Abstract
Treatment of isolated rat adipocytes with epinephrine or isoproterenol caused a time- and concentration-dependent increase in phospholipid methyltransferase (PLMT) activity that was blocked by propranolol and unaffected by phentolamine. Forskolin mimicked the stimulatory effect on PLMT, and insulin inhibited this effect. In both the absence and presence of insulin, there was a linear relationship between PLMT activity and lipolysis. PLMT activity was also increased in response to oxytocin, which does not activate adenylate cyclase in adipocytes and does not stimulate lipolysis. The effects of oxytocin were inhibited by insulin and were additive with those of isoproterenol on PLMT. These data support the hypothesis that in adipocytes, PLMT is activated by a cAMP-dependent protein kinase and a cAMP-independent mechanism, both of which can be regulated independently, and both of which are sensitive to inhibition by insulin.
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