title: Hormonal regulation of phosphatidylcholine synthesis by reversible modulation of cytidylyltransferase.
abstract: The effect of both lipolytic and antilipolytic hormones on the turnover of phosphatidylcholine in freshly isolated rat adipocytes was investigated. Treatment of adipocytes with agonists such as glucagon or isoprenaline that stimulate lipolysis through a cyclic AMP-dependent mechanism caused an increase in the incorporation of [Me-3H]choline into phosphatidylcholine. Pulse-chase studies indicated that the stimulation was due to an increase in the conversion of choline into phosphatidylcholine, which was both time- and dose-dependent. The stimulatory effect of isoprenaline was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by oxytocin or insulin. Oxytocin inhibited the incorporation of [Me-3H]choline into phosphatidylcholine in both the presence and the absence of isoprenaline, whereas in the absence of isoprenaline insulin increased the incorporation of [Me-3H]choline into phosphatidylcholine. The effects of isoprenaline, oxytocin and insulin on the incorporation of [3H]choline into phosphatidylcholine were paralleled by changes in the activity of CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D019916:Choline-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010121:Oxytocin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D005934:Glucagon; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D019916:Choline-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase; D007545:Isoproterenol