[HTML][HTML] New advances in adaptive thermogenesis: UCP1 and beyond

ET Chouchani, L Kazak, BM Spiegelman - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Brown and beige adipocytes can catabolize stored energy to generate heat, and this distinct
capacity for thermogenesis could be leveraged as a therapy for metabolic diseases like …

Brown adipose tissue—a translational perspective

AC Carpentier, DP Blondin, F Haman… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) displays the unique capacity to generate heat through
uncoupled oxidative phosphorylation that makes it a very attractive therapeutic target for …

Accumulation of succinate controls activation of adipose tissue thermogenesis

EL Mills, KA Pierce, MP Jedrychowski, R Garrity… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Thermogenesis by brown and beige adipose tissue, which requires activation by external
stimuli, can counter metabolic disease. Thermogenic respiration is initiated by adipocyte …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria bound to lipid droplets have unique bioenergetics, composition, and dynamics that support lipid droplet expansion

IY Benador, M Veliova, K Mahdaviani, A Petcherski… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Mitochondria associate with lipid droplets (LDs) in fat-oxidizing tissues, but the functional
role of these peridroplet mitochondria (PDM) is unknown. Microscopic observation of …

[HTML][HTML] UCP1 dependent and independent thermogenesis in brown and beige adipocytes

K Ikeda, T Yamada - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mammals have two types of thermogenic adipocytes: brown adipocytes and beige
adipocytes. Thermogenic adipocytes express high levels of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) to …

Mitochondrial ROS regulate thermogenic energy expenditure and sulfenylation of UCP1

ET Chouchani, L Kazak, MP Jedrychowski, GZ Lu… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Brown and beige adipose tissues can dissipate chemical energy as heat through
thermogenic respiration, which requires uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1),. Thermogenesis from …

[HTML][HTML] Cold-induced thermogenesis depends on ATGL-mediated lipolysis in cardiac muscle, but not brown adipose tissue

R Schreiber, C Diwoky, G Schoiswohl, U Feiler… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Fatty acids (FAs) activate and fuel UCP1-mediated non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) in
brown adipose tissue (BAT). Release of FAs from intracellular fat stores by adipose …

[HTML][HTML] Lipolysis in brown adipocytes is not essential for cold-induced thermogenesis in mice

H Shin, Y Ma, T Chanturiya, Q Cao, Y Wang… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Lipid droplet (LD) lipolysis in brown adipose tissue (BAT) is generally considered to be
required for cold-induced nonshivering thermogenesis. Here, we show that mice lacking …

Revisiting the adipocyte: a model for integration of cytokine signaling in the regulation of energy metabolism

A Rodríguez, S Ezquerro… - American Journal …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Adipose tissue constitutes an extremely active endocrine organ with a network of signaling
pathways enabling the organism to adapt to a wide range of different metabolic challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial proton leaks and uncoupling proteins

DG Nicholls - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue is mediated by uncoupling protein 1
(UCP1), which provides a carefully regulated proton re-entry pathway across the …