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Up-regulation of uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) mRNA by exercise training and down-regulation of UCP3 by denervation in
N Tsuboyama-Kasaoka1, N Tsunoda, K Maruyama
1Division of Clinical Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8636, Japan.
Abstract:
In skeletal muscles, increased utilization of lipids and carbohydrates accompanied with increased energy expenditure has been observed during and after exercise. UCP3, mitochondrial uncoupling protein, is expressed in skeletal muscles. We investigated UCP3 mRNA levels in exercise training mice which increased energy expenditure and in sciatic nerve-denervated mice which decreased energy expenditure. Mice exercised by 2 wk swimming had 14- to 18-fold increases of UCP3 mRNA in skeletal muscles 3 h after the last swimming, but no increases of UCP1 mRNA in BAT and of UCP2 mRNA in WAT. However, 22 h after exercise, UCP3 mRNA increases observed in skeletal muscles 3 h after exercise returned to sedentary levels. Similar transient increases of UCP3 mRNA were observed in 1 wk treadmill running training or a single exercise bout. In denerved gastrocnemius, GLUT4 and UCP3 mRNA decreased by 58 and 45%, respectively. These data indicate that UCP3 may have a role for fine adjustments of energy expenditure and that up-regulation of UCP3 mRNA may be a defense mechanism against extra energy supply to consume extra energy in skeletal muscles.
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