title: Expression and distribution of heme oxygenase-1 and -2 in rat brown adipose tissue: the modulatory role of the noradrenergic system.
abstract: To investigate whether brown adipose tissue (BAT) expresses the inducible (HO-1) and the constitutive (HO-2) isoform of heme oxygenase, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting and immunohistochemistry were performed on interscapular BAT (IBAT) from rats acclimated at environmental temperature or exposed to cold. Both HO isoforms were detected in rat IBAT. They were immunolocalized in the cytoplasm and/or nuclei of brown adipocytes, in parenchymal capillaries, arteries and in some veins and nerves. Whereas cold exposure did not affect HO-2 expression, it significantly increased the expression of HO-1, both at mRNA (about 3-fold) and protein (about 2-fold) levels, reflecting the increased expression of HO-1 in the brown adipocytes and endothelial cells of parenchymal capillaries. Western blotting of cytosolic and nuclear protein extracts from cultured differentiated brown adipocytes showed that HO-1 and HO-2 are indeed localized in the cytosol and nuclei of brown adipocytes, and that noradrenaline stimulation significantly increased their amount in cytosol but not in the nuclear fraction.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Normal Human Morphology-Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nisoli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tonello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cancello
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Carruba
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cinti
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology*; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013696:Temperature; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; C105245:heme oxygenase-2