Differences in [F]FDG Uptake in BAT of UCP1 -/- and UCP1 +/+ during Adrenergic Stimulation of Non-shivering Thermogenesis

Overview

Journal EJNMMI Res

Date 2020 Nov 7

PMID 33159596

Citations 4

Authors

Christian T McHugh

John Garside

Jared Barkes

Jonathan Frank

Constance Dragicevich

Hong Yuan

Rosa T Branca

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Abstract

Background: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a fat tissue found in most mammals that helps regulate energy balance and core body temperature through a sympathetic process known as non-shivering thermogenesis. BAT activity is commonly detected and quantified in [F]FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans, and radiotracer uptake in BAT during adrenergic stimulation is often used as a surrogate measure for identifying thermogenic activity in the tissue. BAT thermogenesis is believed to be contingent upon the expression of the protein UCP1, but conflicting results have been reported in the literature concerning [F]FDG uptake within BAT of mice with and without UCP1. Differences in animal handling techniques such as feeding status, type of anesthetic, type of BAT stimulation, and estrogen levels were identified as possible confounding variables for [F]FDG uptake. In this study, we aimed to assess differences in BAT [F]FDG uptake between wild-type and UCP1-knockout mice using a protocol that minimizes possible variations in BAT stimulation caused by different stress responses to mouse handling.

Results: [F]FDG PET/CT scans were run on mice that were anesthetized with pentobarbital after stimulation of non-shivering thermogenesis by norepinephrine. While in wild-type mice [F]FDG uptake in BAT increased significantly with norepinephrine stimulation of BAT, there was no consistent change in [F]FDG uptake in BAT of mice lacking UCP1.

Conclusions: [F]FDG uptake within adrenergically stimulated BAT of wild-type and UCP1-knockout mice can significantly vary such that an [F]FDG uptake threshold cannot be used to differentiate wild-type from UCP1-knockout mice. However, while an increase in BAT [F]FDG uptake during adrenergic stimulation is consistently observed in wild-type mice, in UCP1-knockout mice [F]FDG uptake in BAT seems to be independent of β-adrenergic stimulation of non-shivering thermogenesis.

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