2019年7月
Inducible brown/beige adipocytes in retro-orbital adipose tissues.
Experimental eye research
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- 184
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- 開始ページ
- 8
- 終了ページ
- 14
- 記述言語
- 英語
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- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.exer.2019.03.021
Beige adipocytes and brown adipocytes can generate heat by using mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp1), a thermogenic protein. Browning/beiging is the emergence of beige adipocytes in white adipose tissues (WAT) for cold acclimatization. Here we show the existence of brown/beige adipocytes in retro-orbital WAT in mice. Histologically, Ucp1-positive cells with multilocular lipid droplets were abundant in retro-orbital WAT of immature mice; those cells decreased in number with age. However, Ucp1-positive adipocytes with multilocular lipid droplets emerged in retro-orbital WAT in adult mice, due to cold exposure as short as 3 h. Consistent with this observation, the expression level of Ucp1 mRNA was enhanced in tissues upon cold exposure. Furthermore, eye surface temperature remained within a physiological range during cold challenge. RT-qPCR suggested a mixed phenotype of brown and beige adipocytes in retro-orbital WAT. Transmission electron microscopic observation showed multiple lipid droplets and numerous mitochondria with high cristae density in retro-orbital WAT cells from both control and cold-exposed mice. Our results suggest that warming of the orbital cavity by browning/beiging in retro-orbital WAT is a protective mechanism against cold cataract caused by lowered lens temperature.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.exer.2019.03.021
- ISSN : 0014-4835
- PubMed ID : 30946840