SEASONAL CHANGES IN METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF NON-HIBERNATING WOODCHUCKS

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 905-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward D. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Metabolic Activity ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Great Increase ◽  
Fat Deposition ◽  
Marmota Monax

The metabolic activity of non-hibernating woodchucks (Marmota monax) was measured over a 1-year period. The Haldane method of indirect calorimetry was used to measure CO2 production to provide an index of metabolism. The metabolic rate was seasonally cyclic, reaching a peak in May and decreasing gradually throughout the summer. The lowest monthly values occurred from November through February (the normal time of hibernation for these animals), though the animals were kept from hibernating. The seasonal decrease in metabolism probably creates a physiological predisposition for hibernation and allows fat deposition without a great increase in food intake.

Regulation of metabolic rate in Svalbard and Norwegian reindeer

1984 ◽  
Vol 247 (5) ◽  
pp. R837-R841 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Nilssen ◽  
J. A. Sundsfjord ◽  
A. S. Blix
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Critical Temperature ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Physiological Adaptation ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Winter Food ◽  
Lower Critical Temperature

Food intake, body weight, serum levels of triiodothyronine (T3) and free thyroxine (FT4), and metabolic rate were measured at intervals in Svalbard (SR) and Norwegian (NR) reindeer. From summer to winter food intake decreased 57 (SR) and 55% (NR), while body weight decreased 8.6 (SR) and 3.8% (NR). In SR T3 and FT4 changed seasonally, whereas this was only evident for T3 in NR. Resting (standing) metabolic rate (RMR) in winter was 1.55 (SR) and 2.05 W X kg-1 (NR), lower critical temperature (TLC) being -50 (SR) and -30 degrees C (NR). RMR in summer was 2.15 (SR) and 2.95 W X kg-1 (NR), TLC being -15 (SR) and 0 degrees C (NR). Seasonal changes in T3 and FT4 did not coincide with changes in food intake or RMR in either SR or NR. RMR did, however, correlate with food intake. This indicates that seasonal changes in RMR are due to the thermic effects of feeding and represent no physiological adaptation aimed at conservation of energy during winter.

scholarly journals Thermic effect of glucose and amino acids in man studied by direct and indirect calorimetry

1974 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ph. Pittet ◽  
P. H. Gygax ◽  
E. Jéquier
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry ◽  
Control Period ◽  
Essential Amino Acids ◽  
Specific Dynamic Action ◽  
Heat Losses ◽  
Thermic Effect

1. In order to reinvestigate the classical concept of specific dynamic action of food, the thermic effect of ingested glucose (50 g) or essential amino acids (50 g) or both was measured in seven healthy male subjects dressed in shorts, by using both direct and indirect calorimetry simultaneously. Experiments were performed under conditions of thermal comfort at 28°.2. Energy ‘balance’ (heat production minus heat losses) was negative during the control period (mean heat deficit: −16.0 ± 0.8 kJ/m2 per h.3. Metabolic rate increased 13.6 ± 1.8% after the glucose load, 17.2 ± 1.4% after amino acids, and 17.3 ± 2.9% after both glucose and amino acids: thus there was no additive thermic effect when both nutrients were given together.4. In contrast to the metabolic rate, heat losses were not significantly altered after nutrient ingestion; consequently, the energy ‘balance’ became rapidly positive.5. These results show that: (a) the food-induced thermogenesis, for a moderate energy intake, is less dependent on the nature of the nutrients than was classically admitted; (b) this increased heat production mainly induces changes in heat storage rather than in heat losses during the first hours following ingestion of a meal.

Indirect calorimetry on the metabolic rate of sitting, standing and walking office activities

2018 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongchao Zhai ◽  
Minghui Li ◽  
Siru Gao ◽  
Liu Yang ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry

Percent relative cumulative frequency analysis in indirect calorimetry: application to studies of transgenic mice

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 1075-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Riachi ◽  
Jean Himms-Hagen ◽  
Mary-Ellen Harper
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Resting Metabolic Rate ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Cumulative Frequency ◽  
And Control ◽  
Deficient Mice

Indirect calorimetry is commonly used in research and clinical settings to assess characteristics of energy expenditure. Respiration chambers in indirect calorimetry allow measurements over long periods of time (e.g., hours to days) and thus the collection of large sets of data. Current methods of data analysis usually involve the extraction of only a selected small proportion of data, most commonly the data that reflects resting metabolic rate. Here, we describe a simple quantitative approach for the analysis of large data sets that is capable of detecting small differences in energy metabolism. We refer to it as the percent relative cumulative frequency (PRCF) approach and have applied it to the study of uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) deficient and control mice. The approach involves sorting data in ascending order, calculating their cumulative frequency, and expressing the frequencies in the form of percentile curves. Results demonstrate the sensitivity of the PRCF approach for analyses of oxygen consumption ([Formula: see text]02) as well as respiratory exchange ratio data. Statistical comparisons of PRCF curves are based on the 50th percentile values and curve slopes (H values). The application of the PRCF approach revealed that energy expenditure in UCP1-deficient mice housed and studied at room temperature (24 °C) is on average 10% lower (p < 0.0001) than in littermate controls. The gradual acclimation of mice to 12 °C caused a near-doubling of [Formula: see text] in both UCP1-deficient and control mice. At this lower environmental temperature, there were no differences in [Formula: see text] between groups. The latter is likely due to augmented shivering thermogenesis in UCP1-deficient mice compared with controls. With the increased availability of murine models of metabolic disease, indirect calorimetry is increasingly used, and the PRCF approach provides a novel and powerful means for data analysis.Key words: thermogenesis, oxygen consumption, metabolic rate, uncoupling protein, UCP.

scholarly journals Indirect Calorimetry Protocol Development for Measuring Resting Metabolic Rate as a Component of Total Energy Expenditure in Free-Living Postmenopausal Women

2001 ◽  
Vol 131 (8) ◽  
pp. 2215-2218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neilann K. Horner ◽  
Johanna W. Lampe ◽  
Ruth E. Patterson ◽  
Marian L. Neuhouser ◽  
Shirley A. Beresford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry ◽  
Resting Metabolic Rate ◽  
Total Energy Expenditure ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Protocol Development

Functional assessment of the 5-HT 1A-, 1B-, 2A/2C-, and 3-receptor subtypes on food intake and metabolic rate in rats

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (1) ◽  
pp. R14-R20 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bovetto ◽  
D. Richard
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Receptor Subtypes ◽  
Dark Cycle ◽  
Daily Cycle ◽  
Ru 24969 ◽  
Male Wistar Rats ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Transient Elevation ◽  
Nocturnal Rise

The 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) agonists (+/-)-8-hydroxydipropylaminotetralin hydrobromide (8-OH-DPAT), RU-24969, (+/-)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane hydrochloride (DOI), and 1-phenylbiguanide were administered to male Wistar rats to assess the respective involvement of the 5-HT 1A-, 1B-, 2A/2C-, and 3-receptor subtypes in the control of food intake and metabolic rate (VO2). Four series of experiments were carried out, each series addressing the effects of four doses (including saline or dose 0) of each of the agonists selected. The drugs were intraperitoneally injected in spontaneously fed animals. Injections were performed during the first 15 min of either the diurnal or the nocturnal phases of the light-dark daily cycle. Food intake and VO2 measurements were carried out over the 12-h periods ensuing after the agonist injections. The two highest doses of the 5-HT1A-receptor agonist 8-OH-DPAT led to a quickly appearing but transient elevation of diurnal VO2. During the night, VO2 was higher when the rats were treated with 8-OH-DPAT than when they were treated with saline. There was no significant effect of 8-OH-DPAT on either diurnal or noctural food intake. The highest dose of RU-24969 induced a significant increase in diurnal VO2, whereas all doses of RU-24969 blunted the nocturnal rise in metabolic rate characteristically observed in rats kept under a daily light-dark cycle. Importantly, RU-24969 induced marked diurnal and nocturnal hypophagia.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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