Scientists have reached a new mechanism that turns brown fats into heat, contributing to the protection of obesity -related diseases. In a research published by the Journal “Nature: Comeon”, it is said that this discovery can have a major effect on the treatment of obesity and related diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Brown fat is a kind of fatty tissue that contains a lot of mitochondria, which gives it brown, and works to generate heat and is a process activated by cold or other stimuli. Several studies in the last decade have shown that stimulation of brown fat can protect against obesity and metabolic diseases. Scientists have always believed that obesity can be prevented by raising these fats more energy by generating heat, so the first purpose was to understand how this mechanism works. The mechanisms of turning fat into energy for a long time were believed that brown fats used one mechanism to convert energy into heat, but the present study confirmed that there are several mechanisms to participate in this process. The researchers concluded that the protein known as the MCJ in the Mitochondria is responsible for controlling one of these mechanisms; Because they noticed that when they removed the MCJ protein from obese mice, they yielded more heat and lost more weight. MCJ protein is found in mitochondria, which is the organs responsible for energy production in cells. This protein is characterized by its role in organizing the process of energy production in the cells, specifically in the control of the process of heat generation (thermal arousal) in brown fats, which play an important role in maintaining body temperature by burning fat and generating heat. The MCJ protein regulates the consumption of fats, sugar and proteins in the cells to stimulate heat production. The results indicate that the fat mice that researchers planted in their bodies are brown fats without the MCJ protein being a decrease in weight. In addition, scientists have noted that these animals have been protected from obesity -related health diseases, such as diabetes and high blood fat. This discovery opens the prospects for developing new treatments to combat obesity and related diseases. Obesity affects more than 650 million people around the world, and it is one of the most important factors that contribute to the development of heart disease and metabolism, and also increases the risk of cancer. The researchers say that obesity occurs if there is excessive food consumption or insufficient in total energy consumption. The researchers hope to develop a treatment that can block MCJ protein in obesity patients, but they must first study whether this protein has important functions in other tissues. Researchers also seek to study the effect of these fat changes on the growth of crops or wastage, muscle loss and fat, often associated with cancer.
Turn fat into heat .. a new mechanism that contributes to the treatment of obesity
