Selective loss of uncoupling protein mRNA in brown adipose tissue on deacclimation of cold-acclimated mice

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 955-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasmukh V. Patel ◽  
Karl B. Freeman ◽  
Michel Desautels
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Cdna Probe ◽  
Mitochondrial Content ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Uncoupling Protein Mrna

The time course of changes in the level of uncoupling protein mRNA when cold-acclimated mice were returned to a thermoneutral environment (33 °C) was examined using a cDNA probe. Upon deacclimation, there was a marked loss of uncoupling protein mRNA within 24 h, which precedes the loss of uncoupling protein from mitochondria. This loss of uncoupling protein mRNA was selective, since there was no change in the relative proportion of cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV mRNA or poly(A)+ RNA in total RNA. The results suggest that the decrease in the mitochondrial content of uncoupling protein during deacclimation is likely the result of turnover of existing protein, with very little replacement due to a lower level of its mRNA.

scholarly journals Increase of uncoupling protein and its mRNA in brown adipose tissue of rats fed on ‘cafeteria diet’

1985 ◽  
Vol 231 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Falcou ◽  
F Bouillaud ◽  
G Mory ◽  
M Apfelbaum ◽  
D Ricquier
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Cdna Probe ◽  
Cafeteria Diet ◽  
Mitochondrial Uncoupling ◽  
Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Uncoupling Protein Mrna ◽  
Brown Fat Mitochondria

The effect of ‘cafeteria diet’ on mitochondrial uncoupling protein in brown adipose tissue of rats was examined. ‘Cafeteria diet’ induced an increase of the 32 kDa uncoupling protein in electrophoresed proteins of brown-fat mitochondria. Use of a cDNA probe corresponding to uncoupling-protein mRNA indicated that this mRNA was increased in rats fed on the ‘cafeteria diet’. Nevertheless, this effect was weak compared with that observed in rats adapted to cold.

scholarly journals Changes in uncoupling protein and GLUT4 glucose transporter expressions in interscapular brown adipose tissue of diabetic rats: relative roles of hyperglycaemia and hypoinsulinaemia

1993 ◽  
Vol 291 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Burcelin ◽  
J Kande ◽  
D Ricquier ◽  
J Girard
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Mrna Level ◽  
Diabetic Rats ◽  
Plasma Insulin Concentration ◽  
Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose

We have studied the time course and relative effects of hypoinsulinaemia and hyperglycaemia on concentrations of uncoupling protein (UCP) and glucose transporter (GLUT4) and their mRNAs in brown adipose tissue (BAT) during the early phase of diabetes induced by streptozotocin. Two days after intravenous injection of streptozotocin, plasma insulin concentration was at its lowest and glycaemia was higher than 22 mmol/l. After 3 days, a 60% decrease in BAT UCP mRNA concentration and a 36% decrease in UCP was observed. Concomitantly, there was an 80% decrease in GLUT4 mRNA and a 44% decrease in GLUT4 levels. When hyperglycaemia was prevented by infusing phlorizin into diabetic rats, BAT UCP mRNA and protein levels were further decreased (respectively 90% and 60% lower than in control rats). In contrast, the marked decreases in GLUT4 mRNA and protein concentrations in BAT were similar in hyperglycaemic and normoglycaemic diabetic rats. Infusion of physiological amounts of insulin restored normoglycaemia in diabetic rats, and BAT UCP and GLUT4 mRNA and protein concentrations were maintained at the level of control rats. When insulin infusion was stopped, a 75% decrease in BAT UCP mRNA level and a 75% decrease in GLUT4 mRNA level were observed after 24 h, but UCP and GLUT4 concentrations did not decrease. This study shows that insulin plays an important role in the regulation of UCP and GLUT4 mRNA and protein concentrations in BAT. Hyperglycaemia partially prevents the rapid decrease in concentration of UCP and its mRNA observed in insulinopenic diabetes whereas it did not affect the decrease in GLUT4 mRNA and protein concentration. It is suggested that UCP is produced by a glucose-dependent gene.

scholarly journals Failure to Detect Brown Adipose Tissue Uncoupling Protein mRNA in Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis (Madelung's Disease).

1994 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
TSUTOMU KAZUMI ◽  
DANIEL RICQUIER ◽  
TETSUO MAEDA ◽  
TADAYUKI MASUDA ◽  
TOSHIKI HOZUMI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis ◽  
Madelung's Disease ◽  
Madelung’S Disease ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Uncoupling Protein Mrna

Effects of exposure temperature on brown adipose tissue uncoupling protein mRNA levels

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl B. Freeman ◽  
Michael Heffernan ◽  
Zenobia Dhalla ◽  
Hasmukh V. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
Maximal Response ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Exposure Temperature ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Uncoupling Protein Mrna

The effect of temperature on the amount of uncoupling protein mRNA in rat brown adipose tissue was examined after 1 and 14 days of exposure to cold. The relative amounts after 1 day, compared with rats kept at a thermoneutral temperature of 28 °C, were 3.2 at 19 °C, 3.3 at 11 °C, and 2.1 at 3 °C. This suggests that in warm-acclimated rats, a maximal response to a cold stimulus in brown adipose tissue is reached by 19 °C. In contrast to these results, the relative amounts of uncoupling protein mRNA after 14 days of cold exposure, compared with rats left at 28 °C, were 1.2 at 19 °C, 1.9 at 11 °C, and 2.1 at 3 °C. Since it is known that the amount of uncoupling protein in cold-acclimated rats increases continuously with decrease in temperature, the amount of protein reflects the mRNA levels during later times but not the initial time of exposure to cold.Key words: brown adipose tissue, uncoupling protein mRNA.

Increased thermogenic capacity of brown adipose tissue under low temperature and its contribution to arousal from hibernation in Syrian hamsters

2012 ◽  
Vol 302 (1) ◽  
pp. R118-R125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoya Kitao ◽  
Masaaki Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Adrenergic System ◽  
Syrian Hamsters ◽  
Brown Adipose

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is thought to play a significant physiological role during arousal when body temperature rises from the extremely low body temperature that occurs during hibernation. The dominant pathway of BAT thermogenesis occurs through the β3-adrenergic receptor. In this study, we investigated the role of the β3-adrenergic system in BAT thermogenesis during arousal from hibernation both in vitro and in vivo. Syrian hamsters in the hibernation group contained BAT that was significantly greater in overall mass, total protein, and thermogenic uncoupling protein-1 than BAT from the warm-acclimated group. Although the ability of the β3-agonist CL316,243 to induce BAT thermogenesis at 36°C was no different between the hibernation and warm-acclimated groups, its maximum ratio over the basal value at 12°C in the hibernation group was significantly larger than that in the warm-acclimated group. Forskolin stimulation at 12°C produced equivalent BAT responses in these two groups. In vivo thermogenesis was assessed with the arousal time determined by the time course of BAT temperature or heart rate. Stimulation of BAT by CL316,243 significantly shortened the time of arousal from hibernation compared with that induced by vehicle alone, and it also induced arousal in deep hibernating animals. The β3-antagonist SR59230A inhibited arousal from hibernation either in part or completely. These results suggest that BAT in hibernating animals has potent thermogenic activity with a highly effective β3-receptor mechanism at lower temperatures.

scholarly journals Functional atrophy of brown adipose tissue during lactation in mice. Effects of lactation and weaning on mitochondrial GDP binding and uncoupling protein

1987 ◽  
Vol 248 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Trayhurn ◽  
G Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Mitochondrial Content ◽  
Brown Adipose

The thermogenic activity and capacity of brown adipose tissue were determined in mice during lactation and after weaning. There was a marked fall during lactation in the mitochondrial content of the tissue, and in GDP binding and the specific mitochondrial concentration of uncoupling protein. The lactation-induced functional atrophy of brown adipose tissue was fully reversible after weaning; mitochondrial content and the mitochondrial concentration of uncoupling protein were both restored, although GDP binding was not normalized.

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