Component
Expression of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes
Expression of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
Where it participates (unsigned role)
Ectopic expression of PGC-1 in white adipose cells activated expression of UCP1 and key mitochondrial enzymes of the respiratory chain, and increased cellular mitochondrial DNA content.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/9529258.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "8986da918d7bde4d0314f51038ee3b1c6413042a1132bb6fbf55ceeb54e79ddf", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 842, "text_sha256": "8986da918d7bde4d0314f51038ee3b1c6413042a1132bb6fbf55ceeb54e79ddf"}
- experimental_model
- Cloning of PGC-1 from a brown fat cDNA library with ectopic expression in white adipose cells
- exposure
- Cold exposure of mice; ectopic PGC-1 expression
- limitations
- The founding description of the coactivator. Ectopic expression shows sufficiency in white fat cells; it does not establish the size of the contribution in vivo.
- nutrient_topic
- Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. · Cold water immersion
- organism
- Mouse
- plain_language
- The same switch builds more mitochondria to do the burning.
- primary_references
- [cold-p9529258] A cold-inducible coactivator of nuclear receptors linked to adaptive thermogenesis. (1998). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9529258/ DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81410-5
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Brown fat and skeletal muscle
Cold water immersion: cold sensing, heat production, the catecholamine axis and what repeated exposure changes (2026-09-19) · lines 351–362
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Cloning of PGC-1 from a brown fat cDNA library with ectopic expression in white adipose cells · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### cold-pgc1a-mitochondrial-biogenesis Ectopic expression of PGC-1 in white adipose cells activated expression of UCP1 and key mitochondrial enzymes of the respiratory chain, and increased cellular mitochondrial DNA content. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. plain_language: The same switch builds more mitochondria to do the burning. organism: Mouse tissue_or_cell_type: Brown fat and skeletal muscle experimental_model: Cloning of PGC-1 from a brown fat cDNA library with ectopic expression in white adipose cells limitations: The founding description of the coactivator. Ectopic expression shows sufficiency in white fat cells; it does not establish the size of the contribution in vivo. exposure: Cold exposure of mice; ectopic PGC-1 expression evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/9529258.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "8986da918d7bde4d0314f51038ee3b1c6413042a1132bb6fbf55ceeb54e79ddf", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 842, "text_sha256": "8986da918d7bde4d0314f51038ee3b1c6413042a1132bb6fbf55ceeb54e79ddf"} [cold-p9529258] A cold-inducible coactivator of nuclear receptors linked to adaptive thermogenesis. (1998). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9529258/ DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81410-5
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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