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Lewis CTA, Melhedegaard EG, Ognjanovic MM, Olsen MS, Laitila J, Seaborne RAE, Gronset M, Zhang C, Iwamoto H, Hessel AL, Kuehn MN, Merino C, Amigo N, Frobert O, Giroud S, Staples JF, Goropashnaya AV, Fedorov VB, Barnes B, Toien O, Drew K, Sprenger RJ, Ochala J. Remodeling of skeletal muscle myosin metabolic states in hibernating mammals. eLife 2024; 13:RP94616. [PMID: 38752835 PMCID: PMC11098559 DOI: 10.7554/elife.94616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Hibernation is a period of metabolic suppression utilized by many small and large mammal species to survive during winter periods. As the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood, our study aimed to determine whether skeletal muscle myosin and its metabolic efficiency undergo alterations during hibernation to optimize energy utilization. We isolated muscle fibers from small hibernators, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus and Eliomys quercinus and larger hibernators, Ursus arctos and Ursus americanus. We then conducted loaded Mant-ATP chase experiments alongside X-ray diffraction to measure resting myosin dynamics and its ATP demand. In parallel, we performed multiple proteomics analyses. Our results showed a preservation of myosin structure in U. arctos and U. americanus during hibernation, whilst in I. tridecemlineatus and E. quercinus, changes in myosin metabolic states during torpor unexpectedly led to higher levels in energy expenditure of type II, fast-twitch muscle fibers at ambient lab temperatures (20 °C). Upon repeating loaded Mant-ATP chase experiments at 8 °C (near the body temperature of torpid animals), we found that myosin ATP consumption in type II muscle fibers was reduced by 77-107% during torpor compared to active periods. Additionally, we observed Myh2 hyper-phosphorylation during torpor in I. tridecemilineatus, which was predicted to stabilize the myosin molecule. This may act as a potential molecular mechanism mitigating myosin-associated increases in skeletal muscle energy expenditure during periods of torpor in response to cold exposure. Altogether, we demonstrate that resting myosin is altered in hibernating mammals, contributing to significant changes to the ATP consumption of skeletal muscle. Additionally, we observe that it is further altered in response to cold exposure and highlight myosin as a potentially contributor to skeletal muscle non-shivering thermogenesis.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of MichiganAnn ArborUnited States
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- Spring-8, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research InstituteHyogoJapan
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of MuensterMuensterGermany
- Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies ConsultantsBostonUnited States
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of MuensterMuensterGermany
- Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies ConsultantsBostonUnited States
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus UniversityAarhusDenmark
- Faculty of Health, Department of Cardiology, Örebro UniversityÖrebroSweden
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- Energetics Lab, Department of Biology, Northern Michigan UniversityMarquetteUnited States
- Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Biology, University of Western OntarioLondonCanada
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- Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksUnited States
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- Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksUnited States
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- Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksUnited States
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- Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksUnited States
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- Center for Transformative Research in Metabolism, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksUnited States
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- Department of Zoology, University of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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Abdillah AM, Yun JW. Capsaicin induces ATP-dependent thermogenesis via the activation of TRPV1/β3-AR/α1-AR in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and mouse model. Arch Biochem Biophys 2024; 755:109975. [PMID: 38531438 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2024.109975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Capsaicin (CAP) is a natural bioactive compound in chili pepper that activates the transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily 1 (TRPV1) and is known to stimulate uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)-dependent thermogenesis. However, its effect on ATP-dependent thermogenesis remains unknown. In this study, we employed qRT-PCR, immunoblot, staining method, and assay kit to investigate the role of CAP on ATP-dependent thermogenesis and its modulatory roles on the TRPV1, β3-adrenergic receptor (β3-AR), and α1-AR using in vitro and in vivo models. The studies showed that CAP treatment in high-fat diet-induced obese mice resulted in lower body weight gain and elevated ATP-dependent thermogenic effectors' protein and gene expression through ATP-consuming calcium and creatine futile cycles. In both in vitro and in vivo experiments, CAP treatment elevated the protein and gene expressions of sarcoendoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2 (SERCA2), ryanodine receptor 2 (RYR2), creatine kinase B (CKB), and creatine kinase mitochondrial 2 (CKMT2) mediated by the activation of β3-AR, α1-AR, and TRPV1. Our study showed that CAP increased intracellular Ca2+ levels and the expression of voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) and mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) which indicates that increased mitochondrial Ca2+ levels lead to increased expression of oxidative phosphorylation protein complexes as a result of ATP-futile cycle activation. A mechanistic study in 3T3-L1 adipocytes revealed that CAP induces UCP1- and ATP-dependent thermogenesis mediated by the β3-AR/PKA/p38MAPK/ERK as well as calcium-dependent α1-AR/TRPV1/CaMKII/AMPK/SIRT1 pathway. Taken together, we identified CAP's novel functional and modulatory roles in UCP1- and ATP-dependent thermogenesis, which is important for developing therapeutic strategies for combating obesity and metabolic diseases.
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- Alfin Mohammad Abdillah
- Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38453, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38453, Republic of Korea.
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Lewis CTA, Melhedegaard EG, Ognjanovic MM, Olsen MS, Laitila J, Seaborne RAE, Gronset MN, Zhang C, Iwamoto H, Hessel AL, Kuehn MN, Merino C, Amigo N, Frobert O, Giroud S, Staples JF, Goropashnaya AV, Fedorov VB, Barnes BM, Toien O, Drew KL, Sprenger RJ, Ochala J. Remodelling of Skeletal Muscle Myosin Metabolic States in Hibernating Mammals. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.11.14.566992. [PMID: 38014200 PMCID: PMC10680686 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.14.566992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Hibernation is a period of metabolic suppression utilized by many small and large mammal species to survive during winter periods. As the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood, our study aimed to determine whether skeletal muscle myosin and its metabolic efficiency undergo alterations during hibernation to optimize energy utilization. We isolated muscle fibers from small hibernators, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus and Eliomys quercinus and larger hibernators, Ursus arctos and Ursus americanus. We then conducted loaded Mant-ATP chase experiments alongside X-ray diffraction to measure resting myosin dynamics and its ATP demand. In parallel, we performed multiple proteomics analyses. Our results showed a preservation of myosin structure in U. arctos and U. americanus during hibernation, whilst in I. tridecemlineatus and E. quercinus, changes in myosin metabolic states during torpor unexpectedly led to higher levels in energy expenditure of type II, fast-twitch muscle fibers at ambient lab temperatures (20°C). Upon repeating loaded Mant-ATP chase experiments at 8°C (near the body temperature of torpid animals), we found that myosin ATP consumption in type II muscle fibers was reduced by 77-107% during torpor compared to active periods. Additionally, we observed Myh2 hyper-phosphorylation during torpor in I. tridecemilineatus, which was predicted to stabilize the myosin molecule. This may act as a potential molecular mechanism mitigating myosin-associated increases in skeletal muscle energy expenditure during periods of torpor in response to cold exposure. Altogether, we demonstrate that resting myosin is altered in hibernating mammals, contributing to significant changes to the ATP consumption of skeletal muscle. Additionally, we observe that it is further altered in response to cold exposure and highlight myosin as a potentially contributor to skeletal muscle non-shivering thermogenesis.
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Notley SR, Mitchell D, Taylor NAS. A century of exercise physiology: concepts that ignited the study of human thermoregulation. Part 3: Heat and cold tolerance during exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 2024; 124:1-145. [PMID: 37796292 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-023-05276-3] [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] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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In this third installment of our four-part historical series, we evaluate contributions that shaped our understanding of heat and cold stress during occupational and athletic pursuits. Our first topic concerns how we tolerate, and sometimes fail to tolerate, exercise-heat stress. By 1900, physical activity with clothing- and climate-induced evaporative impediments led to an extraordinarily high incidence of heat stroke within the military. Fortunately, deep-body temperatures > 40 °C were not always fatal. Thirty years later, water immersion and patient treatments mimicking sweat evaporation were found to be effective, with the adage of cool first, transport later being adopted. We gradually acquired an understanding of thermoeffector function during heat storage, and learned about challenges to other regulatory mechanisms. In our second topic, we explore cold tolerance and intolerance. By the 1930s, hypothermia was known to reduce cutaneous circulation, particularly at the extremities, conserving body heat. Cold-induced vasodilatation hindered heat conservation, but it was protective. Increased metabolic heat production followed, driven by shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis, even during exercise and work. Physical endurance and shivering could both be compromised by hypoglycaemia. Later, treatments for hypothermia and cold injuries were refined, and the thermal after-drop was explained. In our final topic, we critique the numerous indices developed in attempts to numerically rate hot and cold stresses. The criteria for an effective thermal stress index were established by the 1930s. However, few indices satisfied those requirements, either then or now, and the surviving indices, including the unvalidated Wet-Bulb Globe-Thermometer index, do not fully predict thermal strain.
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- Sean R Notley
- Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence, Melbourne, Australia
- School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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- Research Institute of Human Ecology, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Brownstein AJ, Veliova M, Acin-Perez R, Liesa M, Shirihai OS. ATP-consuming futile cycles as energy dissipating mechanisms to counteract obesity. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2022; 23:121-131. [PMID: 34741717 PMCID: PMC8873062 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-021-09690-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Obesity results from an imbalance in energy homeostasis, whereby excessive energy intake exceeds caloric expenditure. Energy can be dissipated out of an organism by producing heat (thermogenesis), explaining the long-standing interest in exploiting thermogenic processes to counteract obesity. Mitochondrial uncoupling is a process that expends energy by oxidizing nutrients to produce heat, instead of ATP synthesis. Energy can also be dissipated through mechanisms that do not involve mitochondrial uncoupling. Such mechanisms include futile cycles described as metabolic reactions that consume ATP to produce a product from a substrate but then converting the product back into the original substrate, releasing the energy as heat. Energy dissipation driven by cellular ATP demand can be regulated by adjusting the speed and number of futile cycles. Energy consuming futile cycles that are reviewed here are lipolysis/fatty acid re-esterification cycle, creatine/phosphocreatine cycle, and the SERCA-mediated calcium import and export cycle. Their reliance on ATP emphasizes that mitochondrial oxidative function coupled to ATP synthesis, and not just uncoupling, can play a role in thermogenic energy dissipation. Here, we review ATP consuming futile cycles, the evidence for their function in humans, and their potential employment as a strategy to dissipate energy and counteract obesity.
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- Alexandra J Brownstein
- Metabolism Theme, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Molecular Cellular Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Metabolism Theme, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Metabolism Theme, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Metabolism Theme, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Molecular Cellular Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Metabolism Theme, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Molecular Cellular Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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Leptin is a hormone primarily produced by the adipose tissue in proportion to the size of fat stores, with a primary function in the control of lipid reserves. Besides adipose tissue, leptin is also produced by other tissues, such as the stomach, placenta, and mammary gland. Altogether, leptin exerts a broad spectrum of short, medium, and long-term regulatory actions at the central and peripheral levels, including metabolic programming effects that condition the proper development and function of the adipose organ, which are relevant for its main role in energy homeostasis. Comprehending how leptin regulates adipose tissue may provide important clues to understand the pathophysiology of obesity and related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, as well as its prevention and treatment. This review focuses on the physiological and long-lasting regulatory effects of leptin on adipose tissue, the mechanisms and pathways involved, its main outcomes on whole-body physiological homeostasis, and its consequences on chronic diseases.
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- Catalina Picó
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands. CIBER de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad Y Nutrición (CIBEROBN). Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands. CIBER de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad Y Nutrición (CIBEROBN). Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands. CIBER de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad Y Nutrición (CIBEROBN). Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands. CIBER de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad Y Nutrición (CIBEROBN). Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Biotechnology (Nutrigenomics, Biomarkers and Risk Evaluation), University of the Balearic Islands. CIBER de Fisiopatología de La Obesidad Y Nutrición (CIBEROBN). Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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The acclimatization of Haenyeo to a cold environment and occupational characteristics evaluated by orexin and irisin levels. Ann Occup Environ Med 2022; 34:e28. [DOI: 10.35371/aoem.2022.34.e28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Badea MA, Balas M, Dinischiotu A. Biological properties and development of hypoxia in a breast cancer 3D model generated by hanging drop technique. Cell Biochem Biophys 2021; 80:63-73. [PMID: 33904026 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-021-00982-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Hanging drop represents a simple approach designed for the generation of 3D models that have potential to be used for the study of solid tumors characteristics. The aim of the study was to develop and characterize the breast cancer 3D cellular models obtained through hanging drop technique using MDA-MB-231 cells. The biological characteristics such as: morphology, cellular viability, proliferation capacity and hypoxia, were monitored for a six-day time period. The morphological evaluation indicated that the 3D models presented the aspect of compact (seeding density of 2500 and 5000 cells/drop) and loose (seeding density of 8000 cells/drop) aggregates, with a decrease in diameter and an increase of their circularity. The cellular viability and proliferation capacity decreased in time and the level of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) increased in a time-dependent manner, suggesting the presence of necrotic cells that were dispersed in the cellular aggregates. The occurrence of hypoxia process was suggested by the up-regulation of Hsp70 protein expression and increased level of nitric oxide (NO). Moreover, the up-regulation of HIF-1α and poli-ubiquitinated Nrf2 protein expressions and decreased level of reduced glutathione (GSH) indicated the presence of an acute hypoxic environment in MDA-MB-231 3D aggregates. In conclusion, the MDA-MB-231 3D models generated through hanging drop are compact and loose aggregates characterized by an acute hypoxic condition.
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- Madalina Andreea Badea
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest, R-050095, Romania
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest, R-050095, Romania.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest, R-050095, Romania
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Sokolowska E, Viitanen R, Misiewicz Z, Mennesson M, Saarnio S, Kulesskaya N, Kängsep S, Liljenbäck H, Marjamäki P, Autio A, Callan SA, Nuutila P, Roivainen A, Partonen T, Hovatta I. The circadian gene Cryptochrome 2 influences stress-induced brain activity and depressive-like behavior in mice. GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR 2020; 20:e12708. [PMID: 33070440 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cryptochrome 2 (Cry2) is a core clock gene important for circadian regulation. It has also been associated with anxiety and depressive-like behaviors in mice, but the previous findings have been conflicting in terms of the direction of the effect. To begin to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of this association, we carried out behavioral testing, PET imaging, and gene expression analysis of Cry2-/- and Cry2+/+ mice. Compared to Cry2+/+ mice, we found that Cry2-/- mice spent less time immobile in the forced swim test, suggesting reduced despair-like behavior. Moreover, Cry2-/- mice had lower saccharin preference, indicative of increased anhedonia. In contrast, we observed no group differences in anxiety-like behavior. The behavioral changes were accompanied by lower metabolic activity of the ventro-medial hypothalamus, suprachiasmatic nuclei, ventral tegmental area, anterior and medial striatum, substantia nigra, and habenula after cold stress as measured by PET imaging with a glucose analog. Although the expression of many depression-associated and metabolic genes was upregulated or downregulated by cold stress, we observed no differences between Cry2-/- and Cry2+/+ mice. These findings are consistent with other studies showing that Cry2 is required for normal emotional behavior. Our findings confirm previous roles of Cry2 in behavior and extend them by showing that the effects on behavior may be mediated by changes in brain metabolism.
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- Ewa Sokolowska
- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,SleepWell Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Endocrinology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.,Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,SleepWell Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.,Neuroscience Center, Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Mangiferin induces the expression of a thermogenic signature via AMPK signaling during brown-adipocyte differentiation. Food Chem Toxicol 2020; 141:111415. [PMID: 32417366 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2020.111415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Mangiferin (MF) from Mangifera indica has been serendipitously found to ameliorate obesity and is used as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer agent. Nonetheless, the mechanism of MF-induced brown-adipose-tissue activation has not been studied. Therefore, we investigated the effect of MF on thermogenic features during brown-adipocyte differentiation. Treatment with MF improved the expression of a brown-fat signature and of mitochondrial-mass-related genes, thus resulting in UCP1 induction. MF also raised the expression of other thermogenic regulators, including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC1α), PR domain-containing protein 16 (PRDM16), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha and gamma (PPAR-α and -γ). MF promoted mitochondrial biogenesis, judging by increased expression of cell death-inducing DNA fragmentation factor α-like effector A (CIDEA), mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM), iodothyronine deiodinase 2 (DIO2), cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A (COX7A), cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2), sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), and nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF1). MF treatment increased the mitochondrial DNA amount and improved mitochondrial respiratory function by increasing the oxygen consumption rate during brown-adipocyte differentiation. A gene knockdown assay involving small interfering RNA and competitive inhibition with dorsomorphin revealed that MF may promote thermogenesis in brown preadipocytes via activation of AMPK signaling. Collectively, our findings suggest that MF may be a novel pharmaceutical agent that can ameliorate obesity via activation of brown adipose tissue.
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Moreno-Navarrete JM, Fernandez-Real JM. The gut microbiota modulates both browning of white adipose tissue and the activity of brown adipose tissue. Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2019; 20:387-397. [PMID: 31776853 DOI: 10.1007/s11154-019-09523-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Given the increasing worldwide prevalence of obesity and associated metabolic disturbances, novel therapeutic strategies are imperatively required. A plausible manner to increase energy expenditure is the enhancement of thermogenic pathways in white (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT). In the last 15 years, the identification of novel endogenous mechanisms to promote BAT activity or browning of WAT has pointed at gut microbiota as an important modulator of host metabolic homeostasis and energy balance. In this review, we focused on the relationship between gut microbiota composition and adipose tissue thermogenic program (including BAT activity and browning of WAT) in both physiological and stress conditions. Specifically, we reviewed the effects of fasting, caloric restriction, cold stress and metabolic endotoxemia on both browning and gut microbiota shifts. Mechanistically speaking, processes related to bile acid metabolism and the endocannabinoid system seem to play an important role. In summary, the gut microbiota seems to impact WAT and BAT physiology at multiple levels.
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- José María Moreno-Navarrete
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IdIBGi), CIBEROBN (CB06/03/010) and Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Girona, Spain.
- Department of Medicine, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain.
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IdIBGi), CIBEROBN (CB06/03/010) and Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Girona, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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The origin, significance and plasticity of the thermoeffector thresholds: Extrapolation between humans and laboratory rodents. J Therm Biol 2019; 85:102397. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cheng H, Qi T, Zhang X, Kong Q, Min X, Mao Q, Cao X, Liu L, Ding Z. Deficiency of heat shock protein A12A promotes browning of white adipose tissues in mice. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2019; 1865:1451-1459. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Presby DM, Jackman MR, Rudolph MC, Sherk VD, Foright RM, Houck JA, Johnson GC, Orlicky DJ, Melanson EL, Higgins JA, MacLean PS. Compensation for cold-induced thermogenesis during weight loss maintenance and regain. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2019; 316:E977-E986. [PMID: 30912962 PMCID: PMC6580173 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00543.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Prevalence of obesity is exacerbated by low rates of successful long-term weight loss maintenance (WLM). In part, relapse from WLM to obesity is due to a reduction in energy expenditure (EE) that persists throughout WLM and relapse. Thus, interventions that increase EE might facilitate WLM. In obese mice that were calorically restricted to reduce body weight by ~20%, we manipulated EE throughout WLM and early relapse using intermittent cold exposure (ICE; 4°C, 90 min/day, 5 days/wk, within the last 3 h of the light cycle). EE, energy intake, and spontaneous physical activity were measured during the obese, WLM, and relapse phases. During WLM and relapse, the ICE group expended more energy during the light cycle because of cold exposure but expended less energy in the dark cycle, which led to no overall difference in total daily EE. The compensation in EE appeared to be mediated by activity, whereby the ICE group was more active during the light cycle because of cold exposure but less active during the dark cycle, which led to no overall effect on total daily activity during WLM and relapse. In brown adipose tissue of relapsing mice, the ICE group had greater mRNA expression of Dio2 and protein expression of UCP1 but lower mRNA expression of Prdm16. In summary, these findings indicate that despite robust increases in EE during cold exposures, ICE is unable to alter total daily EE during WLM or early relapse, likely due to compensatory behaviors in activity.
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- David M Presby
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
- Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Endocrinology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado
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Christoffersen B, Straarup EM, Lykkegaard K, Fels JJ, Sass-Ørum K, Zhang X, Raun K, Andersen B. FGF21 decreases food intake and body weight in obese Göttingen minipigs. Diabetes Obes Metab 2019; 21:592-600. [PMID: 30328263 DOI: 10.1111/dom.13560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 10/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the effect of FGF21 on food intake, body weight, body composition, glucose homeostasis, bone mineral density (BMD), cortisol and growth hormone (GH) in obese minipigs. The pig is a unique model for studying FGF21 pharmacology as it does not express UCP1, unlike mice and humans. METHODS Twelve obese Göttingen minipigs with a mean body weight of 91.6 ± 6.7 kg (mean ± SD) received subcutaneously either vehicle (n = 6) or recombinant human FGF21 (n = 6) once daily for 14 weeks (0.1 mg/kg for 9.5 weeks and 0.3 mg/kg for 4.5 weeks). RESULTS Treatment of obese minipigs with FGF21 led to a 50% reduction in food intake and a body weight loss of, on average, 18 kg compared to the vehicle group after 14 weeks of dosing. Glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, evaluated by intravenous glucose tolerance test, were significantly improved in the FGF21 group compared to the vehicle group at the end of the study. The plasma cortisol profile was unaffected by FGF21, whereas a small decrease in peak GH values was observed in the FGF21-treated animals after 7 to 9.5 weeks of treatment compared to the vehicle group. Whole-body BMD was not affected by 13 weeks of FGF21 dosing. CONCLUSION Despite a lack of UCP-1 in obese minipigs, FGF21 treatment induced a significant weight loss, primarily a result of reduction in food intake, with no adverse effect on BMD or plasma cortisol.
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Nagaya K, Okamatsu-Ogura Y, Nio-Kobayashi J, Nakagiri S, Tsubota A, Kimura K. Effect of ambient temperature on the proliferation of brown adipocyte progenitors and endothelial cells during postnatal BAT development in Syrian hamsters. J Physiol Sci 2019; 69:23-30. [PMID: 29611149 PMCID: PMC10717063 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-018-0606-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In Syrian hamsters, brown adipose tissue (BAT) develops postnatally through the proliferation and differentiation of brown adipocyte progenitors. In the study reported here, we investigated how ambient temperature influenced BAT formation in neonatal hamsters. In both hamsters raised at 23 or 30 °C, the interscapular fat changed from white to brown coloration in an age-dependent manner and acquired the typical morphological features of BAT by day 16. However, the expression of uncoupling protein 1, a brown adipocyte marker, and of vascular endothelial growth factor α were lower in the group raised at 30 °C than in that raised at 23 °C. Immunofluorescent staining revealed that the proportion of Ki67-expressing progenitors and endothelial cells was lower in the 30 °C group than in the 23 °C group. These results indicate that warm ambient temperature suppresses the proliferation of brown adipocyte progenitors and endothelial cells and negatively affects the postnatal development of BAT in Syrian hamsters.
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- Kazuki Nagaya
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Division of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Division of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Histology and Cytology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Division of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Division of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Division of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818, Japan
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U Din M, Saari T, Raiko J, Kudomi N, Maurer SF, Lahesmaa M, Fromme T, Amri EZ, Klingenspor M, Solin O, Nuutila P, Virtanen KA. Postprandial Oxidative Metabolism of Human Brown Fat Indicates Thermogenesis. Cell Metab 2018; 28:207-216.e3. [PMID: 29909972 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Human studies suggest that a meal elevates glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT). However, in postprandial state the thermogenic activity and the metabolism of non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs) in BAT remain unclear. Using indirect calorimetry combined with positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT), we showed that whole-body and BAT thermogenesis (oxygen consumption) increases after the ingestion of a mixed carbohydrate-rich meal, to the same extent as in cold stress. Postprandial NEFA uptake into BAT is minimal, possibly due to elevated plasma insulin inhibiting lipolysis. However, the variation in postprandial NEFA uptake is linked to BAT thermogenesis. We identified several genes participating in lipid metabolism to be expressed at higher levels in BAT compared with white fat in postprandial state, and to be positively correlated with BAT UCP1 expression. These findings suggest that substrates preferred by BAT in postprandial state are glucose or LPL-released NEFAs due to insulin stimulation.
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- Mueez U Din
- Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
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- Chair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner-Fresenius Center, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Chair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner-Fresenius Center, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner-Fresenius Center, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany; ZIEL - Institute for Food and Health, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Accelerator Laboratory, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Department of Endocrinology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, 20520 Turku, Finland; Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Kuopio, Finland.
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Lu Y, Fujioka H, Joshi D, Li Q, Sangwung P, Hsieh P, Zhu J, Torio J, Sweet D, Wang L, Chiu SY, Croniger C, Liao X, Jain MK. Mitophagy is required for brown adipose tissue mitochondrial homeostasis during cold challenge. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8251. [PMID: 29844467 PMCID: PMC5974273 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26394-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized thermogenic organ in mammals. The ability of BAT mitochondria to generate heat in response to cold-challenge to maintain core body temperature is essential for organismal survival. While cold activated BAT mitochondrial biogenesis is recognized as critical for thermogenic adaptation, the contribution of mitochondrial quality control to this process remains unclear. Here, we show mitophagy is required for brown adipocyte mitochondrial homeostasis during thermogenic adaptation. Mitophagy is significantly increased in BAT from cold-challenged mice (4 °C) and in β-agonist treated brown adipocytes. Blockade of mitophagy compromises brown adipocytes mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OX-PHOS) capacity, as well as BAT mitochondrial integrity. Mechanistically, cold-challenge induction of BAT mitophagy is UCP1-dependent. Furthermore, our results indicate that mitophagy coordinates with mitochondrial biogenesis, maintaining activated BAT mitochondrial homeostasis. Collectively, our in vivo and in vitro findings identify mitophagy as critical for brown adipocyte mitochondrial homeostasis during cold adaptation.
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- Yuan Lu
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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- Electron Microscopy Facility, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Loiselle DS, Barclay CJ. The ineluctable constraints of thermodynamics in the aetiology of obesity. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2017; 45:219-225. [PMID: 28994136 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 09/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We exploit the detail-independence feature of thermodynamics to examine issues related to the development of obesity. We adopt a 'global' approach consistent with focus on the first law of thermodynamics - namely that the metabolic energy provided by dietary foodstuffs has only three possible fates: the performance of work (be it microscopic or macroscopic), the generation of heat, or storage - primarily in the form of adipose tissue. Quantification of the energy expended, in the form of fat metabolised, during selected endurance events, reveals the inherent limitation of over-reliance on exercise as a primary agent of weight loss. This result prompts examination of various (non-exercise based) possibilities of increasing the rate of heat loss. Since these, too, give little cause for optimism, we are obliged to conclude that obesity can be prevented, or weight loss achieved, only if exercise is supplemented by reduction of food intake.
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- Denis S Loiselle
- Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.,Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute (Honorary membership), The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Weiner J, Rohde K, Krause K, Zieger K, Klöting N, Kralisch S, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Blüher M, Böttcher Y, Heiker JT. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) specific vaspin expression is increased after obesogenic diets and cold exposure and linked to acute changes in DNA-methylation. Mol Metab 2017; 6:482-493. [PMID: 28580279 PMCID: PMC5444018 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Several studies have demonstrated anti-diabetic and anti-obesogenic properties of visceral adipose tissue-derived serine protease inhibitor (vaspin) and so evoked its potential use for treatment of obesity-related diseases. The aim of the study was to unravel physiological regulators of vaspin expression and secretion with a particular focus on its role in brown adipose tissue (BAT) biology. METHODS We analyzed the effects of obesogenic diets and cold exposure on vaspin expression in liver and white and brown adipose tissue (AT) and plasma levels. Vaspin expression was analyzed in isolated white and brown adipocytes during adipogenesis and in response to adrenergic stimuli. DNA-methylation within the vaspin promoter was analyzed to investigate acute epigenetic changes after cold-exposure in BAT. RESULTS Our results demonstrate a strong induction of vaspin mRNA and protein expression specifically in BAT of both cold-exposed and high-fat (HF) or high-sugar (HS) fed mice. While obesogenic diets also upregulated hepatic vaspin mRNA levels, cold exposure tended to increase vaspin gene expression of inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) depots. Concomitantly, vaspin plasma levels were decreased upon obesogenic or thermogenic triggers. Vaspin expression was increased during adipogenesis but unaffected by sympathetic activation in brown adipocytes. Analysis of vaspin promoter methylation in AT revealed lowest methylation levels in BAT, which were acutely reduced after cold exposure. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate a novel BAT-specific regulation of vaspin gene expression upon physiological stimuli in vivo with acute epigenetic changes that may contribute to cold-induced expression in BAT. We conclude that these findings indicate functional relevance and potentially beneficial effects of vaspin in BAT function.
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- Juliane Weiner
- Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Optical visualisation of thermogenesis in stimulated single-cell brown adipocytes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1383. [PMID: 28469146 PMCID: PMC5431191 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00291-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The identification of brown adipose deposits in adults has led to significant interest in targeting this metabolically active tissue for treatment of obesity and diabetes. Improved methods for the direct measurement of heat production as the signature function of brown adipocytes (BAs), particularly at the single cell level, would be of substantial benefit to these ongoing efforts. Here, we report the first application of a small molecule-type thermosensitive fluorescent dye, ERthermAC, to monitor thermogenesis in BAs derived from murine brown fat precursors and in human brown fat cells differentiated from human neck brown preadipocytes. ERthermAC accumulated in the endoplasmic reticulum of BAs and displayed a marked change in fluorescence intensity in response to adrenergic stimulation of cells, which corresponded to temperature change. ERthermAC fluorescence intensity profiles were congruent with mitochondrial depolarisation events visualised by the JC-1 probe. Moreover, the averaged fluorescence intensity changes across a population of cells correlated well with dynamic changes such as thermal power, oxygen consumption, and extracellular acidification rates. These findings suggest ERthermAC as a promising new tool for studying thermogenic function in brown adipocytes of both murine and human origins.
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Myricetin-induced brown adipose tissue activation prevents obesity and insulin resistance in db/db mice. Eur J Nutr 2017; 57:391-403. [DOI: 10.1007/s00394-017-1433-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Chu DT, Tao Y, Taskén K. OPA1 in Lipid Metabolism: Function of OPA1 in Lipolysis and Thermogenesis of Adipocytes. Horm Metab Res 2017; 49:276-285. [PMID: 28427098 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-100384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OPA1 (Optic Atrophy 1) is a mitochondrial GTPase known to regulate fission of mitochondria. It was recently also shown to locate on lipid droplets in adipocytes where it functions as an A-kinase anchoring protein (AKAP) that mediates adrenergic control of lipolysis by facilitating PKA phosphorylation of perilipin (Plin1). In brown adipocytes indirect evidence support the notion that OPA1 regulation of fission serves to increase thermogenesis, which thereby contributes to dissipation of energy. In white adipocytes, OPA1 located on lipid droplets serves as a gatekeeper to control lipolysis induced by adrenergic agonists. However, the function of OPA1 in lipolysis and thermogenesis in inducible brown adipocytes (brite/beige cells) remains elusive. Here we discuss the role of OPA1 in lipid metabolism.
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- Dinh-Toi Chu
- Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, Nordic European Molecular Biology Laboratory Partnership, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, Nordic European Molecular Biology Laboratory Partnership, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Bank JHH, Cubuk C, Wilson D, Rijntjes E, Kemmling J, Markovsky H, Barrett P, Herwig A. Gene expression analysis and microdialysis suggest hypothalamic triiodothyronine (T3) gates daily torpor in Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). J Comp Physiol B 2017; 187:857-868. [PMID: 28365894 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-017-1086-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Thyroid hormones play an important role in regulating seasonal adaptations of mammals. Several studies suggested that reduced availability of 3,3',5-triiodothyronine (T3) in the hypothalamus is required for the physiological adaptation to winter in Djungarian hamsters. We have previously shown that T3 is involved in the regulation of daily torpor, but it remains unclear, whether T3 affects torpor by central or peripheral mechanisms. To determine the effect of T3 concentrations within the hypothalamus in regulating daily torpor, we tested the hypothesis that low hypothalamic T3 metabolism would favour torpor and high T3 concentrations would not. In experiment 1 gene expression in torpid hamsters was assessed for transporters carrying thyroid hormones between cerebrospinal fluid and hypothalamic cells and for deiodinases enzymes, activating or inactivating T3 within hypothalamic cells. Gene expression analysis suggests reduced T3 in hypothalamic cells during torpor. In experiment 2, hypothalamic T3 concentrations were altered via microdialysis and torpor behaviour was continuously monitored by implanted body temperature transmitters. Increased T3 concentrations in the hypothalamus reduced expression of torpor as well as torpor bout duration and depth. Subsequent analysis of gene expression in the ependymal layer of the third ventricle showed clear up-regulation of T3 inactivating deiodinase 3 but no changes in several other genes related to photoperiodic adaptations in hamsters. Finally, serum analysis revealed that increased total T3 serum concentrations were not necessary to inhibit torpor expression. Taken together, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that T3 availability within the hypothalamus significantly contributes to the regulation of daily torpor via a central pathway.
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- Jonathan H H Bank
- Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, UK
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- Institut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, UK
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- Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany.
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Shen Y, Zhou H, Jin W, Lee HJ. Acute exercise regulates adipogenic gene expression in white adipose tissue. Biol Sport 2016; 33:381-391. [PMID: 28090143 PMCID: PMC5143777 DOI: 10.5604/20831862.1224395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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White adipose tissue expansion is associated with both hypertrophy and hyperplasia of adipocytes. Exercise training results in adipocyte hypotrophy by activating lipolysis, but it is poorly understood whether exercise regulates adipogenesis by altering adipogenic gene expression. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a single bout of swimming exercise on adipogenic gene expression in white adipose tissue (WAT). Male C57BL/6J mice were divided into two groups: a sedentary control group and a 120-minute swimming exercise group. Immediately after acute exercise, adipogenic gene expression in WAT was analysed by RT-PCR, and tdTomato positive cells in WAT from UCP1-cre-tdTomato mice were observed under a confocal microscope. In epididymal white adipose tissue (eWAT), PPARγ2 and C/EBPα expression at the mRNA level was significantly decreased with high induction of Wnt10b and KLFs (KLF2, KLF3, KLF7, KLF6, KLF9 and KLF15), whereas PPARγ2, not C/EBPα, was decreased with high induction of Wnt6 and KLFs (KLF2, KLF3, KLF7, KLF6 and KLF9) in inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) after acute exercise. The expression of C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ was upregulated in both WATs with a high level of PGC-1α expression. Expression level of UCP1 was increased only in adipocytes of eWAT, while beige cell specific gene expression was comparable between groups and tdTomato positive cells were not found in WAT of UCP1-cre-tdTomato reporter mouse immediately after acute exercise. These results suggest that acute exercise suppresses adipogenic gene expression and may regulate thermogenesis by activating C/EBPβ, PGC-1α and UCP1 in WAT.
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- Y Shen
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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DiStefano MT, Roth Flach RJ, Senol-Cosar O, Danai LV, Virbasius JV, Nicoloro SM, Straubhaar J, Dagdeviren S, Wabitsch M, Gupta OT, Kim JK, Czech MP. Adipocyte-specific Hypoxia-inducible gene 2 promotes fat deposition and diet-induced insulin resistance. Mol Metab 2016; 5:1149-1161. [PMID: 27900258 PMCID: PMC5123203 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2016.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Objective Adipose tissue relies on lipid droplet (LD) proteins in its role as a lipid-storing endocrine organ that controls whole body metabolism. Hypoxia-inducible Gene 2 (Hig2) is a recently identified LD-associated protein in hepatocytes that promotes hepatic lipid storage, but its role in the adipocyte had not been investigated. Here we tested the hypothesis that Hig2 localization to LDs in adipocytes promotes adipose tissue lipid deposition and systemic glucose homeostasis. Method White and brown adipocyte-deficient (Hig2fl/fl × Adiponection cre+) and selective brown/beige adipocyte-deficient (Hig2fl/fl × Ucp1 cre+) mice were generated to investigate the role of Hig2 in adipose depots. Additionally, we used multiple housing temperatures to investigate the role of active brown/beige adipocytes in this process. Results Hig2 localized to LDs in SGBS cells, a human adipocyte cell strain. Mice with adipocyte-specific Hig2 deficiency in all adipose depots demonstrated reduced visceral adipose tissue weight and increased glucose tolerance. This metabolic effect could be attributed to brown/beige adipocyte-specific Hig2 deficiency since Hig2fl/fl × Ucp1 cre+ mice displayed the same phenotype. Furthermore, when adipocyte-deficient Hig2 mice were moved to thermoneutral conditions in which non-shivering thermogenesis is deactivated, these improvements were abrogated and glucose intolerance ensued. Adipocyte-specific Hig2 deficient animals displayed no detectable changes in adipocyte lipolysis or energy expenditure, suggesting that Hig2 may not mediate these metabolic effects by restraining lipolysis in adipocytes. Conclusions We conclude that Hig2 localizes to LDs in adipocytes, promoting adipose tissue lipid deposition and that its selective deficiency in active brown/beige adipose tissue mediates improved glucose tolerance at 23 °C. Reversal of this phenotype at thermoneutrality in the absence of detectable changes in energy expenditure, adipose mass, or liver triglyceride suggests that Hig2 deficiency triggers a deleterious endocrine or neuroendocrine pathway emanating from brown/beige fat cells. Hig2 localizes to lipid droplets in adipocytes and promotes adipose tissue lipid deposition. Its selective deficiency in active brown/beige adipose tissue mediates improved glucose tolerance at 23 °C. Metabolic improvements are independent of changes in lipolysis.
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Key Words
- Adipocyte
- BAT, brown adipose tissue
- FFA, free fatty acid
- GTT, glucose tolerance test
- HFD, high fat diet
- Hig2, Hypoxia-inducible gene 2
- Hypoxia-inducible gene 2 (Hig2)
- ITT, insulin tolerance test
- LD, lipid droplet
- Lipid droplet
- Lipolysis
- NEFA, non-esterified fatty acid
- Obesity
- RER, respiratory exchange ratio
- SGBS, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
- SVF, stromal vascular fraction
- TG, triglyceride
- Ucp1, uncoupling protein 1
- WAT, white adipose tissue
- eWAT, epididymal white adipose tissue
- iWAT, inguinal white adipose tissue
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- Marina T DiStefano
- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine and the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm 89075, Germany
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine and the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- From the Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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Monda M, Sullo A, Viggiano A, De Luca V. Eating Behavior is Associated to Sympathetic Activation Induced by ICV Injection of Prostaglandin E1in the Rat. Nutr Neurosci 2016; 2:69-74. [DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.1999.11747264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Heldmaier G, Steinlechner S, Ruf T, Wiesinger H, Klingenspor M. Photoperiod and Thermoregulation in Vertebrates: Body Temperature Rhythms and Thermogenic Acclimation. J Biol Rhythms 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/074873048900400211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Evidence has recently begun to accumulate that photoperiodic responses of mam mals and birds may affect the control of energy balance and thermoregulation. Exposure to short photoperiod can lower the set point for body temperature regulation in birds and mam mals, as well as the voluntarily selected body temperature in ectothermic lizards. This de crease is accompanied by a reorganization of circadian or ultradian rhythms of body temper ature, particularly an increase in periods spent at rest with minimum body temperatures. Short photoperiod is also used as an environmental cue for induction of seasonal torpor or facilita tion of hibernation. During winter, cold tolerance of small mammals is improved by an in crease of nonshivering thermogenesis in brown fat. Thermogenic capacity of brown fat (res piratory enzymes, mitochondria, uncoupling protein) is enhanced in response to short pho toperiod. This response is mediated via an increase in the activity of sympathetic innervation in brown fat. Moreover, an exposure to short photoperiod prior to low temperatures may act in preparing brown fat for facilitated thermogenesis during acclimation to cold. This shows that photoperiodic control not only affects energy balance indirectly via the control of repro duction or body mass, but may directly interact with central control of thermoregulation and may influence the process of acclimatization.
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- Gerhard Heldmaier
- Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität, D-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität, D-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität, D-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität, D-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität, D-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Plush KJ, Brien FD, Hebart ML, Hynd PI. Thermogenesis and physiological maturity in neonatal lambs: a unifying concept in lamb survival. ANIMAL PRODUCTION SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/an15099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lamb mortality represents reproductive wastage and an animal welfare concern. While lambs are thought to be at a thermogenic advantage following birth in comparison to other species, death from exposure can still be a major contributor to lamb mortality, largely because of the inclement conditions often prevailing at lambing. For this reason, thermogenesis has been studied extensively in neonatal lambs. Heat is produced in the neonatal lamb by shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis. The latter is heat generated by metabolism of brown adipose tissue (BAT) found largely in the thorax and peri-renal areas of the newborn lamb. Brown adipose tissue differs from normal adipose tissue in that it contains densely packed mitochondria, a high cytochrome c content and a vast vascular network. Heat is generated in BAT by uncoupling of the proton conductance mechanism from ATP production, resulting in heat production instead of stored energy. The ability of lambs to resist cooling differs among individuals and this is likely to be due to both genetic and phenotypic factors. The heritability of cold resistance is moderate-to-high and polymorphic gene markers associated with energy homeostasis and cold-related mortality have been identified. Additionally, several aspects of the phenotype of the lamb have been associated with cold resistance. Most relate to properties of the coat, skin and bodyweight, the latter being particularly important, presumably through effects on surface area to volume ratios and subsequent heat loss. The ability of the neonate to achieve the transition from intra- to extra-uterine life has been termed physiological maturity and is associated with the ability to activate appropriate neuro-endocrinological and behavioural changes that are consistent with homeostasis of energy metabolism. Ways to alter physiological maturity of the lamb, such as nutrition, pharmacology and genetic selection, have been identified, and while these show promising results with regards to thermoregulation, a key limitation of their application has been the lack of a repeatable, representative model of neonatal cold stress. An estimation of the non-shivering component potential of a lamb’s ability to thermoregulate can be derived from norepinephrine challenges, but more useful models of real-world cold stress are climate chambers or controlled water bath tests. Further use of repeatable test models such as these with appropriate neuroendocrine and metabolic metrics will identify key components and markers of physiological maturity associated with lamb thermogenesis and survival.
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Greaney JL, Alexander LM, Kenney WL. Sympathetic control of reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction in human aging. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 119:771-82. [PMID: 26272321 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00527.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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This Synthesis highlights a series of recent studies that has systematically interrogated age-related deficits in cold-induced skin vasoconstriction. In response to cold stress, a reflex increase in sympathetic nervous system activity mediates reductions in skin blood flow. Reflex vasoconstriction during cold exposure is markedly impaired in aged skin, contributing to the relative inability of healthy older adults to maintain core temperature during mild cold stress in the absence of appropriate behavioral thermoregulation. This compromised reflex cutaneous vasoconstriction in healthy aging can occur as a result of functional deficits at multiple points along the efferent sympathetic reflex axis, including blunted sympathetic outflow directed to the skin vasculature, reduced presynaptic neurotransmitter synthesis and/or release, and altered end-organ responsiveness at several loci, in addition to potential alterations in afferent thermoreceptor function. Arguments have been made that the relative inability of aged skin to appropriately constrict is due to the aging cutaneous arterioles themselves, whereas other data point to the neural circuitry controlling those vessels. The argument presented herein provides strong evidence for impaired efferent sympathetic control of the peripheral cutaneous vasculature during whole body cold exposure as the primary mechanism responsible for attenuated vasoconstriction.
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- Jody L Greaney
- Department of Kinesiology, Noll Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Kinesiology, Noll Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Kinesiology, Noll Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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Wilson AL, Downs CT. Light interference and melatonin affects digestion and glucocorticoid metabolites in striped mouse. BIOL RHYTHM RES 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2015.1066546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hu HH, Wu TW, Yin L, Kim MS, Chia JM, Perkins TG, Gilsanz V. MRI detection of brown adipose tissue with low fat content in newborns with hypothermia. Magn Reson Imaging 2013; 32:107-17. [PMID: 24239336 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Revised: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To report the observation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) with low fat content in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) after they have undergone hypothermia therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The local ethics committee approved the imaging study. Ten HIE neonates (3 males, 7 females, age range: 2-3days) were studied on a 3-T MRI system using a low-flip-angle (3°) six-echo proton-density-weighted chemical-shift-encoded water-fat pulse sequence. Fat-signal fraction (FF) measurements of supraclavicular and interscapular (nape) BAT and adjacent subcutaneous white adipose tissues (WAT) were compared to those from five non-HIE neonates, two recruited for the present investigation and three from a previous study. RESULTS In HIE neonates, the FF range for the supraclavicular, interscapular, and subcutaneous regions was 10.3%-29.9%, 28.0%-57.9%, and 62.6%-88.0%, respectively. In non-HIE neonates, the values were 23.7%-42.2% (p=0.01), 45.4%-59.5% (p=0.06), and 67.8%-86.3% (p=0.38), respectively. On an individual basis, supraclavicular BAT FF was consistently the lowest, interscapular BAT values were higher, and subcutaneous WAT values were the highest (p<0.01). CONCLUSION We speculate that hypothermia therapy in HIE neonates likely promotes BAT-mediated non-shivering thermogenesis, which subsequently leads to a depletion of the tissue's intracellular fat stores. We believe that this is consequently reflected in lower FF values, particularly in the supraclavicular BAT depot, in contrast to non-HIE neonates.
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- Houchun H Hu
- Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Neonatology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Radiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Riek A, Geiser F. Allometry of thermal variables in mammals: consequences of body size and phylogeny. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2013; 88:564-72. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Revised: 12/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology; University of New England; Armidale; NSW; 2351; Australia
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Climate change is likely to substantially affect the distribution ranges of species. However, little is known about how different mammalian taxa respond morphologically and physiologically to a rapid change of climate. Our objective was to provide the first quantitative data on the effect of continuous cold exposure during development on morphological and functional variables of a marsupial. Fat-tailed dunnarts (Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Dasyuridae) were reared at an ambient temperature (Ta) of 16°C [cold-reared (CR)] or 22°C [warm-reared (WR)] until they reached adult age (>200 days). Body and head length of CR animals were significantly longer than in WR animals (mean ± s.e.m.; body: CR 80.8±6 mm, WR 76.4±5 mm; head: CR 29.4±3 mm, WR 27.5±2 mm), but other body attributes were not significantly different. Use of torpor was more frequent, torpor bout duration was longer and average daily metabolic rate and percentage of savings when using torpor were significantly higher (P<0.01) in CR than in WR animals at 16°C Ta but not at 24°C. Furthermore, resting metabolic rates measured at 16°C Ta were significantly lower in CR than WR animals; at 30°C Ta values were similar. Our results do not conform to Allen’s rule, but to some extent they do conform to Bergmann’s rule. However, the data demonstrate that a relatively moderate cold exposure from birth until adulthood induces marked changes in the morphology and thermal energetics of small marsupials. Such short-term phenotypic responses without the need for long-term selection are likely important for the ability to cope with different climates over a wide range of distribution, but will also play a crucial role in enhancing the survival of species during climate change.
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- Alexander Riek
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Göttingen, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
- Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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- Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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Seasonal changes in thermogenesis of a free-ranging afrotherian small mammal, the Western rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus rupestris). J Comp Physiol B 2012; 182:715-27. [PMID: 22349624 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0647-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2011] [Revised: 01/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We report on the seasonal metabolic adjustments of a small-sized member of the phylogenetically ancient Afrotheria, the Western rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus rupestris). We recorded body temperature (T (b)) patterns and compared the capacity for adrenergically induced nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) in E. rupestris captured in the wild in summer and winter. Noradrenaline (NA) treatment (0.4-0.5 mg/kg, s.c.) induced a pronounced elevation in oxygen consumption compared to controls (saline), and the increase in oxygen consumption following injection of NA was 1.8-fold higher in winter compared to summer. This suggests that the smaller members of Afrotheria possess functional brown adipose tissue, which changes in thermogenic capacity depending on the season. Torpor was recorded in both seasons, but in winter the incidence of torpor was higher (n = 205 out of 448 observations) and minimal T (b) during torpor was lower (T (b)min: 11.9°C) than in summer (n = 24 out of 674 observations; T (b)min: 26°C). In addition to cold, high air humidity emerged as a likely predictor for torpor entry. Overall, E. rupestris showed a high degree of thermoregulatory plasticity, which was mainly reflected in a variable timing of torpor entry and arousal. We conclude that E. rupestris exhibits seasonal metabolic adjustments comparable to what has been long known for many Holarctic rodents.
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Pediatric Vasoocclusive Crisis and Weather Conditions. J Emerg Med 2011; 41:559-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Revised: 10/28/2009] [Accepted: 05/02/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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de Mooij-van Malsen AJG, Vinkers CH, Peterse DP, Olivier B, Kas MJH. Cross-species behavioural genetics: A starting point for unravelling the neurobiology of human psychiatric disorders. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2011; 35:1383-90. [PMID: 20955750 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Revised: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Identifying the genetic and neurobiological mechanisms underlying certain behavioural traits is an important strategy to understand the aetiology of various psychiatric disorders and to find potential new treatment possibilities. It has proven a great challenge to develop paradigms that allow translational research for behavioural phenotypes that are relevant for disorders across the psychiatric spectrum. Recently, there has been increasing attention for studies that implement rodent behavioural paradigms in the home cage to assess the association between genetic backgrounds and behavioural traits. The application of interspecies genetics to unravel these traits has revealed novel insights in the genetic mechanisms that are encoding phenotypes relevant to biological processes underlying psychiatric disorders. By means of two examples, namely the stress-induced hyperthermia paradigm and the home cage environment, this review aims to show that by using individual genetic variations with phenotypes obtained from mice and across categories of neuropsychiatric disorders, novel insights in the neurobiological trajectory of psychiatric disorders can be obtained.
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- Annetrude J G de Mooij-van Malsen
- Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Almeida MC, Cruz-Neto AP. Thermogenic capacity of three species of fruit-eating phyllostomid bats. J Therm Biol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tan DX, Manchester LC, Fuentes-Broto L, Paredes SD, Reiter RJ. Significance and application of melatonin in the regulation of brown adipose tissue metabolism: relation to human obesity. Obes Rev 2011; 12:167-88. [PMID: 20557470 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A worldwide increase in the incidence of obesity indicates the unsuccessful battle against this disorder. Obesity and the associated health problems urgently require effective strategies of treatment. The new discovery that a substantial amount of functional brown adipose tissue (BAT) is retained in adult humans provides a potential target for treatment of human obesity. BAT is active metabolically and disposes of extra energy via generation of heat through uncoupling oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. The physiology of BAT is readily regulated by melatonin, which not only increases recruitment of brown adipocytes but also elevates their metabolic activity in mammals. It is speculated that the hypertrophic effect and functional activation of BAT induced by melatonin may likely apply to the human. Thus, melatonin, a naturally occurring substance with no reported toxicity, may serve as a novel approach for treatment of obesity. Conversely, because of the availability of artificial light sources, excessive light exposure after darkness onset in modern societies should be considered a potential contributory factor to human obesity as light at night dramatically reduces endogenous melatonin production. In the current article, the potential associations of melatonin, BAT, obesity and the medical implications are discussed.
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- D-X Tan
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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de Lima DC, Silveira SA, Haibara AS, Coimbra CC. The enhanced hyperglycemic response to hemorrhage hypotension in obese rats is related to an impaired baroreflex. Metab Brain Dis 2008; 23:361-73. [PMID: 18836821 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-008-9101-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to assess the metabolic adjustments in adult rats with autonomic imbalance induced by hypercaloric diet. Male Wistar rats (4 weeks of age) were fed a chow diet (CD, n = 12) or hypercaloric diet (HD, n = 13) for 19 weeks. Body weight and dietary intake were measured every week and the basal metabolic rate was assessed. After 19 weeks of diet, six animals from each group were anesthetized with a lethal dose of barbital sodium (100 mg/Kg body weight, intraperitoneal; i.p.). Lee index was evaluated and adipose pads weighted. The remaining animals had a silastic cannula placed into the jugular vein for drug administration, blood collecting, and hemorrhage (1.2 mL/100 g bw/2 min). A polyethylene catheter (PE50) was inserted into the abdominal artery through the femoral artery for cardiovascular monitoring. The assessment of autonomic balance was done by evaluation of baroreflex sensitivity (intravenous (IV) injection of phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside) and hemorrhage (1.2 mL/100 g bw/2 min). As expected, the HD induced obesity; increased weight gain (28%), adipose pads weight, and baroreflex dysfunction. The plasma level of free fatty acids and triacylglycerols were increased in HD rats by about 124% and 424%, respectively, as well as the basal metabolic rate measured at 19th weeks of diet (p < 0.01). We observed that baroreflex sensitivity to phenylephrine was reduced by about 50%, and the hyperglycemic response to hemorrhage hypotension was increased by 128% in HD rats. We found also a negative correlation between the alteration in baroreflex sensitivity and the increase in hyperglycemic response to hemorrhage in the obese rats (r = 0.72, p < 0.01) and a strong positive correlation between the increased Lee index and the hemorrhagic hyperglycemia (r = 0.93, p < 0.01). Our data demonstrate that obesity induced by hypercaloric diet in Wistar rats promotes an autonomic imbalance, which interferes with metabolic responses dependent on baroreflex sensitivity. In addition, we showed the existence of close correlation between the loss of baroreflex sensitivity and the degree of obesity.
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- Daniel Carvalho de Lima
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Saito T, Ishiwata T, Hasegawa H, Nomoto S, Otokawa M, Aihara Y. Changes in monoamines in rat hypothalamus during cold acclimation. J Therm Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Calasso M, Parmeggiani PL. Thermogenesis of interscapular brown adipose tissue selectively influences pontine and preoptic-hypothalamic temperatures during sleep in the rat. Brain Res 2004; 1015:103-6. [PMID: 15223372 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The thermal influence of dorsal cervical and interscapular brown adipose tissue (ISBAT) on pontine and preoptic-hypothalamic temperatures was studied in unrestrained adult male rats across the non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) sleep states. The animals had chronically implanted electrodes and thermistors for electroencephalographic and temperature recordings. After acclimation to either low (4 degrees C) or neutral (30 degrees C) ambient temperatures, the rats were studied before and after ISBAT excision. The warming influence of ISBAT thermogenesis activated by low ambient temperature reached the pontine and the preoptic-hypothalamic areas. ISBAT thermogenesis is necessary to maintain the homeothermy of the preoptic-hypothalamic area in NREM sleep at low ambient temperature. Such an ISBAT thermal effect may contribute to the integrated control of non-shivering and shivering thermogenesis.
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- Marcella Calasso
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana e Generale, Università di Bologna, Piazza Porta San Donato 2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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Williams TD, Chambers JB, Roberts LM, Henderson RP, Overton JM. Diet-induced obesity and cardiovascular regulation in C57BL/6J mice. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2004; 30:769-78. [PMID: 14516417 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.t01-1-03808.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. In the present study, we determined the effect of diet-induced obesity on cardiovascular and metabolic regulation in mice at standard laboratory temperatures (ambient temperature (Ta) = 22 degrees C) and during exposure to thermoneutrality (Ta = 30 degrees C). 2. Male C57BL/6J (B6) mice fed a high-fat diet (HFF; n = 17) or chow (CHW; n = 14) for 15 weeks were surgically instrumented with telemetry devices, housed in metabolic chambers and assigned to either control or atenolol treatment (25 mg/kg per day in drinking water) to determine the effects of obesity on baseline cardiovascular function and on the responses to thermoneutrality and 24 h fasting. Mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), arterial pressure and HR variability (time and frequency domain), oxygen consumption (VO2) and locomotor activity were determined. 3. The HFF mice exhibited increased bodyweight (+10.6 +/- 4.1 g), moderate light period hypertension (+8.6 +/- 2.6 mmHg), no difference in HR and increased HR variability at standard laboratory temperature compared with CHW controls. Atenolol produced less of a decrease in HR in HFF mice (-42 +/- 10 b.p.m.) compared with CHW controls (-73 +/- 15 b.p.m.). Acute exposure to thermoneutrality (Ta = 30 degrees C) reduced HR similarly in both HFF and CHW mice (approximately 175 b.p.m.), but reduced MAP less in HFF than in CHW mice (-7.3 +/- 2.5 and -15.2 +/- 1.0 mmHg), respectively. Atenolol treatment had only minor effects on the HR response to thermonuetrality (-114 +/- 13 and -129 +/- 8 b.p.m. in HFF and CHW mice, respectively). The HFF mice displayed greater fasting-induced reductions in light period MAP than did CHW mice (-10.0 +/- 1.1 vs-3.1 +/- 3.5 mmHg, respectively), whereas HR was decreased equally in both groups. Fasting-induced increases in HR variability were attenuated in HFF mice. 4. We conclude that diet-induced obesity produced generally minor changes in cardiovascular regulation in B6 mice at baseline, some of which are distinct from the effects of diet-induced obesity in larger animal models. In contrast, acute variations in Ta or caloric availability produce pronounced alterations in cardiovascular function in either lean or obese mice, which are generally evident after atenolol and, thus, presumably not due exclusively to variation in cardiac sympathetic activity. Interestingly, the degree of obesity induced hypertension was augmented when mice were studied at thermonuetrality. The results suggest an important unrecognized role for vagal tone in the regulation of cardiovascular function in mice and support the need for considerable caution when using mouse models of obesity to examine regulation of cardiovascular function. We argue that mouse physiology studies should be performed in thermoneutral conditions.
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- T D Williams
- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4340, USA
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Larkin JE, Yellon SM, Zucker I. Melatonin production accompanies arousal from daily torpor in Siberian hamsters. Physiol Biochem Zool 2003; 76:577-85. [PMID: 13130436 DOI: 10.1086/375436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Arousal from deep hibernation is accompanied by a transient rise of melatonin (Mel) in circulation; there are no comparable analyses of Mel concentrations in species that undergo much shallower, shorter duration episodes of daily torpor. Serum Mel concentrations were determined during arousal from both natural daily torpor and torpor induced by 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) treatment (2,500 mg/kg, intraperitoneal [IP]); blood samples were drawn from the retro-orbital sinus of anesthetized Siberian hamsters. For animals kept in darkness during torpor, Mel concentrations were highest during early arousal when thermogenesis is maximal, and they decreased as body temperature increased during arousal and returned to baseline once euthermia was reestablished. In hamsters kept in the light during the torpor bout, Mel concentrations were elevated above basal values during arousal, but the response was significantly blunted in comparison with values recorded in darkness. Increased Mel concentrations were detected in hamsters only during arousal from torpor (either natural or 2-DG induced) and were not simply a result of the drug treatment; hamsters that remained euthermic or manifested mild hypothermia after drug treatment maintained basal Mel concentrations. We propose that increased Mel production may reflect enhanced sympathetic activation associated with intense thermogenesis during arousal from torpor rather than an adjustment of the circadian rhythm of Mel secretion.
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- Jennie E Larkin
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1650, USA.
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Williams TD, Chambers JB, Gagnon SP, Roberts LM, Henderson RP, Overton JM. Cardiovascular and metabolic responses to fasting and thermoneutrality in Ay mice. Physiol Behav 2003; 78:615-23. [PMID: 12782216 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9384(03)00049-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Several lines of evidence support a role for reduced melanocortin signaling in the regulation of metabolic rate and cardiovascular function during negative energy balance. We tested the hypothesis that agouti yellow (B6.Cg-A(y)) mice would exhibit blunted physiologic responses to fasting and thermoneutrality. Male B6.Cg-A(y) mice (A(y); n=11, 34+/-2 g) and lean B6 littermates (B6; n=7, 26+/-2 g) were implanted with telemetry devices and housed in metabolic chambers (T(a)=23 degrees C) to determine the effects of a 24-h fasting and exposure to thermoneutrality (T(a)=30 degrees C) on mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), AP and HR variability (time and frequency domain), oxygen consumption (VO(2)), and locomotor activity. A(y) mice exhibited elevated baseline light-period MAP (A(y): 113+/-4; B6: 99+/-3 mm Hg) and VO(2) (A(y): 1.82+/-0.08 vs. B6: 1.45+/-0.13 ml/min) with no difference in HR (A(y): 530+/-12 vs. B6: 548+/-19 bpm). At 12-24 h after food removal, A(y) mice displayed normal fasting-induced bradycardia (A(y): -106+/-12; B6: -117+/-19 bpm) and reduction in VO(2) (A(y): -0.19+/-0.04 vs. B6: -0.28+/-0.05 ml/min), but with augmented hypotension (A(y): -9+/-2 vs. B6: -0.5+/-2 mm Hg) and blunted hyperactivity (A(y): 27+/-23 vs. B6: 122+/-42 m/11 h). Fasting was associated with increased HR variability in both time and frequency domain in B6 but not A(y) mice. Exposure to thermoneutrality produced comparable reductions in MAP, HR, and VO(2) in both strains. We conclude that inhibition of melanocortin signaling is not requisite for, but participates in, the metabolic and cardiovascular responses to negative energy balance.
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- T D Williams
- Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, 236 Biomedical Research Facility, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4340, USA
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Dewasmes G, Loos N, Delanaud S, Dewasmes D, Géloën A. Activation of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis increases slow wave sleep in rat. Neurosci Lett 2003; 339:207-10. [PMID: 12633889 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00018-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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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Considering the thermoregulatory role of slow wave sleep (SWS), we wondered whether the sole increase of brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis could enhance this sleep state. We tested this hypothesis by administering to rats an agonist (BRL 37,344) of the beta-3 adrenoceptor subtype that is massively localized in BAT cell membrane and that is known to activate BAT thermogenesis. Sleep was electrographically characterized. The temperature of interscapular BAT (Tibat) and cortex (Tco) were also assessed. Tibat significantly increased 2-3 h after BRL injection (but not Tco), concomitantly with SWS (+56-57%). At the maximum of Tibat, a significant positive correlation was found between their changes and those of SWS. We demonstrated for the first time that sleep (and especially SWS) can be affected by the specific activation of BAT.
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- G Dewasmes
- Faculty of Medicine of Amiens, ETPAPC, 3 rue des louvels, 80036 Amiens Cedex, France.
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Monda M, Viggiano A, De Luca V. Paradoxical [correction of parodoxical] effect of orexin A: hypophagia induced by hyperthermia. Brain Res 2003; 961:220-8. [PMID: 12531489 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03953-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This experiment tested the effect of the sympathetic and thermogenic activation induced by orexin A on eating behavior. The food intake, firing rate (FR) of the sympathetic nerves to interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT), IBAT and abdominal temperatures (T(IBAT) and T(ab)), and heart rate (HR) were monitored in 24 h-fasting male Sprague-Dawley rats for 15 h after food presentation. Orexin A (1.5 nmol) was injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle 6 h before food presentation while FR, T(IBAT) and T(ab), and HR were also monitored. The same variables were controlled in rats receiving orexin A contemporaneously to food presentation. Two other groups of control animals were tested with the same procedure, however orexin A was substituted by saline. The results showed that food intake was significantly lower in the group receiving orexin A 6 h before food presentation in comparison to all the other groups. FR, T(IBAT) and T(ab), and HR were significantly higher in the rats receiving orexin A with respect to rats receiving saline. These findings demonstrate that orexin A, so-called for its orexigen action, can also induce hypophagia. On the other hand, orexin A always induces an activation of the thermogenesis. These results suggest a revision of the role played by orexin A in the control of food intake, assigning to this peptide a primary role in the thermoregulation. The possibility that orexin A can induce hypophagia is well demonstrated by this experiment, so that the scientific community should use a different name for this peptide. An appropriate name could be 'hyperthermine' A.
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- M Monda
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology, Second University of Naples, via Costantinopoli 16, Italy.
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Arousal from hibernation and BAT thermogenesis against cold: central mechanism and molecular basis. J Therm Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4565(02)00024-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nelson EE, Alberts JR. Gastric saline infusion reduces ultrasonic vocalizations and brown fat activity in suckling rat pups. Dev Psychobiol 2002; 40:160-7. [PMID: 11857330 DOI: 10.1002/dev.10019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Under standard conditions involving isolation and cooling, it has been documented that intraoral infusion of milk and injection of the intestinal peptide cholecystokinin (CCK) result in an attenuation in ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) emitted by infant rat pups. One of the most effective stimuli in inhibiting ingestion in suckling rat pups is gastric distension, but the effect of gastric distension on USV production has not been reported. In this experiment, we subjected infant rats to intragastric infusion of isotonic saline (2% body weight) to produce a natural level of gastric distension and hydration. We found that this stimulus resulted in a powerful reduction in USV emissions in isolated 10-day-old rats. In a subsequent experiment, we found that gastric saline infusion also diminished brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenesis. There were different time courses of the gastric saline infusion effects on BAT thermogenesis and on USV emissions, however, suggesting that these processes may be independently regulated. We hypothesize that this stimulus induces a transient activation of the parasympathetic nervous system, which overrides the sympathetic control of BAT and USV production.
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- Eric E Nelson
- Department of Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Kauffman AS, Cabrera A, Zucker I. Torpor characteristics and energy requirements of furless Siberian hamsters. Physiol Biochem Zool 2001; 74:876-84. [PMID: 11731979 DOI: 10.1086/324098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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After approximately 10 wk of exposure to decreasing day lengths, Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) begin to display spontaneous torpor bouts several times each week. Torpor is associated with reduced daily energy expenditure and lower food consumption and ameliorates the thermoregulatory challenges of winter. We tested the extent to which the energy savings conferred by daily torpor depend on the presence of an insulative pelage. Female hamsters were housed in a winter day length (8L:16D) at 5 degrees C; daily food intake and torpor characteristics were recorded for 5 wk in shaved (furless) or normal hamsters. Torpor-bout incidence decreased by 62% in furless hamsters, but the duration of individual bouts and the minimum body temperature attained during torpor were unaffected by loss of pelage. Body temperature declined more rapidly during entry into torpor and increased more slowly during arousal from torpor in furless than in control hamsters. Energy savings per torpor bout, assessed by the amount of food consumed on days that included a torpor bout, was substantially greater in normal than in furless hamsters (16.0% vs. 3.3%); this difference likely reflects the increased cost of thermoregulation during torpor, as well as the increased caloric expenditure incurred by furless hamsters during arousal from torpor. An insulative pelage may be a prerequisite for the energetic benefits derived from heterothermy in this species.
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- A S Kauffman
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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