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标题：Insufficient glucose supply is linked to hypothermia upon cold exposure in high-fat diet-fed mice lacking PEMT
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作者：Xia Gao ; Jelske N. van der Veen ; Carlos Fernandez-Patron 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2015
卷号：56
期号：9
页码：1701-1710
DOI：10.1194/jlr.M059287
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Mice that lack phosphatidylethanolamine N- methyltransferase ( Pemt ^−/− mice) are protected from high-fat (HF) diet-induced obesity. HF-fed Pemt ^−/− mice show higher oxygen consumption and heat production, indicating that more energy might be utilized for thermogenesis and might account for the resistance to diet-induced weight gain. To test this hypothesis, HF-fed Pemt ^−/− and Pemt ^+/+ mice were challenged with acute cold exposure at 4°C. Unexpectedly, HF-fed Pemt ^−/− mice developed hypothermia within 3 h of cold exposure. In contrast, chow-fed Pemt ^−/− mice, possessing similar body mass, maintained body temperature. Lack of PEMT did not impair the capacity for thermogenesis in skeletal muscle or brown adipose tissue. Plasma catecholamines were not altered by Pemt genotype, and stimulation of lipolysis was intact in brown and white adipose tissue of Pemt^−/− mice. HF-fed Pemt ^−/− mice also developed higher systolic blood pressure, accompanied by reduced cardiac output. Choline supplementation reversed the cold-induced hypothermia in HF-fed Pemt ^−/− mice with no effect on blood pressure. Plasma glucose levels were ∼50% lower in HF-fed Pemt ^−/− mice compared with Pemt^+/+ mice. Choline supplementation normalized plasma hypoglycemia and the expression of proteins involved in gluconeogenesis. We propose that cold-induced hypothermia in HF-fed Pemt ^−/− mice is linked to plasma hypoglycemia due to compromised hepatic glucose production.
关键词：adipose tissue ; obesity ; phosphatidylcholine ; phosphatidylethanolamine ; phosphatidylethanolamine N -methyltransferase ; hypertension