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. 1977 Apr;59(4):730–733. doi: 10.1172/JCI108692

Adenylate cyclase of human fat cell ghosts. Stimulation of enzyme activity by parathyroid hormone.

H Kather, B Simon
PMCID: PMC372278  PMID: 557501

Abstract

Some of the effects of native bovine parathyroid hormone and of the synthetic aminoterminal 1-34 fragment on the adenylate cyclase activity of human fat cell ghosts were studied. Saturating concentrations of both hormone preparations caused a significant increase of enzyme activity by about 200-300%. Guanosine 5'-triphosphate (0.1 mM) inhibited basal enzyme activity but had no substantial effect on parathyroid hormone-stimulated enzyme activity. The guanosine 5'-triphosphate analogue, 5'-guanylyl-imidodiphosphate, produced about a threefold enhancement of basal and parathyroid hormone-stimulated enzyme activities under standard conditions (5 mM Mg+2, 1mM ATP, pH 8.0, 30 degrees C). Activation by parathyroid hormone was not influenced by beta-adrenergic blockade in contrast to stimulation by epinephrine. The sensitivity of the enzyme system to the native and the synthetic parathyroid hormone was, however, abolished after pretreatment of the fat cells with trypsin (1 mg/ml). The stimulatory effects of epinephrine and NaF were not affected by pretreatment with trypsin. The results suggest that human fat cells, like rat adipocytes, contain a multireceptor-coupled adenylate cyclase.

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