Uncoupling protein-3 gene expression in skeletal muscle during development is regulated by nutritional factors that alter circulating non-esterified fatty acids.
Uncoupling protein-3 gene expression in skeletal muscle is up-regulated during postnatal development of mice. A high-carbohydrate diet at weaning induces a decrease in uncoupling protein-3 mRNA levels that does not occur when mice were weaned onto a high-fat diet. Uncoupling protein-3 mRNA levels do not increase in response to fasting in young pups. Only after day 15 of life, when fasting increases serum non-esterified fatty acids, uncoupling protein-3 mRNA is up-regulated by starvation. Over-nutrition or under-nutrition during lactation increases or decreases, respectively, uncoupling protein-3 mRNA expression in skeletal muscle. Regulation of uncoupling protein-3 gene expression in skeletal muscle during development is mediated by ontogenic and nutritional factors determining changes in circulating non-esterified fatty acids.
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001835:Body Weight; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology; D005215:Fasting; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood*; D007473:Ion Channels; D008098:Litter Size; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D024510:Muscle Development; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000254:growth & development*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3; D015854:Up-Regulation; D014886:Weaning
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D007473:Ion Channels; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C000604393:Ucp3 protein, mouse; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3