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. 1983 May 15;212(2):489–498. doi: 10.1042/bj2120489

Phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol labelling in adipose tissue. Relationship to the metabolic effects of insulin and insulin-like agents.

T W Honeyman, W Strohsnitter, C R Scheid, R J Schimmel
PMCID: PMC1152072  PMID: 6411068

Abstract

Exposure to phospholipase C increased the incorporation of [32P]Pi into phosphatidate, CMP-phosphatidate and phosphatidylinositol in rat adipose tissue and isolated adipocytes. A similar effect was observed in response to insulin and oxytocin. Theophylline, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and adenosine deaminase decreased [32P]Pi incorporation, and adenosine and N6-phenylisopropyladenosine reversed these effects. As with insulin, exposure of adipose tissue to phospholipase C stimulated oxidation of glucose, pyruvate and leucine and activated pyruvate dehydrogenase. Oxytocin and adenosine also mimicked the effects of insulin on leucine oxidation and pyruvate dehydrogenase. However, only insulin stimulated glycogen synthase activity, indicating that the regulation of synthase may be achieved by intracellular events distinct from those regulating changes in phospholipid metabolism, sugar transport and mitochondrial enzyme activities. It is postulated that exposure to phospholipase C forms diacylglycerol, which is phosphorylated to yield phosphatidate. The increased labelling of CMP-phosphatidate and phosphatidylinositol results from the conversion of phosphatidate into these lipids. The correlation between the effects of phospholipase C on phosphatidate synthesis and changes in adipose-tissue metabolism suggests the possibility that increased phosphatidate may directly or indirectly produce changes in membrane transport and enzyme activities. The pattern of phospholipid labelling produced by insulin, adenosine and oxytocin suggests that these stimuli may also increase phosphatidate synthesis, and, if so, changes in phospholipid metabolism could account for some of the metabolic actions of these stimuli.

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