title: A unique mechanism of desensitization to lipolysis mediated by beta(3)-adrenoceptor in rats with thermal injury.
abstract: Thermal injury causes a hypermetabolic state associated with increased levels of catabolic hormones, but the molecular bases for the metabolic abnormalities are poorly understood. We investigated the lipolytic responses after beta(3)-adrenoceptor (beta(3)-AR) agonists and evaluated the associated changes in beta-AR and its downstream signaling molecules in adipocytes isolated from rats with thermal injury. Maximal lipolytic responses to a specific beta(3)-AR agonist, BRL-37344, were significantly attenuated at post burn days (PBD) 3 and 7. Despite significant reduction of the cell surface beta(3)-AR number and its mRNA at PBD 3 and 7, BRL-37344 and forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels were not decreased. Glycerol production in response to dibutyryl cAMP, a direct stimulant of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) via protein kinase A (PKA), was significantly attenuated. Although immunoblot analysis indicated no differences in the expression and activity of PKA or in the expression of HSL, HSL activity showed significant reductions. Finally, beta(3)-AR-induced insulin secretion was indeed attenuated in vivo. These studies indicate that the beta(3)-AR system is desensitized after burns, both in the adipocytes and in beta(3)-AR-induced secretion of insulin. Furthermore, these data suggest a complex and unique mechanism underlying the altered signaling of lipolysis at the level of HSL in animals after burns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikezu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuhara
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Granneman
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Tompkins
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Martyn
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007700:Kinetics; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D002787:Sterol Esterase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D004983:Ethanolamines; D007328:Insulin; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; C057368:BRL 37344; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002787:Sterol Esterase