Publication Date:
2006-05-06
Description:
Fat tissue is the most important energy depot in vertebrates. The release of free fatty acids (FFAs) from stored fat requires the enzymatic activity of lipases. We showed that genetic inactivation of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) in mice increases adipose mass and leads to triacylglycerol deposition in multiple tissues. ATGL-deficient mice accumulated large amounts of lipid in the heart, causing cardiac dysfunction and premature death. Defective cold adaptation indicated that the enzyme provides FFAs to fuel thermogenesis. The reduced availability of ATGL-derived FFAs leads to increased glucose use, increased glucose tolerance, and increased insulin sensitivity. These results indicate that ATGL is rate limiting in the catabolism of cellular fat depots and plays an important role in energy homeostasis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Haemmerle, Guenter -- Lass, Achim -- Zimmermann, Robert -- Gorkiewicz, Gregor -- Meyer, Carola -- Rozman, Jan -- Heldmaier, Gerhard -- Maier, Robert -- Theussl, Christian -- Eder, Sandra -- Kratky, Dagmar -- Wagner, Erwin F -- Klingenspor, Martin -- Hoefler, Gerald -- Zechner, Rudolf -- F 3001/Austrian Science Fund FWF/Austria -- F 3002/Austrian Science Fund FWF/Austria -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 May 5;312(5774):734-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16675698" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adipocytes/cytology/metabolism
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Adipose Tissue/anatomy & histology/*enzymology/metabolism
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Adipose Tissue, Brown/enzymology
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Animals
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Blood Glucose/metabolism
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Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism
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Cell Size
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*Energy Metabolism
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Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood/metabolism
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Female
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Heart Failure/pathology
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Homeostasis
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Insulin/blood
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Isoproterenol/pharmacology
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Kidney/metabolism
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Lipase/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism
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Lipids/blood
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*Lipolysis/drug effects
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Male
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Mice
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Myocardium/metabolism/pathology
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Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology/metabolism
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Oxygen Consumption
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Testis/metabolism
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Thermogenesis
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Triglycerides/*metabolism
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/physiopathology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
