Mouse betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase deficiency reduces body fat via increasing energy expenditure and impairing lipid synthesis and enhancing glucose oxidation in white adipose tissue

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 16187-16198

  Teng, Ya Wen ^a   Ellis, Jessica M ^a,b   Coleman, Rosalind A ^a   Zeisel, Steven H ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTES; BASAL LEVELS; BODY FATS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COLD EXPOSURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EX-VIVO; FAT DEPOT; FAT MASS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD INTAKE; FUEL SUPPLY; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; HOMOCYSTEINES; IN-VIVO; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID SYNTHESIS; LIPOLYTIC; LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUES;

AMINO ACIDS; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; INSULIN; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALS;

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CARBON 14; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EX VIVO STUDY; FAT MASS; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; GONAD; IN VIVO STUDY; INGUINAL REGION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; LIPIDS; LIPOLYSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 84860864339     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.303255     Document Type: Article

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