title: Effect of nicotine on norepinephrine turnover and thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue and metabolic rate in MSG obese mice.
abstract: To clarify whether nicotine stimulates the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and whether it promotes the resting metabolic rate (RMR), with resulting mitigation of obesity, we measured norepinephrine (NE) turnover (an indicator of SNS activity), guanosine-5'-diphosphate (GDP) binding (a thermogenic indicator), oxygen consumption in BAT, and RMR in monosodium-L-glutamate (MSG) obese and saline control mice after 2 weeks treatment with nicotine. Nicotine significantly increased NE turnover, GDP binding, oxygen consumption in BAT, and RMR, and significantly reduced body weight in MSG obese mice as well as in control mice without affecting food intake. These results suggest that nicotine stimulates NE turnover and thermogenesis in BAT, and promotes RMR, all of which contribute to the mitigation of obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001481:Basal Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D009765:Obesity / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012970:Sodium Glutamate
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D009538:Nicotine; D012970:Sodium Glutamate; D009638:Norepinephrine