UNIMPAIRED THERMOGENIC RESPONSE TO NORADRENALINE IN GENETIC (OB/OB) AND HYPOTHALAMIC (MSG) OBESE MICE
UNIMPAIRED THERMOGENIC RESPONSE TO NORADRENALINE IN GENETIC (OB/OB) AND HYPOTHALAMIC (MSG) OBESE MICE
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01140498
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
MILLER, DS
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作者:
DULOO, AG;MILLER, DS
The thermogenic response to noradrenaline [norepinephrine, NE] administration was investigated at 25.degree. C in 2 models of obese mice (genetic ob/ob obesity of the QEC strain and monosodium-glutamate-induced obesity) and in their respective lean littermates. S.c. injections of a low dose of NE (100 .mu.g/kg body wt) elevated metabolic rate by about 30% in both obese models but not in their respective lean counterparts. The increase in metabolic rate after injections of a high dose of NE (600 .mu.g/kg body wt) was of a similar magnitude in both lean and obese animals: metabolic rate was increased by 70-80%. The overall whole body thermogenic capacity is unimpaired at room temperature in this QEC strain of ob/ob mice and in the hypothalamic damaged obese mice. Obesity in these models is therefore not associated with a reduced ability to respond to NE but could rather be due to a failure to release NE.