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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
卷 289, 期 1, 页码 E15-E22出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00553.2004
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brown adipose tissue; sexual dimorphism; uncoupling protein-1; oxygen consumption
related differences in energy balance were studied in young Wistar rats fed standard chow pellets either ad libitum or in restricted amounts (60% of ad libitum intake) for 100 days. Caloric intake, indirect calorimetry, organ and adipose tissue weights, energy efficiency, liver mitochondrial respiration rate, and brown adipose tissue (BAT) uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) content were measured. Ad libitum-fed females showed greater oxygen consumption ((V)over dot O-2) and carbon dioxide production ((V)over dot CO2) and lower energy efficiency than males. Caloric restriction induced a chronic drop of (V)over dot O-2 and (V)over dot CO2 in females but not in males over the period studied. Restricted females showed a better conservation of metabolic active organ mass and a greater decrease in adipose depots than restricted males. Moreover, changes of BAT size and UCP1 content suggest that BAT may be the main cause responsible for sex differences in the response of energy balance to caloric restriction. In conclusion, our results indicate that females under caloric restriction conditions deactivate facultative thermogenesis to a greater degree than males. This ability may have obvious advantages for female survival and therefore the survival of the species when food is limiting.
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