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. 1983 May 15;212(2):499–506. doi: 10.1042/bj2120499

Phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol labelling in adipose tissue. The role of endogenously formed adenosine.

R J Schimmel, T W Honeyman, K K McMahon
PMCID: PMC1152073  PMID: 6192808

Abstract

Incorporation of [32P]Pi into phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol of hamster epididymal adipocytes was partially inhibited by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. This effect of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine was antagonized by isopropyl-N6-phenyladenosine but not by 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine, prostaglandin E1 or clonidine. N6-Phenylisopropyladenosine did not affect incorporation of [32P]Pi into phosphatidic acid or phosphatidylinositol when 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine was not present. In contrast with 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine inhibition of [32P]Pi incorporation into phospholipids, which was blocked only by N6-phenylisopropyladenosine, accelerated lipolysis was blocked by prostaglandin E1, clonidine and 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine as well as by N6-phenylisopropyladenosine. Phospholipid labelling was also decreased in the presence of adenosine deaminase, but not in the presence of isoprenaline (isoproterenol). The stimulatory effect of N6-phenylisopropyladenosine on [32P]Pi incorporation into phospholipids in cells exposed to 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine was evident as soon as 3 min after addition of the adenosine analogue and maximum 10 min after its addition. As observed by others, [32P]Pi incorporation into phospholipids was increased by the alpha 1-selective agonist methoxamine. The stimulatory effect of methoxamine occurred with a time course similar to that of N6-phenylisopropyladenosine and was present at nearly equal magnitude in the absence or presence of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. The inhibitory effects of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and adenosine deaminase on phospholipid labelling are attributed to blockade of the action, or to the enzymic removal, of adenosine formed in and released from the fat-cells during their incubation. Supporting this view is the selective reversal of the actions of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine and of adenosine deaminase by N6-phenylisopropyladenosine. These findings suggest an important role for endogenous adenosine in regulation of phospholipid turnover in adipocytes.

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