title: The effect of hypokinesia on lipid metabolism in adipose tissue.
abstract: The increase of nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentration in plasma was observed in rats subjected to hypokinesia for 1-60 days. In the period of recovery (7 and 21 days after 60 days immobilization) the content of NEFA returned to control values. The increase of fatty acid release from adipose tissue was observed in hypokinetic rats, however the stimulation of lipolysis by norepinephrine was lower in rats exposed to hypokinesis. The decrease of the binding capacity and a diminished number of beta-adrenergic receptors were found in animals after hypokinesia. The augmentation of the incorporation of glucose into lipids and the marked increase in the stimulation of lipogenesis by insulin were found in adipose tissue of rats subjected to long-term hypokinesia. These results showed an important effect of hypokinesia on lipid mobilization, on lipogenesis and on the processes of hormone regulation in adipose tissue.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Macho
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kvetnansky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fickova
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004082:Dihydroalprenolol / Q000378:metabolism; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D018476:Hypokinesia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007103:Immobilization; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D008066:Lipolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D007328:Insulin; D004082:Dihydroalprenolol; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine