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Abstract:	Thermogenesis by brown and beige adipose tissue, which requires activation by external stimuli, can counter metabolic disease. Thermogenic respiration is initiated by adipocyte lipolysis through cyclic AMP-protein kinase A signalling; this pathway has been subject to longstanding clinical investigation. Here we apply a comparative metabolomics approach and identify an independent metabolic pathway that controls acute activation of adipose tissue thermogenesis in vivo. We show that substantial and selective accumulation of the tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate succinate is a metabolic signature of adipose tissue thermogenesis upon activation by exposure to cold. Succinate accumulation occurs independently of adrenergic signalling, and is sufficient to elevate thermogenic respiration in brown adipocytes. Selective accumulation of succinate may be driven by a capacity of brown adipocytes to sequester elevated circulating succinate. Furthermore, brown adipose tissue thermogenesis can be initiated by systemic administration of succinate in mice. Succinate from the extracellular milieu is rapidly metabolized by brown adipocytes, and its oxidation by succinate dehydrogenase is required for activation of thermogenesis. We identify a mechanism whereby succinate dehydrogenase-mediated oxidation of succinate initiates production of reactive oxygen species, and drives thermogenic respiration, whereas inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase supresses thermogenesis. Finally, we show that pharmacological elevation of circulating succinate drives UCP1-dependent thermogenesis by brown adipose tissue in vivo, which stimulates robust protection against diet-induced obesity and improves glucose tolerance. These findings reveal an unexpected mechanism for control of thermogenesis, using succinate as a systemically-derived thermogenic molecule.
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MiPareas:	Gender Respiration Instruments;methods mt-Biogenesis;mt-density mt-Structure;fission;fusion mt-Membrane mtDNA;mt-genetics nDNA;cell genetics Genetic knockout;overexpression Comparative MiP;environmental MiP Developmental biology Exercise physiology;nutrition;life style mt-Medicine Patients Pharmacology;toxicology mt-Awareness
Pathological states:	COPD Aging;senescence Alzheimer's Autism Cancer Cardiovascular Diabetes Inherited Infectious Myopathy Neurodegenerative Obesity Parkinson's Sepsis Other
Stress conditions:	Hypoxia Cell death Cryopreservation Ischemia-reperfusion Permeability transition Oxidative stress;RONS Temperature Mitochondrial disease
Organism:	Pig Human Mouse Rat Guinea pig Bovines Horse Dog Rabbit Cat Other mammals Chicken Zebrafish Drosophila Artemia Caenorhabditis elegans Saccharomyces cerevisiae Birds Reptiles Amphibians Fishes Chelicerates Crustaceans Hexapods Myriapods Annelids Molluscs Nematodes Other invertebrates Fungi Plants Protists Eubacteria Archea Algae
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