Abnormal brown adipose tissue in obese (ob/ob) mice: response to acclimation to cold.
Abnormal brown adipose tissue in obese (ob/ob) mice: response to acclimation to cold.
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肥胖(ob/ob)小鼠的异常棕色脂肪组织:对寒冷适应的反应。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1980.239.4.e301
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1980
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J. Himms‐Hagen
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S. Hogan;J. Himms‐Hagen
HOGAN, SUSAN, ANDJEANHIMMS-HAGEN. AbnormaLbrown adipose tissue in obese (ob/ob) mice: response to acclimation to coZd. Am. J. Physiol. 239 (Endocrinol. Metab. 2): E301-E309, 1980.-Brown adipose tissue mitochondria of the genetically obese (ob/ob) mouse have abnormal ultrastructure and low binding of purine nucleotides; polypeptide composition of the mitochondrial membranes is relatively normal. Binding of purine nucleotides is known to be to a specific site on a polypeptide, of molecular weight 32,000, associated with the thermogenic proton conductance pathway of brown adipose tissue mitochondria. These sites appear to be masked in the ob/ob mouse. Exposure of the ob/ob mouse to cold (4 C) neither increases the binding of purine nucleotides nor changes the ultrastructure of the mitochondria, as it does in lean mice. Acclimation of obese mice to mild cold (14” C), known to improve their cold resistance, induces an almost normal tissue growth, mitochondrial proliferation, and alteration in mitochondrial properties (increase in binding of purine nucleotides; increase in proportion of polypeptides in the region of 32,000; more normal ultrastructure). It is concluded that a defect in brown adipose tissue mitochondria is a contributory cause of the known defect in nonshivering thermogenesis in the ob/ob mouse and thus of obesity in this animal. The defect appears to be in the switching mechanism, mediated by noradrenaline, that allows an acute thermogenic response to cold. The adaptive mechanism that allows tissue growth and improvement of mi-tochondrial thermogenic function during acclimation to mild cold is normal and can account for the known improved thermogenic capacity of cold-acclimated ob/ob mice. obesity; noradrenaline; mitochondria; nonshivering thermogenesisTHE GENETICALLY OBESE MOUSE (ob/ob) has long been known to be remarkably susceptible to cold, apparently because of a failure of thermogenesis (4). At 4 C after only a transient increase in oxygen uptake (3l), the obese mouse becomes progressively hypothermic and dies in about 3 h (4, 31). The obese mouse has a lower resting metabolic rate (2, 31) and a lower body temperature (31) than the lean mouse at all temperatures except at thermoneutrality (30-33 C for the mouse). The defect in thermogenesis is apparent very early in development, being detectable at 5-12 days of age by the lower resting metabolic rate (2, 17), the lower body temperature (16, 32), and the more rapid decrease in body temperature during exposure to mild cold (15 C)(32). The appearance of the defect coincides with the initial appearance of a larger proportion of body fat (30) and precedes the hyperphagia (23).