title: Uncoupling protein-3: a new member of the mitochondrial carrier family with tissue-specific expression.
abstract: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) and skeletal muscle are important sites of nonshivering thermogenesis. The uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) is the main effector of nonshivering thermogenesis in BAT and the recently described ubiquitous UCP2 [1] has been implicated in energy balance. In an attempt to better understand the biochemical events underlying nonshivering thermogenesis in muscle, we screened a human skeletal muscle cDNA library and isolated three clones: UCP2, UCP3L and UCP3S. The novel UCP3 was 57% and 73% identical to human UCP1 and UCP2, respectively, highly skeletal muscle-specific and its expression was unaffected by cold acclimation. This new member of the UCP family is a candidate protein for the modulation of the respiratory control in skeletal muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Olivier.Boss@medecine.unige.ch
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samec
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paoloni-Giacobino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rossier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dulloo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seydoux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muzzin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Giacobino
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C000604371:UCP1 protein, human; C000604389:UCP2 protein, human; C000604392:UCP3 protein, human; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3