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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
The central melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) plays a critical role in energy homeostasis, although little is known regarding its role in the regulation of adaptive thermogenesis of brown adipose tissue (BAT). Here we show using retrograde transsynaptic tracing with attenuated pseudorabies virus coupled with dual-label immunohistochemistry that specific subsets of MC4R-expressing neurons in multiple nuclei of the central nervous system known to regulate sympathetic outflow polysynaptically connect with interscapular BAT (IBAT). Furthermore, we show that MC4R-/- and agouti-related peptide-treated mice are defective in HF diet-induced up-regulation of uncoupling protein 1 in IBAT. Additionally, MC4R-/- mice exposed to 4 C for 4 h exhibit a defect in up-regulation of uncoupling protein 1 levels in IBAT. Our results provide a neuroanatomic substrate for MC4R regulating sympathetically mediated IBAT thermogenesis and demonstrate that the MC4R is critically required for acute high-fat- and cold-induced IBAT thermogenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1550-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Acclimatization, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Adipose Tissue, Brown, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Agouti-Related Protein, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Cold Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Diet, Atherogenic, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Herpesvirus 1, Suid, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Melanocortins, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4, pubmed-meshheading:17194736-Thermogenesis
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of the central melanocortin circuitry in adaptive thermogenesis of brown adipose tissue.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for the Study of Weight Regulation and Associated Disorders and Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, and Division of Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural