Prolonged daily light exposure increases body fat mass through attenuation of brown adipose tissue activity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6748-6753

  Kooijman, Sander ^a   Van Den Berg, Rosa ^a   Ramkisoensing, Ashna ^a   Boon, Mariëtte R ^a   Kuipers, Eline N ^a   Loef, Marieke ^a   Zonneveld, Tom C M ^a   Lucassen, Eliane A ^a   Sips, Hetty C M ^a   Chatzispyrou, Iliana A ^b   Houtkooper, Riekelt H ^b   Meijer, Johanna H ^a   Coomans, Claudia P ^a   Biermasz, Nienke R ^a   Rensen, Patrick C N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Circadian rhythms; Light pollution; Obesity; Triglyceride metabolism

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN TRIGLYCERIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOCYTE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DENERVATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FAT MASS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HYPERPHAGIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OBESITY; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPLICATION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPATHECTOMY;

MUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84930216250     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504239112     Document Type: Article

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