adipokineticadj.
/ˌadᵻpəʊkᵻˈnɛtɪk/, /ˌadᵻpəʊkʌɪˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌædəˌpoʊkəˈnɛdɪk/ Biology.
Causing the mobilization of fat stored in the body; spec. designating an insect hormone having this action.
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adipokinetic1947
paracrine1952
mineralocorticoid1954
1947 R. Weil & D. Stetten in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 168 129 The analysis of the mouse liver for fat provides a convenient assay method for this adipokinetic principle.
1969 Jrnl. Insect Physiol. 15 611 This hormone (‘adipokinetic hormone’) is assumed to act by stimulating the release of diglyceride from the fat body.
1981 R. N. Hardy Endocrine Physiol. vii. 82 This lipolytic or adipokinetic action is completely suppressed by the administration of glucose or by feeding and is correspondingly enhanced during fasting or by hypoglycaemia.
2006 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 18806/2 There was no effect of infection on hemolymph lipid content..or lipid mobilization from the fat body..in response to dragonfly adipokinetic hormone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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