title: Long-term beta 1-selective adrenergic blockade and adrenergic receptors in human subcutaneous adipocytes.
abstract: The influence of beta-adrenergic blockade with metoprolol, a beta 1-selective agent, on the adrenergic regulation of lipid mobilization was explored in subcutaneous adipocytes removed from 13 patients with essential hypertension. Treatment with metoprolol, which was associated with adequate beta-adrenergic blockade and an antihypertensive effect, resulted in a significant increase (p less than 0.05) in the binding of the beta-adrenergic antagonist (-)-(3H)-dihydroalprenolol and a 50% increase (p less than 0.01) in the maximum lipolytic response to the beta-adrenergic agonist isopropylnoradrenaline. In 7 patients with normotriglyceridaemia the total plasma triglyceride level increased significantly (p less than 0.025) during metoprolol treatment, a change that was due to an increase in the very low density lipoprotein triglycerides. The findings suggest that chronic treatment with the beta 1-selective adrenergic blocker metoprolol leads to a significant increase in beta-adrenoceptor density and an increase in the lipolytic response to beta-adrenergic agonists. This latter finding may, in some measure, account for the increased plasma triglyceride level observed.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wahrenberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Engfeldt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haglund
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rössner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ostman
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D008074:Lipoproteins; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D008790:Metoprolol