title: Lipolytic responsiveness to epinephrine in nondiabetic and diabetic humans.
abstract: To determine whether the sensitivity of adipose tissue lipolysis to catecholamines is increased in poorly controlled insulin-dependent diabetes, the lipolytic response to epinephrine was measured in seven nondiabetic volunteers and seven poorly controlled diabetic subjects with use of [1-(14)C]palmitate as a tracer. Subjects received sequential 1-h infusions of epinephrine, which produced epinephrine concentrations of approximately 1,000, approximately 1,750, approximately 3,500, and approximately 6,000 pmol/l. A pancreatic clamp was used to maintain constant plasma hormone levels. Concentration-response curves were constructed for each subject from the integrated lipolytic response during each epinephrine infusion. There was no difference in maximal lipolytic response (117 +/- 19 vs. 152 +/- 11 mumol.kg-1.h-1) or in maximally effective (3,171 +/- 267 vs. 3,357 +/- 349 pmol/l) or half-maximally effective (1,081 +/- 109 vs. 1,015 +/- 120 pmol/l) epinephrine concentrations between nondiabetic and diabetic subjects, respectively (all P = NS). In control subjects, maximum beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations were achieved at lower epinephrine concentrations than those required for a maximum lipolytic effect. Thus, under pancreatic clamp conditions, the lipolytic response to epinephrine in nondiabetic and diabetic subjects was similar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Divertie
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Cryer
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miles
mesh_terms: D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000097:blood; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000097:blood; D011865:Radioisotope Dilution Technique; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002096:C-Peptide; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D007328:Insulin; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D020155:3-Hydroxybutyric Acid; D004837:Epinephrine