<p>The aim of this study was to investigate adrenergically stimulated glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT) with the focus on receptor subtypes and intracellular signalling pathways. As a model system, we used primary cultured brown adipocytes.</p><p>Adrenergic stimulation of glucose uptake occurs via β<sub>3</sub>-AR in wild type cells and β<sub>1</sub>-/α<sub>1</sub>-ARs in β<sub>3</sub>-KO cells, includes activation of adenylyl cyclase and cAMP formation, activation of PKA, PI3K, PKC and AMPK (Paper I, II, III). Interestingly, UCP1 activity is not required for the AMPK function in brown adipocytes (Paper III). Long-term adrenergic stimulation of glucose uptake induces an increase in GLUT1 mRNA and protein levels stimulating GLUT1 translocation to the plasma membrane (Paper IV).</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:su-549 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Chernogubova, Ekaterina |
| Publisher | Stockholm University, Wenner-Gren Institute for Experimental Biology, Stockholm : Wenner-Grens institut för experimentell biologi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary, text |
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