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SUBMITTER: Aguer C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4046190 | biostudies-other | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Aguer Céline C Fiehn Oliver O Seifert Erin L EL Bézaire Véronic V Meissen John K JK Daniels Amanda A Scott Kyle K Renaud Jean-Marc JM Padilla Marta M Bickel David R DR Dysart Michael M Adams Sean H SH Harper Mary-Ellen ME
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20130628 10
Exercise substantially improves metabolic health, making the elicited mechanisms important targets for novel therapeutic strategies. Uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein highly selectively expressed in skeletal muscle. Here we report that moderate UCP3 overexpression (roughly 3-fold) in muscles of UCP3 transgenic (UCP3 Tg) mice acts as an exercise mimetic in many ways. UCP3 overexpression increased spontaneous activity (∼40%) and energy expenditure (∼5-10%) and d ...[more]