Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians

G Grigg, J Nowack, JEPW Bicudo, NC Bal… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The whole‐body (tachymetabolic) endothermy seen in modern birds and mammals is long
held to have evolved independently in each group, a reasonable assumption when it was …

[PDF][PDF] Skeletal muscle thermogenesis and its role in whole body energy metabolism

M Periasamy, JL Herrera… - Diabetes & metabolism …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Obesity and diabetes has become a major epidemic across the globe. Controlling obesity
has been a challenge since this would require either increased physical activity or reduced …

The GIP receptor activates futile calcium cycling in white adipose tissue to increase energy expenditure and drive weight loss in mice

X Yu, S Chen, JB Funcke, LG Straub, V Pirro… - Cell Metabolism, 2025 - cell.com
Obesity is a chronic disease that contributes to the development of insulin resistance, type 2
diabetes (T2D), and cardiovascular risk. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide …

Uncoupling of sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase pump activity by sarcolipin as the basis for muscle non-shivering thermogenesis

NC Bal, M Periasamy - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thermogenesis in endotherms relies on both shivering and non-shivering thermogenesis
(NST). The role of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in NST is well recognized, but the role of …

Both brown adipose tissue and skeletal muscle thermogenesis processes are activated during mild to severe cold adaptation in mice

NC Bal, S Singh, FCG Reis, SK Maurya, S Pani… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Thermogenesis is an important homeostatic mechanism essential for survival and normal
physiological functions in mammals. Both brown adipose tissue (BAT)(ie uncoupling protein …

Sarcolipin signaling promotes mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle

SK Maurya, JL Herrera, SK Sahoo, FCG Reis, RB Vega… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
The major objective of this study was to understand the molecular basis of how sarcolipin
uncoupling of SERCA regulates muscle oxidative metabolism. Using genetically engineered …

Sarcolipin: a key thermogenic and metabolic regulator in skeletal muscle

M Pant, NC Bal, M Periasamy - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Skeletal muscle constitutes∼ 40% of body mass and has the capacity to play a major role as
thermogenic, metabolic, and endocrine organ. In addition to shivering, muscle also …

Role of SERCA and sarcolipin in adaptive muscle remodeling

PJ Chambers, ES Juracic… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Sarcolipin (SLN) is a small regulatory protein that inhibits the sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum
Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) pump. When bound to SERCA, SLN reduces the apparent Ca2+ …

Increased reliance on muscle-based thermogenesis upon acute minimization of brown adipose tissue function

NC Bal, SK Maurya, S Singh, XHT Wehrens… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Skeletal muscle has been suggested as a site of nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) besides
brown adipose tissue (BAT). Studies in birds, which do not contain BAT, have demonstrated …

Linking biochemical and structural states of SERCA: achievements, challenges, and new opportunities

R Aguayo-Ortiz, LM Espinoza-Fonseca - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA), a member of the P-type ATPase
family of ion and lipid pumps, is responsible for the active transport of Ca2+ from the …