MITOCHONDRIAL DEFECT IN BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE OF OBESE (OB-OB) MOUSE - REDUCED BINDING OF PURINE NUCLEOTIDES AND A FAILURE TO RESPOND TO COLD BY AN INCREASE IN BINDING
MITOCHONDRIAL DEFECT IN BROWN ADIPOSE-TISSUE OF OBESE (OB-OB) MOUSE - REDUCED BINDING OF PURINE NUCLEOTIDES AND A FAILURE TO RESPOND TO COLD BY AN INCREASE IN BINDING
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(78)91036-7
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
DESAUTELS, M
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作者:
HIMMSHAGEN, J;DESAUTELS, M
Atractyloside-insensitive binding of purine nucleotides is reduced in brown adipose tissue mitochondria of the obese (ob ob) mouse. Exposure of the ob ob mouse to 4° C does not induce the usual increase in binding. Atractyloside-insensitive binding of purine nucleotides is believed to be a measure of the heat-producing proton conductance pathway in brown adipose tissue mitochondria. It is, therefore, suggested that the impaired thermogenesis of the ob ob mouse is due to a defect in this pathway in the mitochondria of the brown adipose tissue, the major thermogenic tissues in rodents. The greater metabolic efficiency which would result from a reduced operation of this pathway might be the basis for the obesity in the ob ob mouse.