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Horm Metab Res 2001; 33(2): 73-77
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-12428
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Effect of GLP-1 on Lipid Metabolism in Human Adipocytes

M. L. Villanueva-Peñacarrillo, L. Márquez, N. González, M. Díaz-Miguel*, I. Valverde
  • 1 Department of Metabolism, Nutrition and Hormones
  • 2 Department of General Surgery, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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31 December 2001 (online)

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We have studied the effect of several doses of GLP-1, compared to that of insulin and glucagons, on lipogenesis, lipolysis and cAMP cellular content, in human adipocytes isolated from normal subjects. In human adipocytes, GLP-1 exerts a dual action, depending upon the dose, on lipid metabolism, being lipogenic at low concentrations of the peptide (ED50, 10-12 M), and lipolytic only at doses 10 - 100 times higher (ED50, 10-10 M); both effects are time- and GLP-1 concentration-dependent. The GLP-1 lipogenic effect is equal in magnitude to that of equimolar amounts of insulin; both hormones apparently act synergically, and their respective action is abolished by glucagon. The lipolytic effect of GLP-1 is comparable to that of glucagon, apparently additive to it, and the stimulated value induced by either one is neutralized by the presence of insulin. In the absence of IBMX, GLP-1, at 10-13 and 10-12 M, only lipogenic doses, does not modify the cellular content of cAMP, while from 10-11 M to 10-9 M, also lipolytic concentrations, it has an increasing effect; in the presence of IBMX, GLP-1 at already 10-12 M increased the cellular cAMP content. In human adipocytes, GLP-1 shows glucagon- and also insulin-like effects on lipid metabolism, suggesting the possibility of GLP-1 activating two distinct receptors, one of them similar or equal to the pancreatic one, accounting cAMP as a second messenger only for the lipolytic action of the peptide.

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Human Fat - GLP-1 (7 - 36)amide - Lipogenesis - Lipolysis - cAMP

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Dr. M. L. Villanueva-Peñacarrillo

Dpt. Metabolismo, Nutrición y Hormonas
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