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Adaptive thermogenesis and uncoupling proteins: a reappraisal of their roles in fat metabolism and energy balance

  • Dulloo, Abdul G. Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Seydoux, Josiane Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Jacquet, Jean Computer Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
    10.11.2004
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  • Physiology & Behavior. - 2004, vol. 83, no. 4, p. 587-602
Obesity
Diabetes
Cachexia
Catecholamines
UCP
English After decades of controversies about the quantitative importance of autoregulatory adjustments in energy expenditure in weight regulation, there is now increasing recognition that even subtle variations in thermogenesis could, in dynamic systems and over the long term, be important in determining weight maintenance in some and obesity in others. The main challenge nowadays is to provide a mechanistic explanation for the role of adaptive thermogenesis in attenuating and correcting deviations of body weight and body composition, and in the identification of molecular mechanisms that constitute its effector systems. This workshop paper reconsiders what constitutes adaptive changes in thermogenesis and reassesses the role of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and uncoupling proteins (UCP1, UCP2, UCP3, UCP5/BMCP1) as the efferent and effector components of the classical one-control system for adaptive thermogenesis and fat oxidation. It then reviews the evidence suggesting that there are in fact two distinct control systems for adaptive thermogenesis, the biological significance of which is to satisfy—in a lifestyle of famine-and-feast—the needs to suppress thermogenesis for energy conservation during weight loss and weight recovery even under environmental stresses (e.g., cold, infection, nutrient imbalance) when sympathetic activation of thermogenesis has equally important survival value.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
Department
Département de Médecine
Language
  • English
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Medicine
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