A dual Ucp1 reporter mouse model for imaging and quantitation of brown and brite fat recruitment.
BAT
Browning
Firefly luciferase
Thermogenesis
UCP1
WAT
iRFP713
Journal
Molecular metabolism
ISSN: 2212-8778
Titre abrégé: Mol Metab
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101605730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2019
02 2019
Historique:
received:
03
09
2018
revised:
21
11
2018
accepted:
23
11
2018
pubmed:
26
12
2018
medline:
26
11
2019
entrez:
25
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) dissipates nutritional energy as heat through uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1). The discovery of functional BAT in healthy adult humans has promoted the search for pharmacological interventions to recruit and activate brown fat as a treatment of obesity and diabetes type II. These efforts require in vivo models to compare the efficacy of novel compounds in a relevant physiological context. We generated a knock-in mouse line expressing firefly luciferase and near-infrared red florescent protein (iRFP713) driven by the regulatory elements of the endogenous Ucp1 gene. Our detailed characterization revealed that firefly luciferase activity faithfully reports endogenous Ucp1 gene expression in response to physiological and pharmacological stimuli. The iRFP713 fluorescence signal was detected in the interscapular BAT region of cold-exposed reporter mice in an allele-dosage dependent manner. Using this reporter mouse model, we detected a higher browning capacity in female peri-ovarian white adipose tissue compared to male epididymal WAT, which we further corroborated by molecular and morphological features. In situ imaging detected a strong luciferase activity signal in a previously unappreciated adipose tissue depot adjunct to the femoral muscle, now adopted as femoral brown adipose tissue. In addition, screening cultured adipocytes by bioluminescence imaging identified the selective Salt-Inducible Kinase inhibitor, HG-9-91-01, to increase Ucp1 gene expression and mitochondrial respiration in brown and brite adipocytes. In our mouse model, firefly luciferase activity serves as a bona fide reporter for dynamic regulation of Ucp1. In addition, by means of iRFP713 we are able to monitor Ucp1 expression in a non-invasive fashion.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30580967
pii: S2212-8778(18)30884-6
doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.11.009
pmc: PMC6358570
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Luminescent Proteins
0
Ucp1 protein, mouse
0
Uncoupling Protein 1
0
Luciferases, Firefly
EC 1.13.12.7
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
14-27Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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