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    Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance.
        
        Nat. Med. 17, 200-205 (2011)
    
    
    
				Brown adipose tissue (BAT) burns fatty acids for heat production to defend the body against cold and has recently been shown to be present in humans. Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) transport lipids in the bloodstream, where the fatty acid moieties are liberated by the action of lipoprotein lipase (LPL). Peripheral organs such as muscle and adipose tissue take up the fatty acids, whereas the remaining cholesterol-rich remnant particles are cleared by the liver. Elevated plasma triglyceride concentrations and prolonged circulation of cholesterol-rich remnants, especially in diabetic dyslipidemia, are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. However, the precise biological role of BAT for TRL clearance remains unclear. Here we show that increased BAT activity induced by short-term cold exposure controls TRL metabolism in mice. Cold exposure drastically accelerated plasma clearance of triglycerides as a result of increased uptake into BAT, a process crucially dependent on local LPL activity and transmembrane receptor CD36. In pathophysiological settings, cold exposure corrected hyperlipidemia and improved deleterious effects of insulin resistance. In conclusion, BAT activity controls vascular lipoprotein homeostasis by inducing a metabolic program that boosts TRL turnover and channels lipids into BAT. Activation of BAT might be a therapeutic approach to reduce elevated triglyceride concentrations and combat obesity in humans.
			
			
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        Artikel: Journalartikel
    
 
    
        Dokumenttyp
        Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
    
 
     
    
     
     
    
    
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        Veröffentlichungsjahr
        2011
    
 
     
    
        HGF-Berichtsjahr
        2011
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        1078-8956
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1546-170X
    
 
     
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Zeitschrift
        Nature medicine
    
 
		
    
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	    Band: 17,  
	    Heft: 2,  
	    Seiten: 200-205 
	    
	    
	
    
 
  
         
        
            Verlag
            Nature Publishing Group
        
 
        
            Verlagsort
            New York, NY
        
 
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Begutachtungsstatus
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institut(e)
        Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC)
    
 
     
     
     
     
     	
    
        DOI
        10.1038/nm.2297
    
    
        PubMed ID
        21258337
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2019-01-16