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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
35
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-17
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Clones encoding an atypical beta-adrenergic receptor were isolated from a rat brown adipose tissue cDNA library. This receptor expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells displays a low affinity for beta-adrenergic antagonists and a high affinity for BRL 37344, an agonist that selectively stimulates lipolysis in adipose tissue. The rank order of potency for agonist-mediated increases in intracellular cAMP in transfected cells correlates with that for agonist-mediated stimulation of lipolysis in brown adipocytes. Northern blot analysis demonstrates that this receptor subtype is expressed only in brown and white adipose tissue where it represents the predominant beta-receptor subtype. The amount of atypical beta-adrenergic receptor present in adipose tissue of obese (fa/fa) Zucker rats is reduced by up to 71% as compared with lean (Fa/Fa) control animals. These findings suggest that a change in the expression of this beta-adrenergic receptor subtype may play a role in obesity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24053-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Adipose Tissue, Brown, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Adrenergic beta-Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Poly A, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Radioligand Assay, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1721063-Transfection
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
An adipose tissue-specific beta-adrenergic receptor. Molecular cloning and down-regulation in obesity.
pubmed:affiliation
Departement de Biochimie Medicale, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneve, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't