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Experimental Biology and Medicine 229:1026-1032 (2004)
© 2004 Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Extracellular Cyclic AMP and Adenosine Appearance in Adipose Tissue of Sus scrofa: Effects of Exercise

Gale B. Carey1, Lindsay J. Wotjukiewicz2, Jessie M. Goodman, Kevin E. Reineck and Kristen C. Overman

Department of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824

To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at 1 Department of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, 403 Kendall Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824. E-mail: gale.carey{at}unh.edu

Cyclic AMP (cAMP) appears extracellularly in a variety of tissues including brain, liver, and kidney; whether it appears in adipose tissue and responds to physiological perturbation is unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine adipose tissue extracellular cAMP appearance and metabolism in situ and in vitro in physiologically challenged animals. Littermate swine were either sedentary or exercise trained on a treadmill for 3 months and subjected to acute exercise on experiment day. In situ, microdialysis probes in subcutaneous back fat were perfused before, during, and after animals performed 20 mins of acute exercise, and dialysate was analyzed for cAMP and adenosine. In vitro, isolated adipocytes were hormonally stimulated to provoke cAMP synthesis and efflux, and plasma membrane phosphodiesterase and 5'-nucleotidase activities were measured. Extracellular cAMP and adenosine levels in adipose tissue of sedentary swine averaged 5.2 ± 1.7 and 863 ± 278 nM, respectively. Exercise training tended to increase extracellular cAMP (11.3 ± 1.7 nM) and reduce extracellular adenosine (438 ± 303 nM), although neither change was statistically significant. Acute exercise caused a significant 3-fold and 16-fold increase in extracellular cAMP and adenosine, respectively, compared to rest. These changes occurred despite a 2- to 3-fold increase in adipose tissue blood flow during acute exercise. In vitro, cAMP efflux from exercise-trained swine was 42% greater than that from adipocytes of sedentary swine, yet adipocyte plasma membranes from exercise-trained and sedentary swine did not differ in maximal phosphodiesterase and 5'-nucleotidase activities. We conclude that cAMP appears extracellularly in swine adipose tissue and that the levels of extracellular cAMP and adenosine in intact swine adipose tissue are influenced by both acute and chronic exercise. The subsequent impact of the changes in these biochemicals on local cellular metabolism and growth remains to be determined.

Key Words: microdialysis • phosphodiesterase • 5'-nucleotidase • adipocytes • adenosine






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