Evidence for alpha adrenergic activation of phosphorylase and inactivation of glycogen synthase in rat adipocytes. Effects of alpha and beta adrenergic agonists and antagonists on glycogen synthase and phosphorylase.

Adipose Tissue/drug effects,enzymology Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/pharmacology Animals Bucladesine/pharmacology Cyclic AMP/metabolism Enzyme Activation Glycogen Synthase/metabolism In Vitro Techniques Methoxamine/pharmacology Norepinephrine/pharmacology Phosphorylases/metabolism Rats Receptors, Adrenergic/drug effects,physiology Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/drug effects,physiology Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/drug effects

Receptors, Adrenergic Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha Receptors, Adrenergic, beta Bucladesine Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Cyclic AMP Phosphorylases Glycogen Synthase Methoxamine Norepinephrine