Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Adaptive thermogenesis enhances the life-threatening response to heat in mice with an Ryr1 mutation

  • Hui J. Wang,
  • Chang Seok Lee,
  • Rachel Sue Zhen Yee,
  • Linda Groom,
  • Inbar Friedman,
  • Lyle Babcock,
  • Dimitra K. Georgiou,
  • Jin Hong,
  • Amy D. Hanna,
  • Joseph Recio,
  • Jong Min Choi,
  • Ting Chang,
  • Nadia H. Agha,
  • Jonathan Romero,
  • Poonam Sarkar,
  • Nicol Voermans,
  • M. Waleed Gaber,
  • Sung Yun Jung,
  • Matthew L. Baker,
  • Robia G. Pautler,
  • Robert T. Dirksen,
  • Sheila Riazi,
  • Susan L. Hamilton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18865-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Individuals with malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS) suffer from lifethreatening responses to heat. Here the authors demonstrate that adaptive thermogenesis from brown adipose tissue contributes to this heat sensitivity in a preclinical mouse model of MHS