title: Brown adipose tissue activity and oxygen consumption after scald injury in the rat.
abstract: Scald injury (30% surface scald) in the rat caused rapid (1-3 h) and transient decreases in oxygen consumption (VO2 20%), colonic temperature (1.1 degree C), and brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenic activity (22%). Three days after injury, VO2 was slightly increased in injured rats, and sympathetically mediated heat production (assessed from the inhibitory effect of a beta-adrenergic antagonist on VO2) was significantly greater than than for controls. At this time, BAT activity (in vitro mitochondrial GDP binding) was 35% higher in injured than control rats. Food intake was inhibited for only 24 h in injured animals, but weight gain was suppressed for at least 3 days. The data indicate that sympathetic modification of BAT thermogenesis may contribute to the changes in metabolic rate and body weight gain after scald injury in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology Sciences, University of Manchester, England.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Rothwell
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D002056:Burns / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003106:Colon / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015430:Weight Gain