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Effects of intravenous isoproterenol (β-agonist) administration on expression and synthesis of ovine uncoupling protein-1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D.S. Finn ,
P. Trayhurn ,
J. Struthers  and
M.A. Lomax
D.S. Finn
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building 581 King St., Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland U.K.
P. Trayhurn
Affiliation:
Division of Biomedical Science, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, ScotlandU.K.
J. Struthers
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building 581 King St., Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland U.K.
M.A. Lomax
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building 581 King St., Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland U.K.
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A crucial factor in the prevention of hypothermia in the neonatal lamb is the functional activitation of a mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP1) in brown adipose tissue. UCP1 disappears from lamb brown fat over the first 14 days of life (Finn et al., 1998), but it is not known whether this process can be modulated in lambs by the release of catecholamines which have been established in rodents as a mediator of the response to cold stress. This study examines the effect of administering a β-adrenoceptor agonist on the disappearance of UCP1 and UCP1 mRNA during early neonatal life, using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 164
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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Finn, D.S., Lomax, M.A., Trayhurn, P. (1998). An immunohistochemical and in situ hybridisation study of the postnatal development of uncoupling protein-1 and uncoupling protein-1 mRNA in lamb perirenal adipose tissue. Cell Tissue Res. 294:461–466.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed