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 …

Metabolic adaptation and maladaptation in adipose tissue

ET Chouchani, S Kajimura - Nature metabolism, 2019 - nature.com
Adipose tissue possesses the remarkable capacity to control its size and function in
response to a variety of internal and external cues, such as nutritional status and …

[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 …

Structural basis for the binding of DNP and purine nucleotides onto UCP1

Y Kang, L Chen - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) conducts protons through the inner mitochondrial
membrane to uncouple mitochondrial respiration from ATP production, thereby converting …

Brown adipose tissue heterogeneity, energy metabolism, and beyond

AB Shinde, A Song, QA Wang - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Brown adipocyte in brown adipose tissue (BAT) specializes in expending energy through
non-shivering thermogenesis, a process that produces heat either by uncoupling protein 1 …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo isotope tracing reveals the versatility of glucose as a brown adipose tissue substrate

SM Jung, WG Doxsey, J Le, JA Haley, L Mazuecos… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Active brown adipose tissue (BAT) consumes copious amounts of glucose, yet how glucose
metabolism supports thermogenesis is unclear. By combining transcriptomics …

Uncoupling protein 1 does not produce heat without activation

Y Li, T Fromme - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is the crucial mechanistic component of heat
production in classical brown fat and the newly identified beige or brite fat. Thermogenesis …

The colorful versatility of adipocytes: white‐to‐brown transdifferentiation and its therapeutic potential in humans

S Maurer, M Harms, J Boucher - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Brown and brite adipocytes contribute to energy expenditure through nonshivering
thermogenesis. Though these cell types are thought to arise primarily from the de novo …

Regulation of adipocyte thermogenesis: mechanisms controlling obesity

MF Hussain, A Roesler, L Kazak - The FEBS journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Adipocyte biology has been intensely researched in recent years due to the emergence of
obesity as a serious global health concern and because of the realization that adipose …

Frataxin deficiency induces lipid accumulation and affects thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue

R Turchi, F Tortolici, G Guidobaldi, F Iacovelli… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Decreased expression of mitochondrial frataxin (FXN) causes Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), a
neurodegenerative disease with type 2 diabetes (T2D) as severe comorbidity. Brown …