title: [Metabolic adaptations of the gerbil, Gerbillus campestris, to a desert climate. Comparison with white mice].
abstract: Metabolic rate of gerbils was lower than that of mice (35%). We tried to assess the part played by brown adipose tissue in this low level. Mitochondrial respiration (state 4), protein content and cytochrome-oxidase activity of interscapular BAT mitochondria were very low in gerbils compared to mice, whereas in liver and muscle these parameters were not significantly different. Like in fasting animals, the low level of basal energy expenditure of gerbils may be ascribed to low activity of BAT.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Thermorégulation et Métabolisme énergétique, U. A. 181 CNRS, Université Claude-Bernard, Lyon.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oufara
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003889:Desert Climate; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000378:metabolism; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
vernacular_title: Adaptations métaboliques de la Gerbille, Gerbillus campestris, au climat désertique. Comparaison avec la Souris blanche.