茶色の脂肪のBCAAの分解は,SLC25A44を通じてエネルギーホメオスタシスを制御する
Takeshi Yoneshiro1,2,3, Qiang Wang1,2,3, Kazuki Tajima1,2,3
1UCSF Diabetes Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nature
|August 23, 2019
まとめ
茶色脂肪組織 (BAT) は,分岐鎖アミノ酸 (BCAA) を熱生成のために使用し,循環からそれらをクリアします. BATの欠陥
科学分野:
- 代謝の調節
- 脂肪組織生物学
- 栄養素の代謝
背景:
- 分岐鎖アミノ酸 (BCAA) のサプリメントはエネルギー消費を助長しますが,高レベルのBCAAは肥満と糖尿病と相関しています.
- BCAAと代謝健康との矛盾した関係には,メカニズム的な解明が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- ブラウン脂肪組織 (BAT) が全身のBCAA代謝とクリアランスに果たす役割を調査する.
- BATがBCAAの分解を制御する分子メカニズムを特定する.
主な方法:
- BCAAの分解にBAT特有の欠陥があるマウスモデルを使用した.
- 寒さに曝されるBATにおけるBCAAの利用,燃料の酸化,熱生成を分析した.
- BCAA輸送におけるミトコンドリアトランスポーターSLC25A44の機能を調査した.
主要な成果:
- 寒さへの曝露は,マウスとヒトにおけるBCAAの発熱と全身のBCAAのクリアランスを利用するためのBATを刺激します.
- BATにおけるBCAAの分解が低下すると,BCAAのクリアランスが低下し,BATの機能が低下し,代謝機能障害 (肥満,グルコース不耐症) が起こります.
- SLC25A44は,BATのミトコンドリアへのBCAAの侵入を媒介する主要な輸送体として特定されています.
結論:
- ブラウン脂肪組織は,全身のBCAAレベルを制御する重要な代謝フィルターとして機能します.
- BATは,SLC25A44経由でBCAAの分解経路をターゲットにすることで,代謝障害の治療戦略を提供することができる.
- BATとBCAAの相互作用を理解することは,代謝の健康を改善し,肥満と糖尿病と闘うために極めて重要です.
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