INFLUENCE OF RESTRICTED FOOD-INTAKE ON BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE FUNCTION IN GENETICALLY-OBESE MICE (GENOTYPE, OB OB)
INFLUENCE OF RESTRICTED FOOD-INTAKE ON BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE FUNCTION IN GENETICALLY-OBESE MICE (GENOTYPE, OB OB)
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10.1016/0304-4165(85)90083-2
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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SUTTON, CM
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BATT, RAL;TYLER, DD;SUTTON, CM
Measurements were made of cytochrome c oxidase activity and the GDP-binding capacity of mitochondria in brown adipose tissue of genetically obese mice and wild-type siblings, to estimate the thermogenic capacity of the tissue. The binding capacity was decrased in ad libitum fed obese animals compared with wild-type animals. Limited feeding of obese animals to restrict their body wt caused a large increase in the binding capacity of the tissue, which was greater than that in wild-type animals fed either ad libitum or on a limited diet. The decreased binding capacity of brown adipose tissue mitochondria in obese mice appears to be a consequence of ad libitum feeding and therefore not a cause of the obesity. Limit feeding of obese animals also corrected their characteristic hypothermia at low ambient temperature. The large increase in the thermogenic capacity of brown adipose tissue in obese animals, induced by limited feeding, may account for the vital improvement of their thermoregulation. Close similarities were found between obesity hypothermia and hypothermia induced in wild-type animals by restraint. Apparently, changes in posture caused by obesity, resulting in increased loss of body heat, may be improtant in the development of obesity hypothermia. Obese animals fed less than wild-type gained more wt than wild-type animals, indicating that the high thermogenic capacity of their brown adipose tissue did not function to regulate their calorie intake.