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Ost, M.* ; Keipert, S. ; Klaus, S.*

Targeted mitochondrial uncoupling beyond UCP1 - The fine line between death and metabolic health.

Biochimie 134, 77-85 (2017)
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In the early 1930s, the chemical uncoupling agent 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) was promoted for the very first time as a powerful and effective weight loss pill but quickly withdrawn from the market due to its lack of tissue-selectivity with resulting dangerous side effects, including hyperthermia and death. Today, novel mitochondria- or tissue-targeted chemical uncouplers with higher safety and therapeutic values are under investigation in order to tackle obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease. Moreover, in the past 20 years, transgenic mouse models were generated to understand the molecular and metabolic consequences of targeted uncoupling, expressing functional uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) ectopically in white adipose tissue or skeletal muscle. Similar to the action of chemical mitochondrial uncouplers, UCP1 protein dissipates the proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane, thus allowing maximum activity of the respiratory chain and compensatory increase in oxygen consumption, uncoupled from ATP synthesis. Consequently, targeted mitochondrial uncoupling in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of UCP1-transgenic mice increased substrate metabolism and ameliorates obesity, hypertriglyceridemia and insulin resistance. Further, muscle-specific decrease in mitochondrial efficiency promotes a cell-autonomous and cell-non-autonomous adaptive metabolic remodeling with increased oxidative stress tolerance. This review provides an overview of novel chemical uncouplers as well as the metabolic consequences and adaptive processes of targeted mitochondrial uncoupling on metabolic health and survival.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Review
Schlagwörter Energy Metabolism ; Longevity ; Mitochondria ; Obesity ; Protonophore ; Uncoupling Protein 1
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2017
Prepublished im Jahr 2016
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2016
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0300-9084
e-ISSN 1638-6183
Zeitschrift Biochimie
Quellenangaben Band: 134, Heft: , Seiten: 77-85 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30201 - Metabolic Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Helmholtz Diabetes Center
PSP-Element(e) G-502200-001
Scopus ID 85008165486
PubMed ID 27916644
Erfassungsdatum 2016-12-31