deaminase-stimulated lipolysis was about 20% in fasted adipocytes and 50% in fed adipocytes. The in vitro resistance of fasted adipocytes to the lipolytic effect of adrenalin or isoproterenol may be related to the hypothyroid status of fasted rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie analytique et Bromatologie, Faculté des Sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques, Dijon.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Cheikh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loireau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chomard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Autissier
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004822:Epididymis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005215:Fasting / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D013806:Theophylline; D007545:Isoproterenol; D004837:Epinephrine
vernacular_title: Effet du jeûne prolongé sur l'activité lipolytique de l'adipocyte isolé de l'épididyme de rat.