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      Effects of the G-protein beta3 subunit 825T allele on adipogenesis and lipolysis in cultured human preadipocytes and adipocytes.

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          The recently discovered C825T polymorphism of the G-protein beta 3 subunit has been reported to be associated with the development of hypertension and obesity. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between the C825T polymorphism and functional aspects of human adipose cells, particularly with regard to adipose differentiation and lipolysis. Adipose tissue samples were collected from 65 women with a BMI ranging from 19.7 to 39.7 kg/m 2 undergoing surgical mammary reduction. The stromal cells were allowed to undergo differentiation in primary culture using adipogenic media of defined composition. No significant difference was observed between the CC carriers and the carriers of the T allele under all adipogenic conditions with differentiation capacity related to the genotype. In a subgroup of patients (n = 20), lipolysis in isolated fat cells was determined by measurement of glycerol in the culture medium upon catecholamine exposure. Glycerol release after 10(-7) mmol/l isoproterenol was significantly higher in fat cells from the 10 CC carriers than in adipocytes from the T allele carriers when expressed as percentage of basal glycerol release (increase above baseline: CC: 809 +/- 174 %, T allele carriers: 247 +/- 88 %, p = 0.01), while basal glycerol concentrations were no different according to genotype after controlling for either age or BMI. In conclusion, this study provides the first evidence that the GNB3 825T allele is associated with an impairment of the beta-adrenergic control of lipolysis.

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          Journal
          Horm. Metab. Res.
          Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme
          Georg Thieme Verlag KG
          0018-5043
          0018-5043
          Sep 2002
          : 34
          : 9
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Deutsches Diabetes-Forschungsinstitut an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. hauner@ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de
          Article
          10.1055/s-2002-34786
          12384823
          2cd70fd3-3f12-49c2-b49e-98fb2675e81a
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