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Soskic MB, Zakic T, Korac A, Korac B, Jankovic A. Metabolic remodeling of visceral and subcutaneous white adipose tissue during reacclimation of rats after cold. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2024; 49:649-658. [PMID: 38241659 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
Abstract
Deciphering lipid metabolism in white adipose tissue (WAT) depots during weight gain is important to understand the heterogeneity of WAT and its roles in obesity. Here, we examined the expression of key enzymes of lipid metabolism and changes in the morphology of representative visceral (epididymal) and subcutaneous (inguinal) WAT (eWAT and iWAT, respectively)-in adult male rats acclimated to cold (4 ± 1 °C) for 45 days and reacclimated to room temperature (RT, 22 ± 1 °C) for 1, 3, 7, 12, 21, or 45 days. The relative mass of both depots decreased to a similar extent after cold acclimation. However, fatty acid synthase (FAS), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), and medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACADM) protein level increased only in eWAT, whereas adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) expression increased only in iWAT. During reacclimation, the relative mass of eWAT reached control values on day 12 and that of iWAT on day 45 of reacclimation. The faster recovery of eWAT mass is associated with higher expression of FAS, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), G6PDH, and ACADM during reacclimation and a delayed increase in ATGL. The absence of an increase in proliferating cell nuclear antigen suggests that the observed depot-specific mass increase is predominantly due to metabolic adjustments. In summary, this study shows a differential rate of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue weight regain during post-cold reacclimation of rats at RT. Faster recovery of the visceral WAT as compared to subcutaneous WAT during reacclimation at RT could be attributed to observed differences in the expression patterns of lipid metabolic enzymes.
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- Marta Budnar Soskic
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
- Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Ocobock C, Soppela P, Turunen MT. No association of BMI and body adiposity with cardiometabolic biomarkers among a small sample of reindeer herders of sub-Arctic Finland. Int J Circumpolar Health 2022; 81:2024960. [PMID: 35073832 PMCID: PMC8794070 DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2021.2024960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The rising global obesity rate is alarming due to its real health and socioeconomic consequences. Finland, like other circumpolar regions, is also experiencing a rise in obesity . Here we assess BMI, body adiposity, and measures of cardiometabolic health among a small population of reindeer herders in sub-Arctic Finland. We collected anthropometric and biomarker measures at two different time points: October 2018 (N = 20) and January 2019 (N = 21) with a total of 25 unique individuals across the data collection periods (ages 20-64). Anthropometric measures included height, weight, age, and body composition. Biomarkers included measures of cholesterol, fasting glucose, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels. Over 70% of this sample was classified as "overweight" and "obese" as categorised by BMI and 64% classified as "overfat" based on body fat percentage. However, there was no significant relationship between BMI and body fat percentage with any of the measured biomarkers. Although the sample size is small, the results of this study suggest there might not be a strong correlation between BMI, body adiposity, and cardiometabolic health indices within this population - a pattern that has been documented elsewhere. However, further study is needed to confirm this lack of a correlation.
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- Cara Ocobock
- Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
- Eck Institute for Global Health, Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
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Nayak G, Zhang KX, Vemaraju S, Odaka Y, Buhr ED, Holt-Jones A, Kernodle S, Smith AN, Upton BA, D'Souza S, Zhan JJ, Diaz N, Nguyen MT, Mukherjee R, Gordon SA, Wu G, Schmidt R, Mei X, Petts NT, Batie M, Rao S, Hogenesch JB, Nakamura T, Sweeney A, Seeley RJ, Van Gelder RN, Sanchez-Gurmaches J, Lang RA. Adaptive Thermogenesis in Mice Is Enhanced by Opsin 3-Dependent Adipocyte Light Sensing. Cell Rep 2020; 30:672-686.e8. [PMID: 31968245 PMCID: PMC7341981 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Almost all life forms can detect and decode light information for adaptive advantage. Examples include the visual system, in which photoreceptor signals are processed into virtual images, and the circadian system, in which light entrains a physiological clock. Here we describe a light response pathway in mice that employs encephalopsin (OPN3, a 480 nm, blue-light-responsive opsin) to regulate the function of adipocytes. Germline null and adipocyte-specific conditional null mice show a light- and Opn3-dependent deficit in thermogenesis and become hypothermic upon cold exposure. We show that stimulating mouse adipocytes with blue light enhances the lipolysis response and, in particular, phosphorylation of hormone-sensitive lipase. This response is Opn3 dependent. These data establish a key mechanism in which light-dependent, local regulation of the lipolysis response in white adipocytes regulates energy metabolism.
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- Gowri Nayak
- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Clinical Engineering, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Clinical Engineering, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- The Cleveland Clinic, Ophthalmic Research, 9500 Euclid Avenue, OH 44195, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; Department of Metabolic Bioregulation, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA; Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Center for Chronobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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Metabolic control systems coordinate myriad processes across the cellular, tissue and organismal levels to optimize the allocation of limited supplies across multiple, often competing, metabolic demands. As such, the regulation of metabolism can be analysed from the perspective of the economic theory of supply and demand. Here, we discuss how such analyses can provide new insights into the logic of metabolic control. In particular, we suggest that, in addition to being subject to well-appreciated homeostatic control, metabolism is subject to supply-driven and demand-driven controls, each operated by a dedicated set of signals throughout various physiological states, including inflammation. Furthermore, we argue that systemic homeostasis is a derived feature that evolved from the control systems that monitor metabolic supply and demand.
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- Jessica Ye
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Grefhorst A, van den Beukel JC, Dijk W, Steenbergen J, Voortman GJ, Leeuwenburgh S, Visser TJ, Kersten S, Friesema ECH, Themmen APN, Visser JA. Multiple effects of cold exposure on livers of male mice. J Endocrinol 2018; 238:91-106. [PMID: 29743343 DOI: 10.1530/joe-18-0076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cold exposure of mice is a common method to stimulate brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity and induce browning of white adipose tissue (WAT) that has beneficial effects on whole-body lipid metabolism, including reduced plasma triglyceride (TG) concentrations. The liver is a key regulatory organ in lipid metabolism as it can take up as well as oxidize fatty acids. The liver can also synthesize, store and secrete TGs in VLDL particles. The effects of cold exposure on murine hepatic lipid metabolism have not been addressed. Here, we report the effects of 24-h exposure to 4°C on parameters of hepatic lipid metabolism of male C57BL/6J mice. Cold exposure increased hepatic TG concentrations by 2-fold (P < 0.05) but reduced hepatic lipogenic gene expression. Hepatic expression of genes encoding proteins involved in cholesterol synthesis and uptake such as the LDL receptor (LDLR) was significantly increased upon cold exposure. Hepatic expression of Cyp7a1 encoding the rate-limiting enzyme in the classical bile acid (BA) synthesis pathway was increased by 4.3-fold (P < 0.05). Hepatic BA concentrations and fecal BA excretion were increased by 2.8- and 1.3-fold, respectively (P < 0.05 for both). VLDL-TG secretion was reduced by approximately 50% after 24 h of cold exposure (P < 0.05). In conclusion, cold exposure has various, likely intertwined effects on the liver that should be taken into account when studying the effects of cold exposure on whole-body metabolism.
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- Aldo Grefhorst
- Section of EndocrinologyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of EndocrinologyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Human NutritionNutrition, Metabolism, and Genomics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Section of EndocrinologyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of PharmacologyVascular and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of EndocrinologyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of EndocrinologyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Human NutritionNutrition, Metabolism, and Genomics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Section of PharmacologyVascular and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of EndocrinologyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of EndocrinologyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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The common relationships among a great variety of biological phenomena seem enigmatic when considered solely at the level of the phenotype. The deep connections in physiology, for example, between the effects of maternal food restriction in utero and the subsequent incidence of metabolic syndrome in offspring, the effects of microgravity on cell polarity and reproduction in yeast, stress effects on jellyfish, and their endless longevity, or the relationship between nutrient abundance and the colonial form in slime molds, are not apparent by phenotypic observation. Yet all of these phenomena are ultimately determined by the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) gene and its associated signaling complexes. In the same manner, the unfolding of evolutionary physiology can be explained by a comparable application of the common principle of cell-cell signaling extending across complex developmental and phylogenetic traits. It is asserted that a critical set of physiologic and phenotypic adaptations emanated from a few crucial, ancestral receptor gene duplications that enabled the successful terrestrial transition of vertebrates from water to land. In combination, mTor and its cognate receptors and a few crucial genetic duplications provide a mechanistic common denominator across a diverse spectrum of biological responses. The proper understanding of their purpose yields a unified concept of physiology and its evolutionary development. © 2018 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 8:761-771, 2018.
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- John S Torday
- Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA
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Laperrousaz E, Denis RG, Kassis N, Contreras C, López M, Luquet S, Cruciani-Guglielmacci C, Magnan C. Lipoprotein Lipase Expression in Hypothalamus Is Involved in the Central Regulation of Thermogenesis and the Response to Cold Exposure. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:103. [PMID: 29593657 PMCID: PMC5861133 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is expressed in different areas of the brain, including the hypothalamus and plays an important role in neural control of the energy balance, including feeding behavior and metabolic fluxes. This study tested the hypothesis that hypothalamic LPL participates in the control of body temperature. We first showed that cold exposure induces decreased activity and expression of LPL in the mouse hypothalamus. We then selectively deleted LPL in the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) through an adeno-associated virus approach in LPL-floxed mice and generated MBHΔ Lpl mice with 30-35% decrease in hypothalamic LPL activity. Results showed a decrease in body temperature in MBHΔ Lpl mice when compared with controls at 22°C. Exposure to cold (4°C for 4 h) decreased the body temperature of the control mice while that of the MBHΔ Lpl mice remained similar to that observed at 22°C. MBHΔ Lpl mice also showed increased energy expenditure during cold exposure, when compared to controls. Finally, the selective MBH deletion of LPL also increased the expression of the thermogenic PRMD16 and Dio2 in subcutaneous and perigonadal adipose tissues. Thus, the MBH LPL deletion seems to favor thermogenesis. These data demonstrate that for the first time hypothalamic LPL appears to function as a regulator of body temperature and cold-induced thermogenesis.
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- Elise Laperrousaz
- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS UMR 8251, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS UMR 8251, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS UMR 8251, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- NeurObesity Group, Department of Physiology, Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CiMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- NeurObesity Group, Department of Physiology, Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CiMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS UMR 8251, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS UMR 8251, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, CNRS UMR 8251, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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Schrauwen P, van Marken Lichtenbelt WD. Combatting type 2 diabetes by turning up the heat. Diabetologia 2016; 59:2269-2279. [PMID: 27591854 PMCID: PMC5506100 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-4068-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In our westernised society, the level of physical activity is low. Interventions that increase energy expenditure are generally associated with an improvement in metabolic health. Exercise and exercise training increase energy metabolism and are considered to be among the best strategies for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus. More recently, cold exposure has been suggested to have a therapeutic value in type 2 diabetes. At a cellular level, there is evidence that increasing the turnover of cellular substrates such as fatty acids is associated with preventive effects against lipid-induced insulin resistance. Cellular energy sensors may underlie the effects linking energy turnover with metabolic health effects. Here we review data supporting the hypothesis that increasing energy and substrate turnover has beneficial effects on insulin sensitivity and should be considered a target for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Patrick Schrauwen
- Department of Human Biology and Human Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. BOX 616, 6200MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Human Biology and Human Movement Sciences, NUTRIM School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. BOX 616, 6200MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Levy SB, Leonard WR, Tarskaia LA, Klimova TM, Fedorova VI, Baltakhinova ME, Josh Snodgrass J. Lifestyle mediates seasonal changes in metabolic health among the yakut (sakha) of northeastern siberia. Am J Hum Biol 2016; 28:868-878. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow Russia
- Department of AnthropologyUniversity of KansasLawrence Kansas
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- Research Institute of Health, MK Ammosov North‐Eastern Federal UniversityYakutsk Russia
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- Research Institute of Health, MK Ammosov North‐Eastern Federal UniversityYakutsk Russia
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Fernandes ES, Russell FA, Alawi KM, Sand C, Liang L, Salamon R, Bodkin JV, Aubdool AA, Arno M, Gentry C, Smillie SJ, Bevan S, Keeble JE, Malcangio M, Brain SD. Environmental cold exposure increases blood flow and affects pain sensitivity in the knee joints of CFA-induced arthritic mice in a TRPA1-dependent manner. Arthritis Res Ther 2016; 18:7. [PMID: 26754745 PMCID: PMC4718045 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0905-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The effect of cold temperature on arthritis symptoms is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate how environmental cold affects pain and blood flow in mono-arthritic mice, and examine a role for transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), a ligand-gated cation channel that can act as a cold sensor. METHODS Mono-arthritis was induced by unilateral intra-articular injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in CD1 mice, and in mice either lacking TRPA1 (TRPA1 KO) or respective wildtypes (WT). Two weeks later, nociception and joint blood flow were measured following exposure to 10 °C (1 h) or room temperature (RT). Primary mechanical hyperalgesia in the knee was measured by pressure application apparatus; secondary mechanical hyperalgesia by automated von Frey system; thermal hyperalgesia by Hargreaves technique, and weight bearing by the incapacitance test. Joint blood flow was recorded by full-field laser perfusion imager (FLPI) and using clearance of (99m)Technetium. Blood flow was assessed after pretreatment with antagonists of either TRPA1 (HC-030031), substance P neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptors (SR140333) or calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) (CGRP8-37). TRPA1, TAC-1 and CGRP mRNA levels were examined in dorsal root ganglia, synovial membrane and patellar cartilage samples. RESULTS Cold exposure caused bilateral primary mechanical hyperalgesia 2 weeks after CFA injection, in a TRPA1-dependent manner. In animals maintained at RT, clearance techniques and FLPI showed that CFA-treated joints exhibited lower blood flow than saline-treated joints. In cold-exposed animals, this reduction in blood flow disappears, and increased blood flow in the CFA-treated joint is observed using FLPI. Cold-induced increased blood flow in CFA-treated joints was blocked by HC-030031 and not observed in TRPA1 KOs. Cold exposure increased TRPA1 mRNA levels in patellar cartilage, whilst reducing it in synovial membranes from CFA-treated joints. CONCLUSIONS We provide evidence that environmental cold exposure enhances pain and increases blood flow in a mono-arthritis model. These changes are dependent on TRPA1. Thus, TRPA1 may act locally within the joint to influence blood flow via sensory nerves, in addition to its established nociceptive actions.
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- Elizabeth S Fernandes
- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK. .,Programa de Pós-Graduação, Universidade Ceuma, São Luís, MA, 65075-120, Brazil.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Genomics Centre, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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- Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Excellence, Waterloo Campus, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford St, London, SE1 9NH, UK.
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Responses of the insulin signaling pathways in the brown adipose tissue of rats following cold exposure. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99772. [PMID: 24915042 PMCID: PMC4051765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The insulin signaling pathway is critical for the control of blood glucose levels. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has also been implicated as important in glucose homeostasis. The effect of short-term cold exposure on this pathway in BAT has not been explored. We evaluated the effect of 4 hours of cold exposure on the insulin pathway in the BAT of rats. Whole genomic microarray chips were used to examine the transcripts of the pathway in BAT of rats exposed to 4°C and 22°C for 4 hours. The 4 most significantly altered pathways following 4 hours of cold exposure were the insulin signaling pathway, protein kinase A, PI3K/AKT and ERK/MAPK signaling. The insulin signaling pathway was the most affected. In the documented 142 genes of the insulin pathway, 42 transcripts (29.6%) responded significantly to this cold exposure with the least false discovery rate (Benjamini-Hochberg Multiple Testing: −log10 (p-value) = 7.18). Twenty-seven genes (64%) were up-regulated, including the insulin receptor (Insr), insulin substrates 1 and 2 (Irs1 and Irs2). Fifteen transcripts (36%) were down-regulated. Multiple transcripts of the primary target and secondary effector targets for the insulin signaling were also up-regulated, including those for carbohydrate metabolism. Using western blotting, we demonstrated that the cold induced higher Irs2, Irs1, and Akt-p protein levels in the BAT than in the BAT of controls maintained at room temperature, and higher Akt-p protein level in the muscle. Conclusion: this study demonstrated that 4 hours of cold exposure stimulated the insulin signaling pathway in the BAT and muscle of overnight fasted rats. This raises the possibility that acute cold stimulation may have potential to improve glucose clearance and insulin sensitivity.
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Jankovic A, Korac A, Buzadzic B, Otasevic V, Stancic A, Vucetic M, Markelic M, Velickovic K, Golic I, Korac B. Endocrine and metabolic signaling in retroperitoneal white adipose tissue remodeling during cold acclimation. J Obes 2013; 2013:937572. [PMID: 23710349 PMCID: PMC3655592 DOI: 10.1155/2013/937572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Revised: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The expression profiles of adiponectin, resistin, 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase α (AMPK α ), hypoxia-inducible factor-1 α (HIF-1 α ), and key enzymes of glucose and fatty acid metabolism and oxidative phosphorylation in rat retroperitoneal white adipose tissue (RpWAT) during 45-day cold acclimation were examined. After transient suppression on day 1, adiponectin protein level increased following sustained cold exposure. In parallel, on day 1, the protein level of HIF-1 α was strongly induced and AMPK α suppressed, while afterwards the reverse was seen. What is more, after an initial decrease on day 1, a sequential increase in pyruvate dehydrogenase, acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, cytochrome c oxidase, and ATP synthase and a decrease in acetyl-CoA carboxylase (from day 3) were observed. Similar to adiponectin, protein level of resistin showed a biphasic profile: it increased after days 1, 3, and 7 and decreased below the control after 21 days of cold-acclimation. In summary, the data suggest that adiponectin and resistin are important integrators of RpWAT metabolic response and roles it plays during cold acclimation. It seems that AMPK α mediate adiponectin effects on metabolic remodeling RpWAT during cold acclimation.
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- Aleksandra Jankovic
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Center for Electron Microscopy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Center for Electron Microscopy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Center for Electron Microscopy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Center for Electron Microscopy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Sinisa Stankovic”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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Martinez D, Vasconcellos LFT, de Oliveira PG, Konrad SP. Weight loss and brown adipose tissue reduction in rat model of sleep apnea. Lipids Health Dis 2008; 7:26. [PMID: 18671859 PMCID: PMC2515839 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-7-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Accepted: 07/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background - Obesity is related to obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), but its roles in OSAHS as cause or consequence are not fully clarified. Isocapnic intermittent hypoxia (IIH) is a model of OSAHS. We verified the effect of IIH on body weight and brown adipose tissue (BAT) of Wistar rats. Methods Nine-month-old male breeders Wistar rats of two groups were studied: 8 rats submitted to IIH and 5 control rats submitted to sham IIH. The rats were weighed at the baseline and at the end of three weeks, after being placed in the IIH apparatus seven days per week, eight hours a day, in the lights on period, simulating an apnea index of 30/hour. After experimental period, the animals were weighed and measured as well as the BAT, abdominal, perirenal, and epididymal fat, the heart, and the gastrocnemius muscle. Results Body weight of the hypoxia group decreased 17 ± 7 grams, significantly different from the variation observed in the control group (p = 0,001). The BAT was 15% lighter in the hypoxia group and reached marginally the alpha error probability (p = 0.054). Conclusion Our preliminary results justify a larger study for a longer time in order to confirm the effect of isocapnic intermittent hypoxia on body weight and BAT.
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- Denis Martinez
- Division of Cardiology, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Bedu E, Cohen-Adad F, Dallevet G, Garin D, Barré H, Duchamp C. Effect of cold-acclimation on oxygen uptake and glucose production of perfused duckling liver. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2001; 128:851-61. [PMID: 11282327 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00347-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The control of hepatic metabolism by substrates and hormones was assessed in perfused liver from young Muscovy ducklings. Studies were performed in fed or 24-h fasted 5-week-old thermoneutral (25 degrees C; TN) or cold-acclimated ducklings (4 degrees C; CA) and results were compared with those obtained in rats. Basal oxygen uptake of perfused liver (LVO2) was higher after cold acclimation both in fed (+65%) and 24-h fasted (+29%) ducklings and in 24-h fasted rats (+34%). Lactate (2 mM), the main gluconeogenic substrate in birds, similarly increased LVO2 in both TN and CA ducklings and the effect was larger after fasting. Both glucagon and norepinephrine dose-dependently increased LVO2 in ducklings and rats, but cold acclimation did not improve liver response and liver sensitivity to norepinephrine in ducklings was even reduced in CA animals. Liver contribution to glucagon-induced thermogenesis in vivo was estimated to be 22% in TN and 12% in CA ducklings. Glucagon stimulated gluconeogenesis from lactate in duckling liver and the stimulation was 2.2-fold higher in CA than in TN fasted birds. These results indicate a stimulated hepatic oxidative metabolism in CA ducklings but hepatic glucagon-induced thermogenesis (as measured by LVO2) was not improved. A role of the liver is suggested in duckling metabolic acclimation to cold through an enhanced hepatic gluconeogenesis under glucagon control.
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- E Bedu
- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Régulations Energétiques, Cellulaires et Moléculaires, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622 Cedex, Villeurbanne, France
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Cimmino M, Bukowiecki LJ, Géloën A. In situ lipolysis measured by in vivo microdialysis during acute cold exposuren situ lipolysis measured by in vivo microdialysis during acute cold exposure. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1997. [DOI: 10.1139/y97-140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mion F, Géloën A, Rousseau M, Lascaux F, Guilluy R, Minaire Y. Continuous monitoring of 13C-aminopyrine metabolism in rats: effects of cold exposure and noradrenaline. Life Sci 1996; 58:1001-8. [PMID: 8786701 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(96)00048-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A system was developed to allow constant monitoring of hepatic cytochrome P450 activity in awake and unrestrained rats. A continuous 13C-aminopyrine perfusion was performed, and breath samples obtained for endogenous CO2 production and 13C measurements, to calculate 13C O2 production due to aminopyrine demthylation. Increasing doses of 13C-aminopyrine produced a hyperbolic increase of expired 13CO2, compatible with an in vivo measurement of enzymatic activity. Acute-cold exposure of the rats during 13C-aminopyrine perfusion produced a two-fold increase of endogenous CO2 production, together with a 27% increased 13C-aminopyrine metabolism (p<0.05 vs basal conditions). In contrast, noradrenaline (20 microg/kg BW/min), despite a similar effect on energy expenditure, did not significantly change 13C-aminopyrine metabolism. Acute-cold exposure is known to stimulate both adrenal catecholamine secretion and the sympathetic nervous system. The observed difference in 13C-aminopyrine demthylation during cold exposure and nonadrenaline perfusion, therefore, could be due to a more specific effect of adrenal catecholamines on liver aminopyrine metabolism. These results suggest the possibility of prolonged in vivo monitoring of liver metabolism pathways such as aminopyrine demethylation, thus allowing the study of drug acute interactions with cytochrome P450 system.
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- F Mion
- Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital E. Herriot and Laboratoire de Physiologie, URA 1341 CNRS, Lyon, France
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Glickman-Weiss EL, Nelson AG, Hearon CM. Influence of cold water immersion on heat debt and substrate utilization in males varying in body composition: a retrospective analysis. Wilderness Environ Med 1995; 6:295-303. [PMID: 11990094 DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1995)006[0295:iocwio]2.3.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The present article is a retrospective analysis of previously published data. This analysis examined the effect of immersion in 18, 22 and 26 degrees C cold water, on heat debt (kJ), substrate utilization [i.e., R (respiratory exchange ratio) calculated using indirect calorimetry], and aerobic metabolic rate (i.e., VO2 (oxygen consumption) 1 # min(-1)] in 24 male volunteers (20-35 years) given a preexposure meal (60.2 g carbohydrate, 12.0 g protein, and 2.8 g fat at 60 min prior to the experimental trial) and examined during 90 min of immersion to the first thoracic vertebrae. Body composition was determined via underwater densitometry. Subjects were divided with respect to high body fat (HF; 18-22%, n = 12) or low body fat (LF; 8-12%, n = 12) and randomly assigned to one of three water temperatures. Body heat debt and R did not differ between the LF or HF groups, between temperatures, or across time. Percent calories utilized indicated that for these experimental conditions the predominant substrate utilized between the LF and HF groups across time was derived from carbohydrate. In addition, VO2 was greater (p = .0004) in the LF than HF group, and the latter was greater (p = .0013) in the 18 degrees C group versus the 26 degrees C group and increased across time (p = .0001); that is, VO2 after 5 min of immersion was less than at 60 and 90 min, and values obtained after 30 min of immersion were less than those at 90 min of immersion. Based on these data, it appears that the LF group would expend more calories (308.9 vs. 199.9 kcal, respectively) and more likely derive these calories from a carbohydrate source than the HF group during 90 min of cold water immersion. It would appear beneficial to consider a feeding supplement for the low-fat individual if immersion was in a more thermal stressful environment or extended for a protracted period of time.
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- E L Glickman-Weiss
- Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA
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Dumonteil E, Barré H, Meissner G. Effects of palmitoyl carnitine and related metabolites on the avian Ca(2+)-ATPase and Ca2+ release channel. J Physiol 1994; 479 ( Pt 1):29-39. [PMID: 7990033 PMCID: PMC1155723 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1994.sp020275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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1. In birds, prolonged cold exposure induces the development of a non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) of muscular origin that may result from an increase in ATP-dependent cycling of Ca2+ between the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and the cytosol. 2. Because fatty acids are thought to play a significant role in NST, we investigated the effects of palmitic acid and related metabolites on skeletal SR Ca2+ uptake and release in ducklings. 3. Ca(2+)-ATPase activity, 45Ca2+ release and [3H]ryanodine-binding measurements indicated that palmitic acid was without effect on the Ca(2+)-ATPase and Ca2+ release channel. Palmitoyl carnitine and palmitoyl coenzyme A inhibited the Ca(2+)-ATPase at concentrations > 20 microM whereas both activated the Ca2+ release channel at concentrations < or = 20 microM in a dose-dependent manner. 4. Palmitoyl carnitine stimulated [3H]ryanodine binding to skeletal but not cardiac SR vesicles. Induction of 45Ca2+ release was observed with long-chain (C > or = 14) but not with short-chain acyl carnitines (C < or = 12). 5. Long-chain acyl carnitines accumulated significantly in duckling skeletal muscle during cold acclimation. Accordingly, these results suggest that long-chain acyl metabolites may modulate SR Ca2+ cycling and its associated thermogenesis in vivo.
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- E Dumonteil
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7260
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Glickman-Weiss EL, Nelson AG, Hearon CM, Windhauser M, Heltz D. The thermogenic effect of a carbohydrate feeding during exposure to 8, 12 and 27 degrees C. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY AND OCCUPATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY 1994; 68:291-7. [PMID: 8055885 DOI: 10.1007/bf00571445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The increased metabolic heat production in humans exposed to cold stress results from an increased oxidation of both carbohydrate and fat to provide energy to sustain temperature homeostasis. Research suggests that dietary manipulations may enhance metabolic heat production, thereby delaying hypothermia. Therefore, the present investigation examined the thermogenic effect of a sequential timed feeding regime of either a carbohydrate (CHO) or a placebo beverage (PL) before and again midway through 120 min of exposure to 8, 12 and 27 degrees C in well-nourished men. The following were examined: tissue insulation (I), rectal temperature (Tre), mean skin temperature (Tsk), metabolism (M), time-weighted heat production and respiratory exchange ratio (R). Tre, delta Tre, Tsk, M, delta M, I and time-weighted heat production revealed no significant differences between treatment (PL vs CHO) at any temperature (8, 12 and 27 degrees C). However, Tre decreased (P < 0.05) as time increased at 8, 12 and 27 degrees C while M increased (P < 0.05) and I decreased (P < 0.05) at 8 and 12 degrees C. At 8 and 27 degrees C, R differed (P < 0.05) between the PL and CHO treatments. In addition, at 8 and 12 degrees C, R increased (P < 0.05) across time reflecting the feeding. From these data it appears that while substrate utilization differed between dietary treatment (8 and 27 degrees C) and across time, this feeding regime did not differentially affect M, Tre, Tsk and I during 120 min of exposure to 8, 12 and 27 degrees C.
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- E L Glickman-Weiss
- Department of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803
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Glickman-Weiss EL, Nelson AG, Hearon CM, Vasanthakumar SR, Stringer BT, Shulman SS. Does feeding regime affect physiologic and thermal responses during exposure to 8, 20, and 27 degrees C? EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY AND OCCUPATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY 1993; 67:30-4. [PMID: 8375361 DOI: 10.1007/bf00377700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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When the loss of body heat is accelerated by exposure to low environmental temperatures, additional substrates must be oxidized to provide energy to sustain temperature homeostasis. Therefore, the present investigation examined the relation between feeding regime [pre-experimental carbohydrate feeding (FED) vs a fast (FAST)], during 120 min of exposure to 8, 20, and 27 degrees C in well-nourished men. The following were examined: tissue insulation (I; degrees C.m2:W-1), rectal temperature (Tre; degrees C), and oxygen consumption (VO2; ml,kg-1.min-1). VO2, Tre, and I revealed no significant differences between treatments (FED vs FAST) at any temperature. At 27 degrees C, I was less (P < 0.05) than at 20 and 8 degrees C, and decreased (P < 0.05) as exposure time increased. At 8 degrees C, VO2 was higher (P < 0.5) than at 20 or 27 degrees C, and VO2 increased as time increased (P < 0.05). Tre decreased (P < 0.05) as time increased for all conditions. Respiratory exchange ration (R) differed (P < 0.05) between treatments (FED vs FAST), temperature (8 vs 20 degrees C), and across time. Values for R suggests that carbohydrate accounted for 56% and 33% of caloric utilization during the FED vs FAST conditions, respectively. At 8 vs 20 degrees C, R represented 54% vs 30% of carbohydrate utilization. Across time, R demonstrated that in both conditions (FED vs FAST) there was a decreased reliance on carbohydrate utilization for energy provision.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Recent human studies have shown that cold exposure increases lipid oxidation, even when the oxidation of circulating free fatty acid (FFA) is markedly reduced by the ingestion of nicotinic acid, thus seriously questioning the importance of FFA for lipid oxidation in the cold-exposed humans. It was therefore hypothesized that similarly to prolonged exercise, fatty acids from plasma triglycerides (TG) are important energy substrates for oxidation during prolonged cold exposure in man. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of cold exposure on an index of plasma TG utilization, the intravenous fat tolerance test (IVFTT). To evaluate the possibility of a delayed increase in fat tolerance, a second cold exposure and an IVFTT were also performed 24 hours after the first cold exposure. Seven healthy males (fasting, seminude) were subjected to an IVFTT (1 mL/kg 10% Intralipid) on three occasions while resting for 160 minutes: (1) at 29 degrees C, (2) in the cold (10 degrees C, 1 m/s wind), and (3) at 10 degrees C 24 hours after the first cold test. One week separated the warm test from the cold tests. Cold exposure reduced mean body temperature by 3.4 +/- 0.1 degree C and increased energy expenditure 2.5 times in comparison to warm values (P less than .01). It also increased fat oxidation by 70% (P less than .05) and plasma glycerol levels (P less than .05), but did not alter fat tolerance.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A L Vallerand
- Environmental Physiology Section, Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, North York, Ontario, Canada
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Vallerand AL, Jacobs I. Rates of energy substrates utilization during human cold exposure. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY AND OCCUPATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY 1989; 58:873-8. [PMID: 2767069 DOI: 10.1007/bf02332221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Although it is well established in animals that acute cold exposure markedly increases the oxidation of energy substrates, the absolute quality and quantity of substrate oxidation is poorly understood in humans. This study compared the rates of substrate utilization in seven healthy young men exposed to both the warm (control exposure at 29 degrees C; semi-nude, 14 h fasted) and to the cold for 2 h (10 degrees C, 1 m.s-1 wind velocity). Substrate utilization was calculated using indirect calorimetry and the nonprotein respiratory exchange ratio, which was derived from the urinary urea nitrogen output. Cold exposure induced a 3.1 +/- 0.2 degrees C drop in mean body temperature and a body heat debt of 825.9 +/- 63.3 kJ (p less than 0.01). These parameters remained essentially unchanged in the warm. Cold exposure elevated the 2 h energy expenditure 2.46-fold in comparison to the warm (p less than 0.01). This cold-induced thermogenesis was accompanied by increases of 588% in carbohydrate oxidation (p less than 0.01) and 63% in fat oxidation (p less than 0.05), whereas protein oxidation remained unchanged. Although the greatest proportion of the energy expenditure in the warm was derived from lipid (59%), carbohydrate oxidation represented the major fuel for thermogenesis in the cold, since it accounted for 51% of the corresponding total energy expenditure. The results demonstrate that cold exposure causes a much greater increase in the utilization of carbohydrate than lipid. It is suggested that these substrates are directly utilized for thermogenesis in the shivering skeletal muscles.
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- A L Vallerand
- Environmental Physiology Section, Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Downsview, Ontario, Canada
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Ohira M, Ohira Y. Effects of exposure to cold on metabolic characteristics in gastrocnemius muscle of frog (Rana pipiens). J Physiol 1988; 395:589-95. [PMID: 3261790 PMCID: PMC1192011 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1988.sp016936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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1. Responses of enzymic characteristics of gastrocnemius muscle were studied when frogs (Rana pipiens) were exposed to cold environment (4 degrees C). 2. The content of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) decreased significantly after cold exposure. This decrease was greater in starved than in fed frogs. 3. Although the glycogen content did not change, lactate levels were lower in cold-exposed than room-temperature (control) frogs. No change was observed in glycogen and lactate between fed and unfed frogs kept at 4 degrees C for 2 months. Lactate dehydrogenase activity tended to increase during chronic cold exposure, but not significantly. 4. The activities of citrate synthase, cytochrome oxidase, and beta-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase were higher in gastrocnemius of chronically cold-exposed frogs than in room-temperature controls. This increase was statistically significant only in the muscles of starved frogs; these muscles had the greatest decrease in ATP. 5. It was suggested that chronic cold exposure decreases skeletal muscle ATP content but may not affect glycolysis. The data also suggested that the decrease in ATP content stimulates mitochondrial biogenesis which increases enzyme activities.
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- M Ohira
- Department of Physiology and Biomechanics, National Institute of Fitness and Sports, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
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Effect of cold environment on hepatic microsomal Δ6 and Δ9 desaturase activity of male rats. Lipids 1987; 22:583-8. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02537285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/1986] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Smith SA, Young P, Cawthorne MA. Quantification in vivo of the effects of insulin on glucose utilization in individual tissues of warm- and cold-acclimated rats. Biochem J 1986; 237:789-95. [PMID: 3541903 PMCID: PMC1147058 DOI: 10.1042/bj2370789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cold-acclimation of rats (3 weeks, 4 degrees C) had no effect on basal rates of glucose production or utilization. Under euglycaemic-clamp conditions, in which the circulating insulin concentration was increased by approx. 50 microunits/ml, cold-acclimated rats showed a greater increase in glucose utilization and a greater suppression of endogenous glucose production. Tissue sites of glucose utilization were investigated by using a tracer dose of 2-deoxy-D-[14C]glucose and a glucose metabolic index determined for each tissue. In 5 h-starved warm-acclimated rats, heart had the highest glucose metabolic index. This was increased further by both cold-acclimation and insulin treatment. The glucose metabolic index of skeletal muscle was 3.5-14-fold lower than that of heart, but, as a result of the large muscle mass, skeletal muscle made the largest contribution to whole-body glucose utilization. White and brown adipose tissue had low glucose metabolic indices in warm-acclimated rats under basal conditions, and the indices were not increased by the insulin treatment. However, cold-acclimation produced a significant increase in the glucose metabolic index of brown adipose tissue, but not of white adipose tissue. In contrast with the warm-acclimated rats, insulin treatment of cold-acclimated rats resulted in a marked increase in the glucose metabolic index of brown adipose tissue. The results provide evidence that cold-acclimation produces a selective alteration in the insulin-sensitivity of brown adipose tissue.
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Triacylglycerol Metabolism and the Reactions of Adipose Tissue. Lipids 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-2107-1_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Shiota M, Tanaka T, Sugano T. Effect of norepinephrine on gluconeogenesis in perfused livers of cold-exposed rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1985; 249:E281-6. [PMID: 4037079 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1985.249.3.e281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The effects of norepinephrine and glucagon on gluconeogenesis were studied in hemoglobin-free perfused liver from rats kept for 1-20 days at 4 degrees C. When rats were starved for 24 h at 4 degrees C, the plasma glucose level of rats exposed to cold for 5, 10, and 20 days was significantly higher than that of rats for 1 day, but hepatic glycogen decreased to the same level in all groups. In the isolated perfused liver, basal rates of oxygen consumption and glucose production increased slightly through 5 days of cold exposure and returned to control levels after 20 days of cold exposure. The rates of glucose production from lactate, pyruvate, sorbitol, and glycerol increased by 20-30% after 5 days of cold exposure. The stimulation of gluconeogenesis from these substrates by norepinephrine and phenylephrine increased markedly at all time periods from 1 to 20 days in the cold, with a maximum at 5 days. The stimulation of glycogenolysis by norepinephrine was not affected by cold exposure. The response to catecholamines decreased markedly in liver perfused with calcium-free medium and/or with phentolamine. The stimulation of gluconeogenesis by glucagon increased only in rats exposed to cold for 20 days. The results obtained suggest that the stimulation of hepatic gluconeogenesis by cold is due to an alpha-adrenergic response, and the activation occurs beyond the interaction of norepinephrine with its receptor.
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Nonshivering thermogenesis was originally defined as a cold-induced increase in heat production not associated with the muscle activity of shivering. Recent research shows it to be a metabolic process located primarily in brown adipose tissue and controlled by the activity of the sympathetic nervous supply of this tissue. Another stimulus to sympathetic nervous activity, the ingestion of food, promotes diet-induced thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue. Brown adipose tissue grows and regresses in accordance with the extent to which it is stimulated, either by cold or by diet, and the capacity of the animal for cold-induced nonshivering thermogenesis and diet-induced thermogenesis increases or decreases accordingly. In certain hibernators another stimulus, photoperiod, promotes growth or regression of brown adipose tissue. The neural regulation of thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue is thus not only part of the central control mechanisms involved in thermoregulation but also part of those involved in the regulation of energy balance. In hibernators , such as the hamster, the neural regulation of thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue includes, in addition, central components that control the function of brown adipose tissue during entry into and arousal from hibernation and pineal or melatonin-related components that control its growth in response to photoperiod. In animals which become intermittently torpid, such as the mouse, the regulation includes in addition central components that control the function of brown adipose tissue during entry into and arousal from torpor. The central neural components involved in control of thermoregulation are better understood than are those involved in the regulation of energy balance. Studies of animal with hypothalamic obesity indicate that the control of diet-induced thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue requires the participation of the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus whereas the control of cold-induced nonshivering thermogenesis does not. The importance of comparative studies in different species is emphasized since any neural model for the control of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis is likely to apply in detail only to the species for which it was developed.
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Anderson MJ, Rauch JC. Seasonal changes in white and brown adipose tissues in Clethrionomys gapperi (red-backed vole) and in Microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow vole). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1984; 79:305-10. [PMID: 6148193 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(84)90433-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Mass and gross composition of white and brown adipose tissues and of skeletal muscle were determined for C. gapperi and for M. pennsylvanicus from monthly samples of a 1-year period. Amounts of brown fat increased throughout autumn to a maximum in late winter and then declined to a minimum in the spring. Gross composition remained relatively constant throughout the year. Changes in white fat showed a trend similar to changes in brown fat. Relatively low mean values for muscle mass during summer were due to a change in the age structure of the vole population.
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Harada E, Habara Y, Kanno T. Cold acclimation in insulin secretion of isolated perfused pancreas of the rat. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1982; 242:E360-7. [PMID: 7046458 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1982.242.6.e360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The secretory function of the endocrine and exocrine pancreas in the process of cold acclimation has been studied in rats fed at an ambient temperature of 2 degrees C. In anesthetized rats, plasma glucose decreased immediately after cold exposure and increased again toward the basal level after 20 days of continuous cold exposure. Plasma insulin level in these rats also decreased immediately after cold exposure, and the low level was maintained throughout the whole period of cold exposure. In the isolated perfused rat pancreas, the basal insulin output estimated before the stimulation with glucose decreased immediately after the cold exposure and increased gradually during the continuous cold exposure. In these preparations, the initial and the second phases of insulin output were induced by sustaining stimulation with 16.7 mM glucose. Changes in the glucose-induced initial and second phases showed a diphasic pattern during the course of cold exposure. Thus, there was temporary decrease within a week of cold exposure followed by a gradual increase after 3 wk of this condition. The diphasic insulin output in the preparation isolated from rats fed during cold exposure for 6 wk was twice as much as that in the preparation isolated from the rats fed during exposure to 23 degrees C for 5 wk. In the isolated perfused rat pancreas, a monophasic insulin output was induced by sustaining stimulation with 0.1 microM ACh. The monophasic insulin output showed an increasing tendency during cold exposure, but the increase was insignificant because of a larger individual variation.
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Huttunen P. Hypothalamic catecholamines and tolerance for severe cold in ethanol-treated guinea-pigs. Br J Pharmacol 1982; 75:613-6. [PMID: 7066609 PMCID: PMC2071534 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1982.tb09181.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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1 The effect of ethanol (2g/kg) on hypothalamic catecholamines in guinea-pigs kept at room temperature (20 degrees C) and in severe cold (-20 degrees C) for 1.5 h was determined. Serum glucose, triacyl-glycerols and free fatty acids (FFAs), glycogen in liver and skeletal muscle and total lipid and triacyglycerols in the interscapular adipose tissue were also determined. 2 Ethanol increase the noradrenaline and adrenaline content of the hypothalamus at 20 degrees C and reduced ther rectal temperature by about 2 degrees C. The hypothalamic noradrenaline content of the ethanol-treated guinea-pigs exposed to cold, in which the fall in rectal temperature was about 8 degrees C, was higher than in the controls, whose rectal temperature decreased only by about 2 degrees C. 3 Cold exposure increased FFA concentration in serum and reduced skeletal muscle glycogen and serum glucose concentrations in both groups, but no significant differences were found in the carbohydrate and lipid values between the groups at -20 degrees C. 4 It is possible that the diminished cold tolerance in the ethanol-treated guinea-pigs might be due, at least in part, to the effect of ethanol on the catecholamines in the hypothalamus.
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Nedergaard J. Catecholamine sensitivity in brown fat cells from cold-acclimated hamsters and rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1982; 242:C250-7. [PMID: 6278947 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1982.242.3.c250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Brown fat cells, freshly isolated from cold-acclimated hamsters and rats, did not respond to norepinephrine addition with the characteristic increase in oxygen consumption (heat production) seen in cells from control animals. However, incubation of these cells for 1 h in a Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer, in the presence of 10 mM pyruvate, fully restored norepinephrine responsiveness. Cells treated in this way from cold-acclimated hamsters (a hibernator) increased the rate of oxygen consumption after maximal norepinephrine stimulation as much as cells from control hamsters; also norepinephrine-stimulated fatty acid release was unaltered, indicating that brown fat cells may partly be responsible for the increase in serum fatty acid level seen during arousal from hibernation. Similarly, preincubated cells from cold-acclimated rats (a nonhibernator) increased oxygen consumption and fatty acid release as much as cells from control rats; this suggests that also in cold-acclimated rats brown fat may supply the circulation with fatty acids during cold stress. Cells from cold-acclimated animals were, however, about 10 times less sensitive to norepinephrine than cells from control animals; this desensitization may be the result of a stimulated phosphodiesterase.
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Dubois-Ferrière R, Chinet AE. Contribution of skeletal muscle to the regulatory non-shivering thermogenesis in small mammals. Pflugers Arch 1981; 390:224-9. [PMID: 7196021 DOI: 10.1007/bf00658266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Energy dissipation (E) was measured by direct microcalorimetry in perifused resting soleus muscles from cold adapted, euthyroid, hypothyroid and hyperthyroid mice, before and during exposure to noradrenaline (NA), lipid substrates or ouabain. The thermogenic effect of NA on the muscle was transitory and it did not exceed 5% of basal E, in all groups of preparations. The substrate effects were larger than that of NA and were sustained. They were the largest in hypothyroid animals and were not potentiated by NA. Basal E and the thermogenic effects of NA and the lipid substrates were identical in preparations from mice adapted to 23 degrees C and to 8 degrees C. The inhibitory effect of ouabain in resting muscles was very small, but it was increased by adaptation to the lower temperature. Experiments performed on rat muscles perfused in situ showed much larger thermogenic effects of NA than that observed in perifused mouse muscles. It is suggested that the NA thermogenic effect in resting muscles from small mammals is essentially mediated by hemodynamic changes which tend to suppress a hypoxic and acidotic restriction of the metabolic rate, rather than by any direct effect of NA on skeletal muscle cells.
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Senault C, Cherqui G, Cadot M, Portet R. Cold-induced developmental changes in fat cell size and number in brown adipose tissue of the rat. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1981; 240:E379-83. [PMID: 7223881 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1981.240.4.e379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Seven-week-old Long-Evans rats were acclimated to a constant temperature of either 28 degrees C (control group) or 5 degrees C (cold-acclimated group). Cold acclimation induced a 70% increase in the interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) relative mass, a 35% increase in DNA content, and a 44% decrease in triglyceride (TG) content, which resulted in a 51% decrease of the TG/DNA ratio. A procedure is described by which brown fat cells were isolated, with a yield of 21% from the IBAT of the control group and of 38% in the cold-acclimated group. In both groups, the brown fat cells accounted for 35-37% of the total cells in the tissue. Cold acclimation induced decreases in the mean fat cell diameter (about 20%), the mean fat cell TG content (50%), and the fat cell TG/DNA ratio (50%). The total number of IBAT fat cells was significantly increased in cold-acclimated rats. It is concluded that cold acclimation involves a hyperplasia of the IBAT, associated with a decrease of fat cell size without any alteration of the fat cell-to-nonfat cell ratio.
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Bugajski J, Gadek A. The involvement of central histamine receptors in stress-induced responses of serum corticosterone and free fatty acids and in gastric ulcer development. AGENTS AND ACTIONS 1981; 11:151-5. [PMID: 6113742 DOI: 10.1007/bf01991486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Mild stress of restraint for 10 min at an ambient temperature of 18 degrees C increased serum corticosterone levels in rats considerably. Histamine given intravenously prior to restraint alone significantly further intensified the stress-induced elevation of serum corticosterone. Dimaprit and cimetidine failed to modify corticosterone responses to the mild stress. Severe stress of restraint and cold of 3 h duration increased serum corticosterone and free fatty acid levels considerably. Histamine given prior to stress exposure left the corticosterone and hyperlipaemic responses to severe stress unchanged. Dimaprit inhibited and cimetidine intensified the stress-induced hyperlipaemia. The most striking finding in the present experiment was a powerful inhibition of gastric stress ulcer generation by intraventricularly administered histamine. Dimaprit was similarly effective. This strong anti-ulcer effect of histamine was abolished by intraventricular pretreatment of rats with either H1- or H2-receptor antagonists, chloropyramine or cimetidine. The results may suggest that in the rat a mild stress does not fully activate central histaminergic pathways involved in corticosterone responses. During severe stress histamine considerably prevents gastric ulcer generation and both H1- and H2-receptors mediate this action of histamine.
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Kuroshima A, Kurahashi M, Yahata T. Calorigenic effects of noradrenaline and glucagon on white adipocytes in cold- and heat-acclimated rats. Pflugers Arch 1979; 381:113-7. [PMID: 574251 DOI: 10.1007/bf00582341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Calorigenic actions of noradrenaline and glucagon on isolated epididymal fat cells from warm-acclimated controls, cold-acclimated and heat-acclimated rats were measured by the use of a twin-type conduction microcalorimeter. Both noradrenaline and glucagon stimulated heat production in isolated adipocytes maximally in doses of 1 microgram/ml and 10 microgram/ml, respectively. Maximal responsiveness of adipocytes per unit cell to noradrenaline was not influenced by cold acclimation, while it was reduced by heat and acclimation. Maximal response in total epididymal fat cells to noradrenaline was increased in cold acclimation and not changed in heat acclimation at increased numbers of adipocytes in both cold-acclimated and heat-acclimated animals. Maximal response per unit cell as well as per total epididymal fat cells to glucagon was increased in cold acclimation and reduced in heat acclimation. The present results indicate that the modified responses of target adipocytes to noradrenaline and glucagon are involved in the development of temperature acclimation.
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Bertin R, Portet R, Terrier M. Variations of cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP contents of the liver and of brown and white adipose tissues of the rat during the first week of cold exposure. ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHYSIOLOGIE ET DE BIOCHIMIE 1979; 87:463-70. [PMID: 93436 DOI: 10.3109/13813457909070510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The variation in the amounts of cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP were studied in white and brown adipose tissues and in the liver of rats during the first week of cold exposure (5 degrees C). In white fat, only a small increase in cAMP was observed on the first day. In brown fat, parallel decreases in cAMP and cGMP contents were induced which might be related to a large mobilization of tissue fatty acids. In the liver, cold exposure barely affected the cAMP content but the level of cGMP was markedly increased. These results are discussed with regard to the respective role of these different tissues in cold-induced energetic substrate mobilization.
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Poole S, Stephenson JD. Effects of noradrenaline and carbachol on temperature regulation of cold-stressed and cold-acclimated rats. Br J Pharmacol 1979; 66:307-15. [PMID: 465885 PMCID: PMC2043620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1979.tb13681.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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1 Noradrenaline (20 micrograms) and carbachol (1 microgram) injected into the anterior hypothalamus of rats at an ambient temperature of 23 degrees C evoked significant falls in core temperature and increases in tail temperature. 2 When rats were cold-stressed (4 degrees C for 90 min) or cold-acclimated (4 degrees C for 4 weeks) and the above amine injections repeated, only carbachol evoked significant falls in core temperature and neither amine increased tail temperature. 3 Central injections of noradrenaline and carbachol also evoked increases in plasma glucose concentrations but not plasma non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations in control, acutely cold-stressed and cold-acclimated rats. 4 Although concentrations of plasma glucose and blood lactate of rats were unaffected by cold exposure to 4 degrees C for 1 to 28 days, glucose oxidation rate of both cold-stressed and cold-acclimated rats was significantly greater than in rats at 23 degrees C. Concentrations of plasma NEFA were increased after 1 to 28 days of cold exposure.
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Cherqui G, Cadot M, Senault C, Portet R. The lipid composition of plasma membrane and mitochondrial fractions from epididymal adipocytes of cold-acclimated rats. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979; 551:304-14. [PMID: 420836 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(89)90008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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1. The effects of cold acclimation (5 degrees C) on the lipid composition of plasma membrane and mitochondrial fractions from epididymal adipocytes of rats were studied. 2. The adipocyte plasma membrane fraction of the cold-acclimated rats had lower lipid, phospholipid and cholesterol to protein weight ratios, a lower cholesterol to sphingomyelin molar ratio, and a higher linoleic acid content in the phospholipids than controls. 3. The mitochondrial fraction of the cold-acclimated rat adipocyte had lower ratios of cholesterol to protein (weight), to phospholipid and to cardiolipin (molar), and less sphingomyelin content than did controls. 4. These data, discussed in terms of alterations in physical and biochemical properties, indicate cold-induced changes at the membrane level in rat epididymal adipocytes.
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Lin MT. Effects of chemical sympathectomy on thermoregulatory responses of rats to different ambient temperatures. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1979; 10:417-21. [PMID: 499744 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(79)90081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Parker GH. Changes in muscle, liver, and plasma free fatty acid levels in the pigeon on acute exposure to cold. ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES DE PHYSIOLOGIE ET DE BIOCHIMIE 1978; 86:771-7. [PMID: 84555 DOI: 10.3109/13813457809069529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Adult pigeons were subjected to acute cold exposure (-25 degrees C; 30 min). Fully-plumed birds, showed a pronounced increase in the level of FFA in the blood, but not in the liver or muscle. Partially-defeathered (dorsum and pectoral regions) birds, likewise, showed a marked increase in plasma FFA level but failed to indicate any change in FFA levels in the liver or the muscle. It is concluded that even if the mobilized FFA may have supported calorigenic processes in the normothermic cold-exposed pigeon, lipid reserves are unlikely to have served as a significant source of energy for thermogenic functions in the hypothermic (defeathered) bird.
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Ballantyne J, George J. The effects of long chain fatty acids on the respiration of liver mitochondria of cold and warm acclimated rat, pigeon and trout. J Therm Biol 1977. [DOI: 10.1016/0306-4565(77)90037-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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De Roij TA, Frens J, Bakker J, Németh F. Thermoregulatory effects of intraventricularly injected dopamine in the goat. Eur J Pharmacol 1977; 43:1-7. [PMID: 862660 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(77)90153-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Dopamine (DA) was injected in the third brain ventricle of goats and the thermoregulatory effects were studied under different ambient conditions. The effects depended on dose, ambient conditions and cannula used. In the cold, there was a drop in body temperature, sometimes accompanied by suppression of shivering and by vasodilatation. Both temperature decrease and suppression of shivering were dose-dependent but there was no relation between magnitude of temperature drop and occurrence of shivering suppression. In a thermoneutral environment, there was either a slight vasoconstriction or hypothermia, occasionally accompanied by induction of panting. In the heat, either hypothermia or hyperthermia was observed. Hypothermia was accompanied by an increase in panting. Hyperthermia only occurred when the animals became excited as a result of the injection of DA. It is concluded that DA acts by stimulating the thermoregulatory pathway from heat sensors to heat loss effectors at a locus similar to that for 5-hydroxytryptamine in the thermoregulation model of Bligh et al. (1971).
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Behrens WA, Himms-Hagen J. Alteration in skeletal muscle mitochondria of cold-acclimated rats: association with enhanced metabolic response to noradrenaline. J Bioenerg Biomembr 1977; 9:41-63. [PMID: 881423 DOI: 10.1007/bf00745042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Galster W, Morrison P. Contrasting Patterns of Energy Substrates in Tundra and Meadow Voles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1976. [DOI: 10.1086/physzool.49.4.30155706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ricquier D, Mory G, Hemon P. Effects of chronic treatments upon the brown adipose tissue of young rats. I. Cold exposure and hyperthyroidism. Pflugers Arch 1976; 362:241-6. [PMID: 944431 DOI: 10.1007/bf00581176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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1. The gross composition, triglycerides and phospholipids of brown adipose tissue were studied in young and adult rats chronically treated with cold or thyroxine. 2. Cold induced an increase of the total water, protein and phospholipid of tissue while the main effect of thyroxine treatment was an accumulation of triglycerides. Thyroxine treatment prevented the cold-induced increase of phospholipid percentage in the tissue. 3. Cold exposure altered the fatty acid pattern of phospholipids, whereas thyroxine had smaller and different effects. 4. The differential effects of cold and hyperthyroidism upon triglycerides and phospholipids of brown adipose tissue are briefly discussed.
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Pedersen JI, Slinde E, Grynne B, Aas M. The intracellular localization of long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase in brown adipose tissue. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1975; 398:191-203. [PMID: 167854 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(75)90182-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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1. The acyl-CoA synthetase activity in brown adipose tissue of cold-exposed guinea pig has been studied by measuring the rate of palmitoylcarnitine formation in the presence of excess carnitine palmitoyltransferase. 2. The rate of palmitoylcarnitine formation in the mitochondria was found to be 161 plus or minus 64 nmol.mg-minus-1. min-minus-1 (n=9). 3. In the absence of added palmitate and bovine serum albumin a total of 35 plus or minus 1 nmol endogenous fatty acids.mg-minus-1 were activated with three different mitochondrial preparations. 4. Three different experimental approaches have been used to study the subcellular localization of the enzyme: (a) conventional differential centrifugation (De Duve, C., Pressman, B.C., Gianetto, R., Wattiaux, R. and Appelmans, F. (1955) Biochem. J. 60, 604-617) (B) the determination of the sediterm of different marker enzymes (Slinde, E. and Flatmark. T. (1973) Anal. Biochem. 56, 324-340) and (c) the determination of the stoichiometry between the activities of these enzymes sedimented at higher centrifugal effects. 5. Throughout all fractionation procedures, the long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase follows strictly the amine oxidase generally considered to be exclusively located on the mitochondrial outer membrane.
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