ArticleNature communications2020
Mitochondrial uncoupler BAM15 reverses diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in mice.
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- Small Molecule Insulin Sensitisers: New Leads and Targets for Next-Generation Insulin Sensitising Strategies.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026Review
- A Programmed Drug-Loaded and Penetration-Delivery Functionalized Microneedle Patch for Synergistic Obesity Treatment.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Article
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- Fatty acid-activated proton transporter SR4 prevents hepatic steatosis and metabolic alterations in diabetic mice by improving mitochondria function, energy balance and oxidative stress.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- Discovery of Niclosamide Analogs with Potent Mitochondrial Uncoupling Activity and Reduced Mitochondrial Inhibition-Associated Toxicity.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2026Article
- The role of transmembrane proton transport rates in mild mitochondrial uncoupling by arylamide substituted fatty acids.Chemical science · 2026Article
- Adipocyte Browning: A Promising Avenue in Anti-Obesity Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- FUNDC1-Associated Regulation of Mitochondrial Function Is Crucial for Preventing Endothelial Injury in Hyperglycemia.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2026Article
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- Uncoupling Protein 1 Promotes Nile Tilapia Resistance to Acute Cold Stress by Regulating Liver Metabolism.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Insights Into the Role of Obesity in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Pathophysiology and Management.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2025Review
- Impact of Obesity on Immunity to the Influenza Virus: Gut Microbiota, Mechanisms, and Novel Therapeutic Strategies.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mild Mitochondrial Uncoupling for True Ectopic Lipid Disposal.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Tumor metabolome remolded by low dose mitochondrial uncoupler elicites robust CD8Cell death discovery · 2025Article
- The Ancient Drug Salicylate Indirectly Targets Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase to Suppress Liver Glucose Production in Diet-Induced Obese Mice.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Prevent Endothelial Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis in Diabetes: Focus on the Novel Uncoupler BAM15.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- 13C tracing in synaptosomes reveals that SGLT2 inhibition with dapagliflozin prevents metabolic deficits in the 5X-FAD model of Alzheimer's Disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Genetically encoded tool for manipulation of ΔΨm identifies its role as the driver of ISR induced by ATP synthase dysfunction.Cell chemical biology · 2025Article
- Combining RNA-seq, molecular docking and experimental verification to explore the mechanism of BAM15 as a potential drug for atherosclerosis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Obesity is a health problem affecting more than 40% of US adults and 13% of the global population. Anti-obesity treatments including diet, exercise, surgery and pharmacotherapies have so far failed to reverse obesity incidence. Herein, we target obesity with a pharmacotherapeutic approach that decreases caloric efficiency by mitochondrial uncoupling. We show that a recently identified mitochondrial uncoupler BAM15 is orally bioavailable, increases nutrient oxidation, and decreases body fat mass without altering food intake, lean body mass, body temperature, or biochemical and haematological markers of toxicity. BAM15 decreases hepatic fat, decreases inflammatory lipids, and has strong antioxidant effects. Hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp studies show that BAM15 improves insulin sensitivity in multiple tissue types. Collectively, these data demonstrate that pharmacologic mitochondrial uncoupling with BAM15 has powerful anti-obesity and insulin sensitizing effects without compromising lean mass or affecting food intake.
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