Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2843849 | Journal of Thermal Biology | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Cold-acclimation did not alter uncoupling (state 4 respiration) in rat liver or skeletal muscle mitochondria. Palmitate significantly uncoupled mitochondria, but neither the magnitude of this uncoupling nor the contribution of different inner mitochondrial membrane transporters to uncoupling was altered by cold-acclimation. Guanosine diphosphate did not reduce uncoupling, suggesting no role for uncoupling protein homologues. The adenine nucleotide transporter and the permeability transition pore, either alone or in combination, appear to contribute significantly to free fatty-acid (FFA)-induced uncoupling. Evidence suggests that these two elements may be working together, as components of the same mechanism, to mediate FFA uncoupling.
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Authors
Cheryl D. Schaefer, James F. Staples,