12-Lipoxygenase Regulates Cold Adaptation and Glucose Metabolism by Producing the Omega-3 Lipid 12-HEPE from Brown Fat.

Author(s): Leiria LO, Wang CH, Lynes MD, Yang K, Shamsi F, Sato M, Sugimoto S, Chen EY, Bussberg V, Narain NR, Sansbury BE, Darcy J, Huang TL, Kodani SD, Sakaguchi M, Rocha AL, Schulz TJ, Bartelt A, Hotamisligil GS, Hirshman MF, van Leyen K, Goodyear LJ, Blüher M, Cypess AM, Kiebish MA, Spite M, Tseng YHJournal: Cell MetabPMID: 31353262 October 2019
Distinct oxygenases and their oxylipin products have been shown to participate in thermogenesis by mediating physiological adaptations required to sustain…

The cold-induced lipokine 12,13-diHOME promotes fatty acid transport into brown adipose tissue.

Author(s): Lynes MD, Leiria LO, Lundh M, Bartelt A, Shamsi F, Huang TL, Takahashi H, Hirshman MF, Schlein C, Lee A, Baer LA, May FJ, Gao F, Narain NR, Chen EY, Kiebish MA, Cypess AM, Blüher M, Goodyear LJ, Hotamisligil GS, Stanford KI, Tseng YHJournal: Nat MedPMID: 28346411 May 2017
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) and beige adipose tissue combust fuels for heat production in adult humans, and so constitute an…

JNK1 deficiency does not enhance muscle glucose metabolism in lean mice.

Author(s): Witczak CA, Hirshman MF, Jessen N, Fujii N, Seifert MM, Brandauer J, Hotamisligil GS, Goodyear LJJournal: Biochem Biophys Res CommunPMID: 17045576 December 2006
Mice deficient in c-jun-NH(2)-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) exhibit decreased fasting blood glucose and insulin levels, and protection against obesity-induced insulin…