Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
The importance of the neural input for the maintenance of the mitochondrial content of the uncoupling protein (UCP) in hamster brown adipose tissue (BAT) was evaluated by unilateral surgical denervation and chemical sympathectomy with 6-hydroxydopamine. These interventions alone or in combination depleted (by 90-95%) the tissue catecholamine content to the same extent. Injections of 6-hydroxydopamine to hamsters caused reductions in BAT protein content but were without significant effect on [3H]GDP binding to isolated mitochondria or on the mitochondrial content of UCP measured by immunoassay. In contrast, surgical denervation, which had much less effect on BAT composition, caused a significant loss of UCP from the mitochondria. These results differ from those obtained in rats in which both chemical sympathectomy and surgical denervation caused a loss of UCP from the mitochondria. Norepinephrine infusion (with minipumps), which prevented denervation-induced BAT atrophy and reduction in mitochondrial content of UCP in rats, caused pronounced loss of tissue mass and mitochondrial proteins in hamsters and did not prevent the loss of UCP observed in mitochondria isolated from the denervated pad. Thus an intact innervation that may not be adrenergic is required for the expression of UCP in hamster BAT mitochondria.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
254
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
R1035-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Acclimatization, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Adipose Tissue, Brown, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Cold Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Denervation, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Guanosine Diphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Mesocricetus, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Norepinephrine, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:3381909-Succinate Dehydrogenase
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Is adrenergic innervation essential for maintenance of UCP in hamster BAT mitochondria?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't