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Isolation, Culture, and Functional Analysis of Murine Thermogenic Adipocytes

Oeckl J., Bast-Habersbrunner A., Fromme T., Klingenspor M., Li Y.

Animal Study, published in STAR Protoc (2020) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Level D· Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studiesEvidence level of this study

Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

  • Level A · Stronger Clinical Evidence
  • Level B · Emerging clinical evidence with positive signals
  • Level C · Early human research exploring benefits
  • Level D · Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studies
  • Emerging · Emerging topic under active research
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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
STAR Protoc (2020)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
Europe PMC
PMID
33377014
PMCID
PMC7757011
DOI
10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100118
Citations
32

Abstract (original English)

Studying brown and brite adipose tissue requires precise and reliable quantification of cellular thermogenesis. This protocol describes the isolation of primary murine pre-adipocytes, differentiation into thermogenic brown and brite adipocytes, and subsequent oxygen consumption analysis. Commonly applied procedures only measure basal and maximal proton leak-linked oxygen consumption but not explicitly uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)-dependent respiration. Meaningful oxygen consumption analyses require (1) the activation of UCP1, (2) control over intracellular free-fatty-acid levels, and (3) inhibition of ATP-consuming futile cycles. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Li et al. (2014, 2017, 2018) and Schweizer et al. (2018).

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

Evidence level

Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

How we grade evidence
Cells, CulturedMitochondriaAnimalsMiceMitochondrial ProteinsCell DifferentiationOxygen ConsumptionThermogenesisAdipose Tissue, BrownAdipocytes, Brown

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