title: The effects of 2-deoxy-D-glucose and sympathetic denervation of brown fat GDP binding in Sprague-Dawley rats.
abstract: Central administration of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) decreases brown fat thermogenesis. This effect is suggested to be mediated via a central control mechanism. Our study was designed to determine the importance of the sympathetic nervous system in the response of brown fat to intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of 2-DG. Unilateral denervation of interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) was performed on male Sprague-Dawley rats (300 g body weight). Nine days after surgery, rats were injected i.p. with either saline vehicle (0.9% sodium chloride) or 2-DG (360 mg/kg wt) and then killed one hour later. Sympathetic denervation resulted in 50% decreases in total IBAT protein and in mitochondrial protein recovered. In the denervated lobes, mitochondrial GDP binding (expressed as nmol/mg mitochondrial protein and as total activity recovered) was decreased to 36% and 18%, respectively. Injection of 2-DG did not change mitochondrial protein content in either the innervated or denervated IBAT. In the innervated lobes, 2-DG significantly lowered GDP binding to 55% of that in saline-treated animals, whether expressed per mg mitochondrial protein or as total recovered activity. In contrast, 2-DG did not further decrease GDP binding in the denervated lobes. In conclusion, the effects of i.p. injection of 2-DG on brown fat thermogenesis (as evidenced by GDP binding) appear to be primarily mediated via the sympathetic nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Horwitz
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000097:blood; D003837:Deoxy Sugars / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000032:analysis; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013562:Sympathectomy; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D007328:Insulin; D011506:Proteins; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D003345:Corticosterone