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Catecholamine Fat Cell Cascade

HIIT triggers adrenal medulla release of adrenaline, which binds beta receptors, raises cAMP via PKA, activates HSL and ATGL, and cleaves triglycerides to FFAs.

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Catecholamine Fat Cell Cascade

Catecholamine Cascade

High-intensity exercise triggers the sympathoadrenal axis: the adrenal medulla releases adrenaline (epinephrine) and the sympathetic nerve terminals release noradrenaline directly at adipose tissue. These catecholamines bind beta-adrenergic receptors on fat cells, activating the Gs/adenylyl cyclase/cAMP/PKA cascade that phosphorylates both HSL (hormone-sensitive lipase) and perilipin, the protective coating on lipid droplets.

PKA phosphorylates perilipin-1, which docks with ABHD5 (a coactivator) to activate ATGL, and simultaneously phosphorylates HSL directly. ATGL cleaves the first fatty acid from triglyceride (forming diacylglycerol); HSL cleaves the second. Monoacylglycerol lipase completes the third cleavage. The products (three FFAs + glycerol) exit the cell. The cascade is potent within the first 7 minutes of intense exercise and decays as catecholamine levels fall.

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From adrenaline to a fat cell signal

Intense exercise prompts the adrenal medulla to release catecholamines, chiefly adrenaline (epinephrine), into the bloodstream. When adrenaline reaches a fat cell and binds beta-adrenergic receptors, it activates a G-protein that stimulates adenylyl cyclase, raising the level of the second messenger cyclic AMP (cAMP) inside the cell.

Rising cAMP activates protein kinase A (PKA), which is the relay that translates the external hormone signal into action on the cell's stored fat.

How stored triglyceride is broken down

PKA phosphorylates and activates the lipolytic machinery, including hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL), and helps mobilize adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL). Working in sequence, these enzymes cleave stored triglycerides into free fatty acids and glycerol, which can then leave the cell and be used as fuel elsewhere.

Whether those released fatty acids are actually burned, rather than re-stored, depends on overall energy demand and balance across the body. The cascade describes mobilization, not guaranteed fat loss. This is general educational information about physiology, not medical advice.

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