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ArticleNature cell biology2021

AIDA directly connects sympathetic innervation to adaptive thermogenesis by UCP1.

Meng Shi, Xiao-Yu Huang, Xin-Yi Ren, Xiao-Yan Wei, Yue Ma, Zhi-Zhong Lin, Dong-Tai Liu, Lintao Song, Tong-Jin Zhao, Guang Li and 11 more

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meng Shi *State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5502-0154
Xiao-Yu Huang *State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9618-8110
Xin-Yi RenState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-1495
Xiao-Yan WeiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9168-1048
Yue MaState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-5436
Zhi-Zhong LinState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Dong-Tai LiuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7293-9717
Lintao SongState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Tong-Jin ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6861-3071
Guang LiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5543-5349
Luming YaoState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9417-4356
Mingxia ZhuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Cixiong ZhangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Changchuan XieState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yaying WuState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Han-Ming WuDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Li-Ping FanDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-7212
Jingxing OuDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Centre of the Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-8176
Yi-Hong ZhanDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-9006
Shu-Yong LinState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. linsy@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-1713
Sheng-Cai LinState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. linsc@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1993-8376
Xiamen University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sympathetic nervous system-catecholamine-uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) axis plays an essential role in non-shivering adaptive thermogenesis. However, whether there exists a direct effector that physically connects catecholamine signalling to UCP1 in response to acute cold is unknown. Here we report that outer mitochondrial membrane-located AIDA is phosphorylated at S161 by the catecholamine-activated protein kinase A (PKA). Phosphorylated AIDA translocates to the intermembrane space, where it binds to and activates the uncoupling activity of UCP1 by promoting cysteine oxidation of UCP1. Adipocyte-specific depletion of AIDA abrogates UCP1-dependent thermogenesis, resulting in hypothermia during acute cold exposure. Re-expression of S161A-AIDA, unlike wild-type AIDA, fails to restore the acute cold response in Aida-knockout mice. The PKA-AIDA-UCP1 axis is highly conserved in mammals, including hibernators. Denervation of the sympathetic postganglionic fibres abolishes cold-induced AIDA-dependent thermogenesis. These findings uncover a direct mechanistic link between sympathetic input and UCP1-mediated adaptive thermogenesis.

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ThermogenesisAdipocytes, BrownAdiponectinAdipose Tissue, BrownAnimalsCells, CulturedCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesEnergy MetabolismMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOxidation-ReductionPhospholipid Transfer ProteinsPhosphorylationSignal TransductionAdiponectinAdipoq protein, mouseAida protein, mouseCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesPhospholipid Transfer ProteinsUcp1 protein, mouseUncoupling Protein 1

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