Marsupial uncoupling protein 1 sheds light on the evolution of mammalian nonshivering thermogenesis

M Jastroch, KW Withers, S Taudien… - Physiological …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Brown adipose tissue expressing uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is responsible for adaptive
nonshivering thermogenesis giving eutherian mammals crucial advantage to survive the …

Absence of adaptive nonshivering thermogenesis in a marsupial, the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata)

ET Polymeropoulos, M Jastroch, PB Frappell - Journal of Comparative …, 2012 - Springer
The presence of nonshivering thermogenesis in marsupials is controversially debated.
Survival of small eutherian species in cold environments is crucially dependent on …

Pros and cons for the evidence of adaptive non-shivering thermogenesis in marsupials

M Jastroch, ET Polymeropoulos, MJ Gaudry - Journal of Comparative …, 2021 - Springer
The thermogenic mechanisms supporting endothermy are still not fully understood in all
major mammalian subgroups. In placental mammals, brown adipose tissue currently …

Evolution of UCP1 Transcriptional Regulatory Elements Across the Mammalian Phylogeny

MJ Gaudry, KL Campbell - Frontiers in physiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) permits non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) when highly
expressed in brown adipose tissue (BAT) mitochondria. Exclusive to placental mammals …

Adaptive evolution of the uncoupling protein 1 gene contributed to the acquisition of novel nonshivering thermogenesis in ancestral eutherian mammals

S Saito, CT Saito, R Shingai - Gene, 2008 - Elsevier
Homeotherms possess various physiological mechanisms to maintain their body
temperature, thus allowing them to adapt to various environments. Under cold conditions …

Disruption of thermogenic UCP1 predated the divergence of pigs and peccaries

TJ Fyda, C Spencer, M Jastroch… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) governs non-shivering thermogenesis in brown
adipose tissue. It has been estimated that pigs lost UCP1∼ 20 million years ago (MYA) …

Here and there, but not everywhere: repeated loss of uncoupling protein 1 in amniotes

S McGaugh, TS Schwartz - Biology letters, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Endothermy is an evolutionary innovation in eutherian mammals and birds. In eutherian
mammals, UCP1 is a key protein in adaptive nonshivering thermogenesis (NST). Although …

Inactivation of thermogenic UCP1 as a historical contingency in multiple placental mammal clades

MJ Gaudry, M Jastroch, JR Treberg, M Hofreiter… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is essential for nonshivering thermogenesis in
brown adipose tissue and is widely accepted to have played a key thermoregulatory role in …

Uncoupling protein 1 in fish uncovers an ancient evolutionary history of mammalian nonshivering thermogenesis

M Jastroch, S Wuertz, W Kloas… - Physiological …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) increase proton leakage across the inner mitochondrial
membrane. Thereby, UCP1 in brown adipose tissue dissipates proton motive force as heat …

Two-stage evolution of mammalian adipose tissue thermogenesis

S Keipert, MJ Gaudry, M Kutschke, M Keuper… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a heater organ that expresses thermogenic uncoupling
protein 1 (UCP1) to maintain high body temperatures during cold stress. BAT thermogenesis …