[PDF][PDF] Ejection of damaged mitochondria and their removal by macrophages ensure efficient thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue

M Rosina, V Ceci, R Turchi, C Li, N Borcherding… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Recent findings have demonstrated that mitochondria can be transferred between cells to
control metabolic homeostasis. Although the mitochondria of brown adipocytes comprise a …

Mitophagy is required for brown adipose tissue mitochondrial homeostasis during cold challenge

Y Lu, H Fujioka, D Joshi, Q Li, P Sangwung, P Hsieh… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a specialized thermogenic organ in mammals. The ability of
BAT mitochondria to generate heat in response to cold-challenge to maintain core body …

Mitophagy controls beige adipocyte maintenance through a Parkin-dependent and UCP1-independent mechanism

X Lu, S Altshuler-Keylin, Q Wang, Y Chen… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Beige adipocytes are an inducible form of mitochondria-enriched thermogenic adipocytes
that emerge in response to external stimuli, such as chronic cold exposure. We have …

A single day of high-fat diet feeding induces lipid accumulation and insulin resistance in brown adipose tissue in mice

EN Kuipers, NM Held… - American Journal …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) catabolizes glucose and fatty acids to produce heat and thereby
contributes to energy expenditure. Long-term high-fat diet (HFD) feeding results in so-called …

[PDF][PDF] Intercellular mitochondria transfer to macrophages regulates white adipose tissue homeostasis and is impaired in obesity

JR Brestoff, CB Wilen, JR Moley, Y Li, W Zou… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Recent studies suggest that mitochondria can be transferred between cells to support the
survival of metabolically compromised cells. However, whether intercellular mitochondria …

Lipid droplets and mitochondria are anchored during brown adipocyte differentiation

L Cui, AH Mirza, S Zhang, B Liang, P Liu - Protein & cell, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) acts as a site of non-shivering thermogenesis in mammals
including adult humans (Nedergaard and Cannon, 2010). Prolonged cold exposure can …

Blocking mitochondrial pyruvate import in brown adipocytes induces energy wasting via lipid cycling

M Veliova, CM Ferreira, IY Benador, AE Jones… - EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Combined fatty acid esterification and lipolysis, termed lipid cycling, is an ATP‐consuming
process that contributes to energy expenditure. Therefore, interventions that stimulate …

[HTML][HTML] Fatty acid oxidation is required for active and quiescent brown adipose tissue maintenance and thermogenic programing

E Gonzalez-Hurtado, J Lee, J Choi, MJ Wolfgang - Molecular metabolism, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the role of fatty acid oxidation on the cellular, molecular, and
physiologic response of brown adipose tissue to disparate paradigms of chronic …

Quantification of UCP1 function in human brown adipose tissue

C Porter - Adipocyte, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) mitochondria are distinct from their counterparts in other tissues
in that ATP production is not their primary physiologic role. BAT mitochondria are equipped …

Mitochondrial regulation and white adipose tissue homeostasis

Q Zhu, YA An, PE Scherer - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
The important role of mitochondria in the regulation of white adipose tissue (WAT)
remodeling and energy balance is increasingly appreciated. The remarkable heterogeneity …