ArticleCell reports2015
Dependence of brown adipose tissue function on CD36-mediated coenzyme Q uptake.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy of coenzyme QJournal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Activation of Human Brown Adipose Tissue by Capsinoids, Catechins, Ephedrine, and Other Dietary Components: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Vps1 and select autophagic machinery are required for coenzyme Q uptake and trafficking to mitochondria.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Article
- A clickable CoQ imaging probe reveals that cellular uptake and lysosomal trafficking depend on CD36 and NPC1.Redox biology · 2026Article
- Functional Complexity of Thermogenic Adipose Tissue: From Thermogenesis to Metabolic and Fibroinflammatory Crosstalk.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Understanding coenzyme Q.Physiological reviews · 2024Review
- Ferroptosis in health and disease.Redox biology · 2024Review
- Whole-body deletion of Endospanin 1 protects from obesity-associated deleterious metabolic alterations.JCI insight · 2024Article
- Brown adipose tissue CoQ deficiency activates the integrated stress response and FGF21-dependent mitohormesis.The EMBO journal · 2024Article
- New Insights on the Uptake and Trafficking of Coenzyme Q.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Coenzyme Q biochemistry and biosynthesis.Trends in biochemical sciences · 2023Review
- Mevalonate biosynthesis pathway regulates the development and survival of brown adipocytes.iScience · 2023Article
- Thermogenic Adipose Redox Mechanisms: Potential Targets for Metabolic Disease Therapies.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Effects of allicin on human Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome cells in mediating browning phenotype.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- CoQ Regulates Brown Adipose Tissue Respiration and Uncoupling Protein 1 Expression.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Carotenoid transporter CD36 expression depends on hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in mouse soleus muscles.Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition · 2022Article
- Cell fate determining molecular switches and signaling pathways in Pax7-expressing somitic mesoderm.Cell discovery · 2022Article
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- The Molecular Brakes of Adipose Tissue Lipolysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Fatty acid mobilization from adipose tissue is mediated by CD36 posttranslational modifications and intracellular trafficking.JCI insight · 2021Article
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Abstract
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) possesses the inherent ability to dissipate metabolic energy as heat through uncoupled mitochondrial respiration. An essential component of the mitochondrial electron transport chain is coenzyme Q (CoQ). While cells synthesize CoQ mostly endogenously, exogenous supplementation with CoQ has been successful as a therapy for patients with CoQ deficiency. However, which tissues depend on exogenous CoQ uptake as well as the mechanism by which CoQ is taken up by cells and the role of this process in BAT function are not well understood. Here, we report that the scavenger receptor CD36 drives the uptake of CoQ by BAT and is required for normal BAT function. BAT from mice lacking CD36 displays CoQ deficiency, impaired CoQ uptake, hypertrophy, altered lipid metabolism, mitochondrial dysfunction, and defective nonshivering thermogenesis. Together, these data reveal an important new role for the systemic transport of CoQ to BAT and its function in thermogenesis.
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