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. 2017 Jul 21:(125):55625.
doi: 10.3791/55625.

Measurement of Basal and Forskolin-stimulated Lipolysis in Inguinal Adipose Fat Pads

Padmamalini Baskaran  1 , Baskaran Thyagarajan  2
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Measurement of Basal and Forskolin-stimulated Lipolysis in Inguinal Adipose Fat Pads

Padmamalini Baskaran et al. J Vis Exp. .

Abstract

Lipolysis is a process by which the lipid stored as triglycerides in adipose tissues are hydrolyzed into glycerol and fatty acids. This article describes the method for the measurement of basal and forskolin (FSK)-stimulated lipolysis in the inguinal fat pads isolated from wild type mice fed either normal chow diet (NCD), high fat diet (HFD) or a high fat diet containing 0.01% of capsaicin (CAP; transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily 1 (TRPV1) agonist) for 32 weeks. The method described here for performing ex vivo lipolysis is adopted from Schweiger et al.1 We present a detailed protocol for measuring glycerol levels by UV-Visible (UV/VIS) spectrophotometry. The method described here can be used to successfully isolate inguinal fat pads for lipolysis measurements to obtain consistent results. The protocol described for inguinal fat pads can readily be extended to measure lipolysis in other tissues.

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