Direct activating effects of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) on brown adipose tissue are attenuated by corticosterone

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4857-4867

  Van Den Beukel, Johanna C ^a   Grefhorst, Aldo ^a   Quarta, Carmelo ^c,d   Steenbergen, Jacobie ^a   Mastroberardino, Pier G ^b   Lombés, Marc ^e   Delhanty, Patric J ^a   Mazza, Roberta ^c,d   Pagotto, Uberto ^c,d   Van Der Lely, Aart Jan ^a   Themmen, Axel P N ^a  

^a Section of Endocrinology   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Endocrinology Unit   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cold exposure; HPA axis; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLYCEROL; MIFEPRISTONE; NORADRENALIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EC50; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84912074564     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-254839     Document Type: Article

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