Maximal β3-Adrenergic Regulation of Lipolysis Involves Src and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-dependent ERK1/2 Activation

Catecholamine-stimulated lipolysis is primarily a β-adrenergic and cAMP-dependent event. In previous studies we established that the β3-adrenergic receptor (β3AR) in adipocytes utilizes a unique mechanism to stimulate extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK) by direct recruitment and activation of Src kinase. Therefore, we investigated the role of the ERK pathway in adipocyte metabolism and found that the β3AR agonist CL316,243 regulates lipolysis through both cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and ERK. Inhibition of PKA activity completely eliminated lipolysis at low (subnanomolar) CL316,243 concentrations and by 75-80% at higher nanomolar concentrations. The remaining 20-25% of PKA-independent lipolysis, as well as ERK activation, was abolished by inhibiting the activity of either Src (PP2 or small interfering RNA), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR with AG1478 or small interfering RNA), or mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 or 2 (MKK1/2 with PD098059). PD098059 inhibited lipolysis by 53% in mice as well. Finally, the effect of estradiol, a reported acute activator of ERK and lipolysis, was also totally by and that ERK activation by β3AR Src and epidermal growth factor receptor kinase and is the PKA-independent of the the and PKA and ERK in Catecholamine-stimulated lipolysis is primarily a β-adrenergic and cAMP-dependent event. In previous studies we established that the β3-adrenergic receptor (β3AR) in adipocytes utilizes a unique mechanism to stimulate extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK) by direct recruitment and activation of Src kinase. Therefore, we investigated the role of the ERK pathway in adipocyte metabolism and found that the β3AR agonist CL316,243 regulates lipolysis through both cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and ERK. Inhibition of PKA activity completely eliminated lipolysis at low (subnanomolar) CL316,243 concentrations and by 75-80% at higher nanomolar concentrations. The remaining 20-25% of PKA-independent lipolysis, as well as ERK activation, was abolished by inhibiting the activity of either Src (PP2 or small interfering RNA), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR with AG1478 or small interfering RNA), or mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 or 2 (MKK1/2 with PD098059). PD098059 inhibited lipolysis by 53% in mice as well. 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