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The antilipolytic effect of insulin and epidermal growth factor in rat adipocytes are mediated by different mechanisms

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.137.10.4181

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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin induced similar effects in isolated rat adipocytes. To determine whether EGF and insulin produced similar effects through the same mechanisms, we focused on lipolysis. Insulin inhibited the lipolysis stimulated by isoproterenol, glucagon (either alone or in combination with adenosine deaminase), adenosine deaminase itself, or forskolin. In contrast, EGF did not inhibit the lipolysis stimulated by forskolin or by hormones when the cells were also incubated with adenosine deaminase. The effect of insulin, but not that of EGF, on isoproterenol-stimulated lipolysis disappeared when adipocytes were incubated with 1 microM wortmannin. These results indicate that EGF and insulin affected lipolysis through different mechanisms. We observed that EGF, but not insulin, increased cytosolic Ca2+. The effect of EGF, but not that of insulin, disappeared when the cells were incubated in a Ca2+-free medium. We suggest that EGF, but not insulin, mediate its antilipolytic effect through a Ca2+-dependent mechanism which, however, do not involve Ca2+-activated protein kinase C isoforms. This is based on the following: 1) phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate affected lipolysis in an opposite way to that of EGF; and 2) the protein kinase C inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide GF 109203X did not affect the antilipolytic action of EGF. Our results indicate that the antilipolytic effect of EGF resembles more that of vasopressin than that of insulin.

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Insulina, Lípids, Teixit adipós, Factors de creixement

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Insulin, Lipids, Adipose tissues, Growth factors

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TEBAR RAMON, Francesc, SOLEY I FARRÉS, María and RAMÍREZ I SUNYER, Josep Ignasi. The antilipolytic effect of insulin and epidermal growth factor in rat adipocytes are mediated by different mechanisms. Endocrinology. 1996. Vol. 137, num. 10, pags. 4181-4188. ISSN 0013-7227. [consulted: 17 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/33825

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