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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 5361-5375Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-247643
Keywords
rimonabant; sympathetic nervous system; uncoupling protein 1
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- Board of Directors of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
- Netherlands Heart Foundation [2009T087]
- Netherlands Cardiovascular Research Initiative
- Dutch Heart Foundation
- Dutch Federation of University Medical Centers
- Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences [CVON2011-19]
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The endocannabinoid system is an important player in energy metabolism by regulating appetite, lipolysis, and energy expenditure. Chronic blockade of the cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB1R) leads to long-term maintenance of weight loss and reduction of dyslipidemia in experimental and human obesity. The molecular mechanism by which CB1R blockade reverses dyslipidemia in obesity has not yet been clarified. In this study, we showed that CB1R blockade with the systemic CB1R blocker rimonabant enhanced whole-body energy expenditure and activated brown adipose tissue (BAT), indicated by increased expression of genes involved in BAT thermogenesis and decreased lipid droplet size in BAT. This was accompanied by selectively increased triglyceride (TG) uptake by BAT and lower plasma TG levels. Interestingly, the effects on BAT activation were still present at thermoneutrality and could be recapitulated by using the strictly peripheral CB1R antagonist AM6545, indicatingdirect peripheral activation of BAT. Indeed, CB1R blockade directly activated T37i brown adipocytes, resulting in enhanced uncoupled respiration, most likely via enhancing cAMP/PKA signaling via the adrenergic receptor pathway. Our data indicate that selective targeting of the peripheral CB1R in BAT has therapeutic potential in attenuating dyslipidemia and obesity.
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