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Thermogenic Responses in Brown Fat Cells Are Fully UCP1-dependent

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Matthias, Anita, Ohlson, Kerstin B.E., Fredriksson, J. Magnus, Jacobsson, Anders, Nedergaard, Jan, Cannon, Barbara·2000·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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To examine the thermogenic significance of the classical uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1), the thermogenic potential of brown adipocytes isolated from UCP1-ablated mice was investigated. Ucp1(-/-) cells had a basal metabolic rate identical to wild-type; the mitochondria within them were coupled to the same degree. The response to norepinephrine in wild-type cells was robust ( approximately 10-fold increase in thermogenesis); Ucp1(-/-) cells only responded approximately 3% of this. Ucp1(-/-) cells were as potent as wild-type in norepinephrine-induced cAMP accumulation and lipolysis and had a similar mitochondrial respiratory complement. In wild-type cells, fatty acids induced a thermogenic response similar to norepinephrine, but fatty acids (and retinoate) were practically without effect in Ucp1(-/-) cells. It is concluded that no other adrenergically induced thermogenic mechanism exists in brown adipocytes except that mediated by UCP1 and that entopic expression of UCP1 does not lead to overt innate uncoupling, and it is suggested that fatty acids are transformed to an intracellular physiological activator of UCP1. High expression of UCP2 and UCP3 in the tissue was not associated with an overt innate highly uncoupled state of mitochondria within the cells, nor with an ability of norepinephrine or endo- or exogenous fatty acids to induce uncoupled respiration in the cells. Thus, UCP1 remains the only physiologically potent thermogenic uncoupling protein in these cells.

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Authors
Matthias, A., Ohlson, K. B. E., Fredriksson, J. M., Jacobsson, A., Nedergaard, J., & Cannon, B.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2000-08
Volume
275
Issue
33
Pages
25073-25081
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
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W2061777482
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342
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56
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7.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Matthias, A., Ohlson, K. B. E., Fredriksson, J. M., Jacobsson, A., Nedergaard, J., & Cannon, B. (2000). Thermogenic Responses in Brown Fat Cells Are Fully UCP1-dependent. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m000547200

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