Come on BAIBA light my fire

Helene L Kammoun; Mark A Febbraio

doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.007

Come on BAIBA light my fire

Cell Metab. 2014 Jan 7;19(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.007.

Authors

Helene L Kammoun¹, Mark A Febbraio²

Affiliations

¹ Cellular and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia.
² Cellular and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne 3004, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: mark.febbraio@bakeridi.edu.au.

PMID: 24411934
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.007

Abstract

The contracting muscle has been shown to act as an endocrine organ, secreting "myokines" that participate in tissue crosstalk. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Roberts et al. (2014) identify BAIBA as a contraction-induced myokine that results in browning of white adipose tissue and increases fat oxidation in the liver.

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MeSH terms

Adipose Tissue, Brown / metabolism*
Adipose Tissue, White / metabolism*
Aminoisobutyric Acids / pharmacology*
Animals
Cardiovascular Diseases / metabolism*
Humans
Liver / metabolism*
Metabolic Diseases / metabolism*

Substances

Aminoisobutyric Acids
3-aminoisobutyric acid