Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice

Brown adipose thermogenesis increases energy expenditure and relies on uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), however, UCP1 knock-out mice show resistance to diet-induced obesity at room temperature. Here, the authors show that this resistance relies on FGF21-signaling, inducing the browning of white adipose...

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Main Authors: Susanne Keipert, Dominik Lutter, Bjoern O. Schroeder, Daniel Brandt, Marcus Ståhlman, Thomas Schwarzmayr, Elisabeth Graf, Helmut Fuchs, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Matthias H. Tschöp, Jan Rozman, Martin Jastroch
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14069-2
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spelling doaj-9f6878bc1fa4458ca06f077b004448cb2021-05-11T08:01:29ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-01-0111111210.1038/s41467-019-14069-2Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient miceSusanne Keipert0Dominik Lutter1Bjoern O. Schroeder2Daniel Brandt3Marcus Ståhlman4Thomas Schwarzmayr5Elisabeth Graf6Helmut Fuchs7Martin Hrabe de Angelis8Matthias H. Tschöp9Jan Rozman10Martin Jastroch11Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)Wallenberg Laboratory and Sahlgrenska Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Institute of Medicine, University of GothenburgInstitute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)Wallenberg Laboratory and Sahlgrenska Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Institute of Medicine, University of GothenburgInstitute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD)Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH)Brown adipose thermogenesis increases energy expenditure and relies on uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), however, UCP1 knock-out mice show resistance to diet-induced obesity at room temperature. Here, the authors show that this resistance relies on FGF21-signaling, inducing the browning of white adipose tissue.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14069-2
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author Susanne Keipert
Dominik Lutter
Bjoern O. Schroeder
Daniel Brandt
Marcus Ståhlman
Thomas Schwarzmayr
Elisabeth Graf
Helmut Fuchs
Martin Hrabe de Angelis
Matthias H. Tschöp
Jan Rozman
Martin Jastroch
spellingShingle Susanne Keipert
Dominik Lutter
Bjoern O. Schroeder
Daniel Brandt
Marcus Ståhlman
Thomas Schwarzmayr
Elisabeth Graf
Helmut Fuchs
Martin Hrabe de Angelis
Matthias H. Tschöp
Jan Rozman
Martin Jastroch
Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice
Nature Communications
author_facet Susanne Keipert
Dominik Lutter
Bjoern O. Schroeder
Daniel Brandt
Marcus Ståhlman
Thomas Schwarzmayr
Elisabeth Graf
Helmut Fuchs
Martin Hrabe de Angelis
Matthias H. Tschöp
Jan Rozman
Martin Jastroch
author_sort Susanne Keipert
title Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice
title_short Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice
title_full Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice
title_fullStr Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice
title_full_unstemmed Endogenous FGF21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of UCP1-deficient mice
title_sort endogenous fgf21-signaling controls paradoxical obesity resistance of ucp1-deficient mice
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Brown adipose thermogenesis increases energy expenditure and relies on uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), however, UCP1 knock-out mice show resistance to diet-induced obesity at room temperature. Here, the authors show that this resistance relies on FGF21-signaling, inducing the browning of white adipose tissue.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14069-2
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