Reconstitution of novel mitochondrial uncoupling proteins, human UCP2 and UCP3, expressed in yeast, was performed to characterize fatty acid (FA)-induced H+ efflux in the resulted proteoliposomes. We now demonstrate for the first time that representatives of physiologically abundant long chain FAs, saturated or unsaturated, activate H+ translocation in UCP2- and UCP3-proteoliposomes. Efficiency of lauric, palmitic or linoleic acid was roughly the same, but oleic acid induced faster H+ uniport. We have confirmed that ATP and GTP inhibit such FA-induced H+ uniport mediated by UCP2 and UCP3. Coenzyme Q10 did not further significantly activate the observed H+ efflux. In conclusion, careful instant reconstitution yields intact functional recombinant proteins, UCP2 and UCP3, the activity of which is comparable with UCP1.

• MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• kvasinky metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mastné kyseliny metabolismus   MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondrie metabolismus   MeSH
• proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• transportní proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• uncoupling protein 3 MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. MeSH
• Názvy látek
• iontové kanály MeSH
• mastné kyseliny MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny * MeSH
• proteiny MeSH
• transportní proteiny MeSH
• UCP2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• UCP3 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• uncoupling protein 3 MeSH

Rat liver mitochondria contain a negligible amount of mitochondrial uncoupling protein UCP2 as indicated by 3H-GTP binding. UCP2 recruitment in hepatocytes during infection may serve to decrease mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and this, in turn, would counterbalance the increased oxidative stress. To characterize in detail UCP2 recruitment in hepatocytes, we studied rats pretreated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or hepatocytes isolated from them, as an in vitro model for the systemic response to bacterial infection. LPS injection resulted in 3.3- or 3-fold increase of UCP2 mRNA in rat liver and hepatocytes, respectively, as detected by real-time RT-PCR on a LightCycler. A concomitant increase in UCP2 protein content was indicated either by Western blots or was quantified by up to three-fold increase in the number of 3H-GTP binding sites in mitochondria of LPS-stimulated rats. Moreover, H2O2 production was increased by GDP only in mitochondria of LPS-stimulated rats with or without fatty acids and carboxyatractyloside. When monitored by JC1 fluorescent probe in situ mitochondria of hepatocytes from LPS-stimulated rats exhibited lower membrane potential than mitochondria of unstimulated rats. We have demonstrated that the lower membrane potential does not result from apoptosis initiation. However, due to a small extent of potential decrease upon UCP2 recruitment, justified also by theoretical calculations, we conclude that the recruited UCP2 causes only a weak uncoupling which is able to decrease mitochondrial ROS production but not produce enough heat for thermogenesis participating in a febrile response.

• MeSH
• DNA primery MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• jaterní mitochondrie metabolismus   MeSH
• krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
• lipopolysacharidy biosyntéza   MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• polymerázová řetězová reakce s reverzní transkripcí MeSH
• potkani Long-Evans MeSH
• potkani Wistar MeSH
• sekvence nukleotidů MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural MeSH
• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. MeSH
• Názvy látek
• DNA primery MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• lipopolysacharidy MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny MeSH
• Ucp2 protein, rat MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH

BACKGROUND: Discovery of uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) in 1997 and demonstration of its wide tissue expression has triggered an important question about controlled oxidative phosphorylation uncoupling and the physiological function of this process. Uncoupling protein 2 (UcP2) is a mitochondrial protein that can influence the mitochondrial membrane potential and hence the production of reactive oxygen species by mitochondria. It is also thought to be involved in apoptotic signaling pathways and it has been suggested to be important in cardio- and neuroprotection. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined the recent literature (2003-2007) in the MedLine database for evidence linking p38, one of the stress-related protein kinases, with modulation of UCP2 expression in the heart. While two reports clearly demonstrate p38 as down-regulating UcP2 expression, only circumstantial evidence exists for cardiomyocytes. Conflicting results on p38-regulated cardiomyocyte survival after ischemia leave an open venue for hypotheses on the differential regulation of protein expression, including UCP2. CONCLUSIONS: Reviewing the evidence connecting UCP2 and its cytoprotective activities, we propose a tissue specific link that may explain the variable influence of p38 via modulation of UCP2 expression.

• MeSH
• buněčná diferenciace MeSH
• iontové kanály metabolismus   MeSH
• kardiomyocyty fyziologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• MAP kinasový signální systém MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• mitogenem aktivované proteinkinasy p38 fyziologie   MeSH
• proliferace buněk MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku metabolismus   MeSH
• srdeční mitochondrie metabolismus   MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Názvy látek
• iontové kanály MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny MeSH
• mitogenem aktivované proteinkinasy p38 MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku MeSH
• UCP2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH

Research on brown adipose tissue and its hallmark protein, mitochondrial uncoupling protein UCP1, has been conducted for half a century and has been traditionally studied in the Institute of Physiology (AS CR, Prague), likewise UCP2 residing in multiple tissues for the last two decades. Our group has significantly contributed to the elucidation of UCP uncoupling mechanism, fully dependent on free fatty acids (FFAs) within the inner mitochondrial membrane. Now we review UCP2 physiological roles emphasizing its roles in pancreatic beta-cells, such as antioxidant role, possible tuning of redox homeostasis (consequently UCP2 participation in redox regulations), and fine regulation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). For example, NADPH has been firmly established as being a modulator of GSIS and since UCP2 may influence redox homeostasis, it likely affects NADPH levels. We also point out the role of phospholipase iPLA2 isoform gamma in providing FFAs for the UCP2 antioxidant function. Such initiation of mild uncoupling hypothetically precedes lipotoxicity in pancreatic beta-cells until it reaches the pathological threshold, after which the antioxidant role of UCP2 can be no more cell-protective, for example due to oxidative stress-accumulated mutations in mtDNA. These mechanisms, together with impaired autocrine insulin function belong to important causes of Type 2 diabetes etiology.

• MeSH
• antioxidancia metabolismus   MeSH
• beta-buňky metabolismus   MeSH
• glukosa metabolismus   MeSH
• inzulin biosyntéza   MeSH
• iontové kanály metabolismus   MeSH
• kultivované buňky MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• mitochondrie metabolismus   MeSH
• oxidace-redukce MeSH
• oxidační stres fyziologie   MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku metabolismus   MeSH
• regulace genové exprese fyziologie   MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Názvy látek
• antioxidancia MeSH
• glukosa MeSH
• inzulin MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku MeSH
• UCP2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH

Functional activation of mitochondrial uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) is proposed to decrease reactive oxygen species production. Skulachev and Goglia (Skulachev, V. P., and Goglia, F. (2003) FASEB J. 17, 1585-1591) hypothesized that hydroperoxy fatty acid anions are translocated by UCPs but cannot flip-flop across the membrane. We found that the second aspect is otherwise; the addition of synthesized linoleic acid hydroperoxides (LAOOH, a mix of four isomers) caused a fast flip-flop-dependent acidification of liposomes, comparable with the linoleic acid (LA)-dependent acidification. Using Escherichia coli-expressed UCP2 reconstituted into liposomes we found that LAOOH induced purine nucleotide-sensitive H(+) uniport in UCP2-proteoliposomes with higher affinity than LA (K(m) values 97 microM for LAOOH and 275 microM for LA). In UCP2-proteoliposomes LAOOH also induced purine nucleotide-sensitive K(+) influx balanced by anionic charge transfer, indicating that LAOOH was also transported as an anion with higher affinity than linoleate anion, the K(m) values being 90 and 350 microM, respectively. These data suggest that hydroperoxy fatty acids are transported via UCP2 by a fatty acid cycling mechanism. This may alternatively explain the observed activation of UCP2 by the externally generated superoxide. The ability of LAOOH to induce UCP2-mediated H(+) uniport points to the essential role of superoxide reaction products, such as hydroperoxyl radical, hydroxyl radical, or peroxynitrite, initiating lipoperoxidation, the released products of which support the UCP2-mediated uncoupling and promote the feedback down-regulation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production.

• MeSH
• anionty MeSH
• biologické modely MeSH
• buněčná membrána metabolismus   MeSH
• časové faktory MeSH
• chemické modely MeSH
• down regulace MeSH
• draslík chemie   MeSH
• Escherichia coli metabolismus   MeSH
• hydroxylový radikál MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• kinetika MeSH
• komplementární DNA metabolismus   MeSH
• kyselina linolová chemie   MeSH
• kyselina peroxydusitá MeSH
• kyseliny linolové chemie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• lipidové peroxidy chemie   MeSH
• liposomy chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• mastné kyseliny chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny metabolismus   fyziologie   MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny metabolismus   fyziologie   MeSH
• mitochondrie metabolismus   MeSH
• plazmidy metabolismus   MeSH
• protony MeSH
• puriny chemie   MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku MeSH
• transport proteinů MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. MeSH
• Názvy látek
• anionty MeSH
• draslík MeSH
• hydroxylový radikál MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• komplementární DNA MeSH
• kyselina linolová MeSH
• kyselina peroxydusitá MeSH
• kyseliny linolové MeSH
• linoleic acid hydroperoxide MeSH Prohlížeč
• lipidové peroxidy MeSH
• liposomy MeSH
• mastné kyseliny MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny MeSH
• protony MeSH
• puriny MeSH
• reaktivní formy kyslíku MeSH
• UCP2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH

Existing controversies led us to analyze absolute mRNA levels of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCP1-UCP5). Individual UCP isoform mRNA levels varied by up to four orders of magnitude in rat and mouse tissues. UCP2 mRNA content was relatively high (0.4 to 0.8 pg per 10 ng of total mRNA) in rat spleen, rat and mouse lung, and rat heart. Levels of the same order of magnitude were found for UCP3 mRNA in rat and mouse skeletal muscle, for UCP4 and UCP5 mRNA in mouse brain, and for UCP2 and UCP5 mRNA in mouse white adipose tissue. Significant differences in pattern were found for rat vs. mouse tissues, such as the dominance of UCP3/UCP5 vs. UCP2 transcript in mouse heart and vice versa in rat heart; or UCP2 (UCP5) dominance in rat brain contrary to 10-fold higher UCP4 and UCP5 dominance in mouse brain. We predict high antioxidant/antiapoptotic UCP function in tissues with higher UCP mRNA content.

• MeSH
• DNA primery genetika   MeSH
• druhová specificita MeSH
• iontové kanály metabolismus   MeSH
• krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• messenger RNA metabolismus   MeSH
• mitochondriální odpřahující proteiny MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• mozek metabolismus   MeSH
• myokard metabolismus   MeSH
• myši MeSH
• plíce metabolismus   MeSH
• polymerázová řetězová reakce s reverzní transkripcí MeSH
• proteiny nervové tkáně metabolismus   MeSH
• slezina metabolismus   MeSH
• transportní proteiny mitochondriální membrány MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• uncoupling protein 3 MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
• myši MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• srovnávací studie MeSH
• Názvy látek
• DNA primery MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny MeSH
• messenger RNA MeSH
• mitochondriální odpřahující proteiny MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny MeSH
• proteiny nervové tkáně MeSH
• Slc25a14 protein, rat MeSH Prohlížeč
• Slc25a27 protein, rat MeSH Prohlížeč
• transportní proteiny mitochondriální membrány MeSH
• Ucp2 protein, mouse MeSH Prohlížeč
• Ucp2 protein, rat MeSH Prohlížeč
• Ucp3 protein, mouse MeSH Prohlížeč
• Ucp3 protein, rat MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• uncoupling protein 3 MeSH

UCP2 (the lowest Km values: 20 and 29 microm, respectively) for omega-6 polyunsaturated FAs (PUFAs), all-cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic and all-cis-6,9,12-octadecatrienoic acids, which are also the most potent agonists of the nuclear PPARbeta receptor in the activation of UCP2 transcription. omega-3 PUFA, cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid had lower affinity (Km, 50 microm), although as an omega-6 PUFA, arachidonic acid exhibited the same low affinity as lauric acid (Km, approximately 200 microm). These findings suggest a possible dual role of some PUFAs in activating both UCPn expression and uncoupling activity. UCP2 (UCP3)-dependent H+ translocation activated by all tested FAs was inhibited by purine nucleotides with apparent affinity to UCP2 (reciprocal Ki) decreasing in order: ADP > ATP approximately GTP > GDP >> AMP. Also [3H]GTP ([3H]ATP) binding to isolated Escherichia coli (Kd, approximately 5 microm) or yeast-expressed UCP2 (Kd, approximately 1.5 microm) or UCP3 exhibited high affinity, similar to UCP1. The estimated number of [3H]GTP high affinity (Kd, <0.4 microm) binding sites was (in pmol/mg of protein) 182 in lung mitochondria, 74 in kidney, 28 in skeletal muscle, and approximately 20 in liver mitochondria. We conclude that purine nucleotides must be the physiological inhibitors of UCPn-mediated uncoupling in vivo.

• MeSH
• adenosintrifosfát metabolismus   farmakologie   MeSH
• biologický transport účinky léků   fyziologie   MeSH
• guanosintrifosfát metabolismus   farmakologie   MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• kinetika MeSH
• koenzymy MeSH
• kvasinky MeSH
• kyseliny laurové farmakologie   MeSH
• kyseliny mastné omega-6 MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• ligandy MeSH
• liposomy metabolismus   MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondrie metabolismus   MeSH
• nenasycené mastné kyseliny metabolismus   farmakologie   MeSH
• proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• protony MeSH
• transportní proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• tritium MeSH
• ubichinon analogy a deriváty   farmakologie   MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• uncoupling protein 3 MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• adenosintrifosfát MeSH
• coenzyme Q10 MeSH Prohlížeč
• guanosintrifosfát MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• koenzymy MeSH
• kyseliny laurové MeSH
• kyseliny mastné omega-6 MeSH
• lauric acid MeSH Prohlížeč
• ligandy MeSH
• liposomy MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny * MeSH
• nenasycené mastné kyseliny MeSH
• proteiny MeSH
• protony MeSH
• transportní proteiny MeSH
• tritium MeSH
• ubichinon MeSH
• UCP2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• UCP3 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• uncoupling protein 3 MeSH

AIMS: Pancreatic β-cell chronic lipotoxicity evolves from acute free fatty acid (FA)-mediated oxidative stress, unprotected by antioxidant mechanisms. Since mitochondrial uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) plays antioxidant and insulin-regulating roles in pancreatic β-cells, we tested our hypothesis, that UCP2-mediated uncoupling attenuating mitochondrial superoxide production is initiated by FA release due to a direct H2O2-induced activation of mitochondrial phospholipase iPLA2γ. RESULTS: Pro-oxidant tert-butylhydroperoxide increased respiration, decreased membrane potential and mitochondrial matrix superoxide release rates of control but not UCP2- or iPLA2γ-silenced INS-1E cells. iPLA2γ/UCP2-mediated uncoupling was alternatively activated by an H2O2 burst, resulting from palmitic acid (PA) β-oxidation, and it was prevented by antioxidants or catalase overexpression. Exclusively, nascent FAs that cleaved off phospholipids by iPLA2γ were capable of activating UCP2, indicating that the previously reported direct redox UCP2 activation is actually indirect. Glucose-stimulated insulin release was not affected by UCP2 or iPLA2γ silencing, unless pro-oxidant activation had taken place. PA augmented insulin secretion via G-protein-coupled receptor 40 (GPR40), stimulated by iPLA2γ-cleaved FAs (absent after GPR40 silencing). INNOVATION AND CONCLUSION: The iPLA2γ/UCP2 synergy provides a feedback antioxidant mechanism preventing oxidative stress by physiological FA intake in pancreatic β-cells, regulating glucose-, FA-, and redox-stimulated insulin secretion. iPLA2γ is regulated by exogenous FA via β-oxidation causing H2O2 signaling, while FAs are cleaved off phospholipids, subsequently acting as amplifying messengers for GPR40. Hence, iPLA2γ acts in eminent physiological redox signaling, the impairment of which results in the lack of antilipotoxic defense and contributes to chronic lipotoxicity.

• MeSH
• antioxidancia farmakologie   MeSH
• beta-buňky účinky léků   MeSH
• fosfolipasy A2, skupina II metabolismus   MeSH
• inzulin metabolismus   MeSH
• iontové kanály metabolismus   MeSH
• krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
• lipidy toxicita   MeSH
• membránový potenciál mitochondrií účinky léků   MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• mitochondrie účinky léků   MeSH
• nádorové buněčné linie MeSH
• oxidační stres účinky léků   MeSH
• peroxid vodíku metabolismus   MeSH
• receptory spřažené s G-proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• sekrece inzulinu MeSH
• signální transdukce účinky léků   MeSH
• superoxidy metabolismus   MeSH
• terc-butylhydroperoxid farmakologie   MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• krysa rodu Rattus MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• antioxidancia MeSH
• fosfolipasy A2, skupina II MeSH
• G-protein-coupled receptor 40, rat MeSH Prohlížeč
• inzulin MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• lipidy MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny MeSH
• peroxid vodíku MeSH
• receptory spřažené s G-proteiny MeSH
• superoxidy MeSH
• terc-butylhydroperoxid MeSH
• Ucp2 protein, rat MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH

Hepatic hematopoiesis is prominent during fetal life and ceases around birth. In rodent liver, the decline of the hepatic hematopoiesis starts abruptly at birth being accompanied by a decrease of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) expression in monocytes/macrophages, whereas hepatocytes may express UCP2 only under pathologic situations. The goals of this study were to characterize hepatic hematopoiesis in humans around birth, and to identify cells expressing UCP2. Hematopoiesis was evaluated histologically in the liver of 22 newborns (mostly very premature neonates), who died between 45 min and 140 d after birth, and one fetus. UCP2 expression was characterized by Northern blots, immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, and by in situ hybridization. The number of hematopoietic cells started to decrease rapidly at birth, irrespectively of the gestational age (23-40 wk) of neonates. A similar decline was observed for UCP2 expression, which was relatively high in fetal liver. UCP2 was detected only in myeloid cells (mainly in Kupffer cells), but not in hepatocytes, although sepsis or other pathologies occurred in the critically ill newborns. Kupffer cells represent the major site of mitochondrial UCP2 expression in the human newborn. UCP2 may be essential for the differentiation and function of macrophages and serve as a marker for these cells in human liver during the perinatal period.

• MeSH
• down regulace MeSH
• hematopoéza MeSH
• iontové kanály MeSH
• játra cytologie   fyziologie   MeSH
• Kupfferovy buňky cytologie   metabolismus   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny * MeSH
• novorozenec nedonošený MeSH
• novorozenec s velmi nízkou porodní hmotností MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• iontové kanály MeSH
• membránové transportní proteiny * MeSH
• mitochondriální proteiny * MeSH
• proteiny MeSH
• UCP2 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• uncoupling protein 2 MeSH

The purpose of this study was to investigate individually and in combination the association between the ACE (I/D), NOS3 (Glu298Asp), BDKRB2 (-9/+9), UCP2 (Ala55Val) and AMPD1 (Gln45Ter) variants with endurance performance in a large, performance-homogenous cohort of elite Polish half marathoners. The study group consisted of 180 elite half marathoners: 76 with time < 100 minutes and 104 with time > 100 minutes. DNA of the subjects was extracted from buccal cells donated by the runners and genotyping was carried out using an allelic discrimination assay with a C1000 Touch Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, Germany) instrument with TaqMan® probes (NOS3, UCP2, and AMPD1) and a T100™ Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, Germany) instrument (ACE and BDKRB2). We found that the UCP2 Ala55Val polymorphism was associated with running performance, with the subjects carrying the Val allele being overrepresented in the group of most successful runners (<100 min) compared to the >100 min group (84.2 vs. 55.8%; OR = 4.23, p < 0.0001). Next, to assess the combined impact of 4 gene polymorphisms, all athletes were classified according to the number of 'endurance' alleles (ACE I, NOS3 Glu, BDKRB2 -9, UCP2 Val) they possessed. The proportion of subjects with a high (4-7) number of 'endurance' alleles was greater in the better half marathoners group compared with the >100 min group (73.7 vs. 51.9%; OR = 2.6, p = 0.0034). These data suggest that the likelihood of becoming an elite half marathoner partly depends on the carriage of a high number of endurance-related alleles.

• Klíčová slova
• endurance performance, gene polymorphism, gene-gene interaction, half marathoners,
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH