Relationship between hypothalamic noradrenergic activity and the sympathetic activity in interscapular brown adipose tissue after cold-swim stress in rats

Life Sciences ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 51 (13) ◽  
pp. 1057-1063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minehiro Gotoh ◽  
George A. Smythe ◽  
Akihisa Iguchi
1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (6) ◽  
pp. R1377-R1385 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Egawa ◽  
H. Yoshimatsu ◽  
G. A. Bray

The effects on firing rate of sympathetic nerves to interscapular brown adipose tissue were measured after induction of intracellular glycopenia by peripheral or central administration of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). Injection of 2-DG (250 mg/kg body wt) into the jugular vein rapidly suppressed the sympathetic activity, which declined 84% within 10 min after the injection. This suppression persisted for at least 40 min. Hyperglycemia did not affect the sympathetic activity but partially inhibited the suppressive effect of 2-DG injection. Acute vagotomy failed to block the suppressive effect of 2-DG. Injection of 2-DG (2.5 mg/rat) into the third cerebral ventricle suppressed the sympathetic activity. This suppression was followed by gradual recovery. Saline injection did not affect the sympathetic activity. We conclude that cellular glycopenia induced by injecting 2-DG peripherally or into the third cerebral ventricle suppresses the sympathetic activity to brown adipose tissue. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that an acute energy shortage decreases the thermogenesis in interscapular brown adipose tissue by suppressing sympathetic neural activation of this tissue.


Metabolism ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 585-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith C. Walgren ◽  
James B. Young ◽  
Laryssa N. Kaufman ◽  
Lewis Landsberg

1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (5) ◽  
pp. E515-E520 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Trayhurn ◽  
M. C. Wusteman

Sympathetic activity has been assessed, by measurements of norepinephrine turnover, in interscapular brown adipose tissue of mice during lactation. Norepinephrine turnover was reduced in brown adipose tissue from early lactation until weaning. The reduction in turnover occurred in dams suckling either large-or small-sized litters. Norepinephrine turnover returned to the control level after natural weaning and increased rapidly after abrupt weaning at peak lactation. Acute exposure to cold resulted in a large increase in norepinephrine turnover in brown adipose tissue of lactating mice, as in control animals. These results indicate that sympathetic activity is suppressed in brown adipose tissue during lactation, but sympathetic responsiveness is retained. The reduction in sympathetic activity is likely to be responsible for the decrease in brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in lactation. Norepinephrine turnover in the heart tended to be reduced at peak lactation, suggesting that there may be a general decrease in sympathetic activity in the lactating animal. In contrast to the normal animal, the hyperphagia of lactation does not lead to an activation of the sympathetic nervous system.


1992 ◽  
Vol 282 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Smith ◽  
S R Bloom ◽  
M C Sugden ◽  
M J Holness

Starvation (48 h) decreased the concentration of mRNA of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter isoform (GLUT 4) in interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) (56%) and tibialis anterior (10%). Despite dramatic [7-fold (tibialis anterior) and 40-fold (IBAT)] increases in glucose utilization after 2 and 4 h of chow re-feeding, no significant changes in GLUT 4 mRNA concentration were observed in these tissues over this re-feeding period. The results exclude changes in GLUT 4 mRNA concentration in mediating the responses of glucose transport in these tissues to acute re-feeding after prolonged starvation.


1991 ◽  
Vol 277 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
J P Revelli ◽  
R Pescini ◽  
P Muzzin ◽  
J Seydoux ◽  
M G Fitzgerald ◽  
...  

The aim of the present work was to study the effect of hypothyroidism on the expression of the beta-adrenergic receptor (beta-AR) in interscapular brown adipose tissue and heart. The total density of plasma membrane beta-AR per tissue is decreased by 44% in hypothyroid rat interscapular brown adipose tissue and by 55% in hypothyroid rat heart compared with euthyroid controls. The effects of hypothyroidism on the density of both beta 1- and beta 2-AR subtypes were also determined in competition displacement experiments. The densities of beta 1- and beta 2-AR per tissue are decreased by 50% and 48% respectively in interscapular brown adipose tissue and by 52% and 54% in the heart. Northern blot analysis of poly(A)+ RNA from hypothyroid rat interscapular brown adipose tissue demonstrated that the levels of beta 1- and beta 2-AR mRNA per tissue are decreased by 73% and 58% respectively, whereas in hypothyroid heart, only the beta 1-AR mRNA is decreased, by 43%. The effect of hypothyroidism on the beta 1-AR mRNA is significantly more marked in the interscapular brown adipose tissue than in the heart. These results indicate that beta-AR mRNA levels are differentially regulated in rat interscapular brown adipose tissue and heart, and suggest that the decrease in beta-AR number in interscapular brown adipose tissue and heart of hypothyroid animals may in part be explained by a decreased steady-state level of beta-AR mRNA.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Van Schaik ◽  
C. Kettle ◽  
R. Green ◽  
W. Sievers ◽  
M. W. Hale ◽  
...  

AbstractThe role of central orexin in the sympathetic control of interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT) thermogenesis has been established in rodents. Stimulatory doses of caffeine activate orexin positive neurons in the lateral hypothalamus, a region of the brain implicated in stimulating BAT thermogenesis. This study tests the hypothesis that central administration of caffeine is sufficient to activate BAT. Low doses of caffeine administered either systemically (intravenous [IV]; 10 mg/kg) and centrally (intracerebroventricular [ICV]; 5–10 μg) increases BAT thermogenesis, in anaesthetised (1.5 g/kg urethane, IV) free breathing male rats. Cardiovascular function was monitored via an indwelling intra-arterial cannula and exhibited no response to the caffeine. Core temperature did not significantly differ after administration of caffeine via either route of administration. Caffeine administered both IV and ICV increased neuronal activity, as measured by c-Fos-immunoreactivity within subregions of the hypothalamic area, previously implicated in regulating BAT thermogenesis. Significantly, there appears to be no neural anxiety response to the low dose of caffeine as indicated by no change in activity in the basolateral amygdala. Having measured the physiological correlate of thermogenesis (heat production) we have not measured indirect molecular correlates of BAT activation. Nevertheless, our results demonstrate that caffeine, at stimulatory doses, acting via the central nervous system can increase thermogenesis, without adverse cardio-dynamic impact.


Author(s):  
Clara Huesing ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Sanjeev Gummadi ◽  
Nathan Lee ◽  
Emily Qualls‐Creekmore ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 1431-1431
Author(s):  
E Editorial

The Editor-in-Chief has been informed that the results in Fig. 2A in the article: Single and combined effects of acute and chronic non-thermal stressors on rat interscapular brown adipose tissue metabolic activity, published in the Archives of Biological Sciences in 2013, Vol. 65, Issue 3, partially overlap with the results in Fig. 2, published in the article: Lakic I, Drenca T, Djordjevic J, Vujovic P, Jasnic N, Djurasevic S, Dronjak-Cucakovic S, Cvijic G. Arch Biol Sci. 2011;63(3):589-96, DOI:10.2298/ABS1103589L. After inspection of these articles and illustrations, and after discussion with the corresponding author of both articles, it was revealed that this is a case of partial overlap, i.e. of the authors presenting new findings that contain a comparatively small amount of previously published information. By publishing this corrigendum the journal is providing appropriate cross-referencing to the earlier work. <br><br><font color="red"><b> Link to the corrected article <u><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/ABS1303919C">10.2298/ABS1303919C</a></b></u>


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