Cellular aspects of the regulation of metabolic rate.
Beyond the energy requirement of maintenance, the assimilated energy, occurring in bioproducts, is linearly proportional to the intake of metabolizable energy in non-underfed conditions. In contrast, resting metabolic rate is differing between individuals within a population of an animal species. As adaptability to changed environmental conditions may play a role, young bulls were exposed to thermoneutral (18 degrees C) and low (4 degrees C) ambient temperatures and were fed at two feeding levels (1.0 and 1.6 times energy requirement in maintenance) to produce metabolic rate differences, using the same animals, metabolic rate was altered by reducing the sympathetic outflow in each case. Expression of sulfonylurea receptors in circulating mononuclear leukocytes and cells from skeletal muscle (m. semitendinosus) was studied by flow cytometry. Changes of metabolic rate at rest corresponded to the portion of cells with sulfonylurea receptors expression. The data from reducing the sympathetic outflow and those from sulfonylurea receptors expression are useful to explain metabolic rate differences among individuals of an animal population.
Forschungsinstitut für die Biologie landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere, Dummerstorf, Germany.
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D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002477:Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D002149:Energy Intake; D004777:Environment; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005502:Food; D006706:Homeostasis; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000378:metabolism; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors
D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors