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. 1996 Jun;118(4):929–934. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15488.x

Respective degree of expression of beta 1-, beta 2- and beta 3-adrenoceptors in human brown and white adipose tissues.

C Deng 1, A Paoloni-Giacobino 1, F Kuehne 1, O Boss 1, J P Revelli 1, M Moinat 1, M A Cawthorne 1, P Muzzin 1, J P Giacobino 1
PMCID: PMC1909515  PMID: 8799564

Abstract

1. The possible existence of a beta 3-adrenoceptor in human brown and white adipose tissues was investigated by mRNA expression and binding studies. 2. The relative amounts of beta 1-, beta 2- and beta 3-adrenoceptor mRNA, as determined by total RNA Northern blot analysis in newborn brown adipose tissue, were 28, 63 and 9% respectively of the total beta-adrenoceptor mRNA. 3. The beta 1/beta 2-adrenoceptors of human brown adipose tissue plasma membranes were characterized using [3H]-CGP 12177 as a ligand. Their Kd and Bmax values were 1.9 nM and 156 fmol mg-1 of membrane proteins, respectively. The beta 3-adrenoceptor was characterized by use of the new specific radioligand [3H]-SB 206606. The binding of this ligand was stereospecifically displaced by the active R,R- or the inactive S,S-enantiomer of BRL 37344 up to a concentration of about 10 microM. The Kd and Bmax values of the brown adipose tissue membrane beta 3-adrenoceptors were 87 nM and 167 fmol mg-1 of proteins, respectively. A low affinity [3H]-CGP 12177 binding site population was also detected in these membranes. 4. In human omental white adipose tissue, no beta 3-adrenoceptor mRNA could be detected in total RNA Northern blots and the beta 1-and beta 2-adrenoceptor mRNAs represented 9 and 91%, respectively of the total beta-adrenoceptor mRNA, and no specific binding of [3H]-SB 206606 could be measured.

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