Long-Term Cold Adaptation Does Not Require FGF21 or UCP1

verfasst von

Susanne Keipert, Maria Kutschke, Mario Ost, Thomas Schwarzmayr, Evert M. van Schothorst, Daniel Lamp, Laura Brachthäuser, Isabel Hamp, Sithandiwe E. Mazibuko, Sonja Hartwig, Stefan Lehr, Elisabeth Graf, Oliver Plettenburg, Frauke Neff, Matthias H. Tschöp, Martin Jastroch

Abstract

Brown adipose tissue (BAT)-dependent thermogenesis and its suggested augmenting hormone, FGF21, are potential therapeutic targets in current obesity and diabetes research. Here, we studied the role of UCP1 and FGF21 for metabolic homeostasis in the cold and dissected underlying molecular mechanisms using UCP1-FGF21 double-knockout mice. We report that neither UCP1 nor FGF21, nor even compensatory increases of FGF21 serum levels in UCP1 knockout mice, are required for defense of body temperature or for maintenance of energy metabolism and body weight. Remarkably, cold-induced browning of inguinal white adipose tissue (iWAT) is FGF21 independent. Global RNA sequencing reveals major changes in response to UCP1- but not FGF21-ablation in BAT, iWAT, and muscle. Markers of mitochondrial failure and inflammation are observed in BAT, but in particular the enhanced metabolic reprogramming in iWAT supports the thermogenic role of UCP1 and excludes an important thermogenic role of endogenous FGF21 in normal cold acclimation.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Organische Chemie

Externe Organisation(en)

Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt
Deutsches Zentrum für Diabetesforschung e.V. (DZD)
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung
Wageningen University and Research
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum (DDZ)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Cell metabolism

Band

26

Seiten

437-446

ISSN

1550-4131

Publikationsdatum

01.08.2017

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Physiologie, Molekularbiologie, Zellbiologie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2017.07.016 (Zugang: Offen)