Do adipocytes respond to glucagon?

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To quote the Kaplan MCAT biochem review, "Because the action [of glucagon] is on the liver and not on the adipocyte, glucagon is not considered a major fat-mobilizing hormone." Here's an article that agrees with this statement.
However, I learned in courses that Glucagon acts GPCRs on receptors on adipocytes, stimulating cAMP and indirectly activating hormone-sensitive lipase. Comparitive gene identification 58 and ATGL are also involved in this pathway. Here's an article that supports evidence that glucagon stimulates lipolysis in adipocytes.

What's the answer here?

 

[etp123]

It is not a major fat-mobilizing hormone. It has been shown to have a minor role in mobilizing triglycerides but I believe for all MCAT intents and purposes glucagon's main purpose is gluconeogenesis in the liver

 

[Lyoness]

It's not a direct fat metabolism hormone but when glucagon is high it means insulin is low, so fatty acid metabolism starts.