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. 1985 Dec 15;232(3):905–910. doi: 10.1042/bj2320905

Beta-adrenergic agents increase the phosphorylation of phosphofructokinase in isolated rat epididymal white adipose tissue.

E M Sale, R M Denton
PMCID: PMC1152968  PMID: 2936336

Abstract

Pieces of rat epididymal adipose tissue were incubated in medium containing [32P]phosphate for 2 h to achieve steady-state labelling of intracellular phosphoproteins and then with or without hormones for a further 15 min. Phosphofructokinase was rapidly isolated from the tissue by use of either Blue Dextran-Sepharose chromatography or immunoprecipitation with antisera raised against phosphofructokinase purified from rat interscapular brown adipose tissue. Similar extents of incorporation of 32P into phosphofructokinase were measured by both techniques. Exposure of the tissue to adrenaline or the beta-agonist isoprenaline increased phosphorylation by about 5-fold (to about 1.4 mol of phosphate/mol of enzyme tetramer). No change in phosphorylation was detected with the alpha-agonist phenylephrine, but exposure to insulin resulted in an approx. 2-fold increase. The increased phosphorylation observed with isoprenaline was found to be associated with a decrease in the apparent Ka for fructose 2,6-bisphosphate similar to that observed on phosphorylation of phosphofructokinase purified from rat epididymal white adipose tissue with the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. These results support the view [Sale & Denton (1985) Biochem. J. 232, 897-904] that an increase in cyclic AMP in adipose tissue may result in an increase in glycolysis through the phosphorylation of phosphofructokinase by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.

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