Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35614225›Full record

ArticleNature2022

Mitochondrial uncouplers induce proton leak by activating AAC and UCP1.

Ambre M Bertholet, Andrew M Natale, Paola Bisignano, Junji Suzuki, Andriy Fedorenko, James Hamilton, Tatiana Brustovetsky, Lawrence Kazak, Ryan Garrity, Edward T Chouchani and 3 more

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Article in Nature, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Deciphering Uncoupling Proteins in Cellular Homeostasis and Metabolic Health.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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  17. Mitochondria as a Therapeutic Target in Metabolic Disorders.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  19. Interactions of Arachidonic Acid with AAC1 and UCP1.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Ambre M Bertholet *Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Andrew M Natale *Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6320-0216
Paola BisignanoCardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Junji SuzukiDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-5471
Andriy FedorenkoDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
James HamiltonDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Tatiana BrustovetskyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Lawrence KazakDana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7591-2544
Ryan GarrityDana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5015-4505
Edward T ChouchaniDana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9776-8790
Nickolay BrustovetskyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6564-2560
Michael GrabeCardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Michael.Grabe@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3509-5997
Yuriy KirichokDepartment of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Yuriy.Kirichok@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-843X
University of California, San Francisco · USHarvard University · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008284 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KORTEMME, TANJA · 1988 to 2022
$10.1M
Molecular Biophysics of Mitochondrial MembranesR35GM136415 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Yuriy Kirichok · 2020 to 2026
$4.7M
CRMP2, mitochondria, and Huntington’s diseaseR01NS098772 · NINDS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI BRUSTOVETSKY, NICKOLAY, KHANNA, RAJESH · 2017 to 2021
$2.8M
Computational Studies of Sodium SymportersR01GM089740 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GRABE, MICHAEL · 2011 to 2020
$2.8M
Mechanisms of regulation of mitochondrial H+ leak and thermogenesisR35GM143097 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BERTHOLET, AMBRE MARGUERITE SOLANGE · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Uncoupling and ThermogenesisR01GM118939 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KIRICHOK, YURIY · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Thermogenesis in Adipose TissuesR01GM107710 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KIRICHOK, YURIY · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
Ion permeation, lipid flipping, and membrane remodeling by TMEM16 proteinsR01GM137109 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GRABE, MICHAEL · 2021 to 2024
$1.4M
High Performance Computer for Computational BiosciencesS10OD021596 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SALI, ANDREJ · 2016 to 2016
$443k
American Heart Association-American Stroke AssociationNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM089740NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM107710NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM118939NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM137109NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136415NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM143097NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008284NIH HHS S10 OD021596NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS098772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria generate heat due to H

Indexed as

MitochondriaMitochondrial ADP, ATP TranslocasesProtonsUncoupling Protein 1Adenosine DiphosphateAdenosine TriphosphateAdipose Tissue, BrownCarbonyl Cyanide p-TrifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazoneFatty AcidsAdenosine DiphosphateAdenosine TriphosphateCarbonyl Cyanide p-TrifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazoneFatty AcidsMitochondrial ADP, ATP TranslocasesProtonsUncoupling Protein 1

Identifiers

PMID35614225
PMCPMC9646675
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