title: [Effect of iron on the expression of uncoupling protein 2, 3 gene of obese rat].
abstract: In order to study the effect of iron on the expression of UCP2 in white fat and UCP3 in muscle in obese rats, a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique is used to measure the expression of UCP2 and UCP3 mRNA. The results show: (1) Adequate iron improves the level of thyroid hormone in blood serum; (2) the body fat content of obese rat in 5, 10, and 20 times of iron supplement groups is lower than that of obese rats in normal iron supplement group; (3) the UCP2 and UCP3 mRNA expression of iron-deficient obese rats is low in iron-deficient obese rats; (4) iron supplement enhances the level of UCP3 mRNA expression in muscle and the level of UCP3 mRNA is the highest in the 5 times iron supplement group and about 2 times of that of basic diet group. However, there is no effect on the UCP2 mRNA expression induced by high energy diet. It suggested that adequate iron can improve the level of serum thyroid hormone, induce the UCP3 mRNA expression in muscle and mobilize fat to produce heat, but had no effect on UCP2 mRNA in white fat of obese rat.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: Wenguang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Changhao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Shuran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Rongxia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D007473:Ion Channels; D007501:Iron / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C000604391:Ucp2 protein, rat; C000604394:Ucp3 protein, rat; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D000071247:Uncoupling Protein 3; D007501:Iron