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Significant depots of brown adipose tissue (BAT) have been identified in many adult humans through positron emission tomography (PET), with the amount of BAT being inversely correlated with obesity. As dietary activation of BAT has implications for whole body glucose metabolism, leucine was used in the present study to determine its ability to promote BAT activation resulting in increased glucose uptake. In order to assess this, 2-deoxy-2-(fluorine-18)fluoro-d-glucose ( 18 F-FDG) uptake was measured in C57BL/6 mice using microPET after treatment with leucine, glucose, or both in interscapular BAT (IBAT). Pretreatment with propranolol (PRP) was used to determine the role of β-adrenergic activation in glucose and leucine-mediated 18 F-FDG uptake. Analysis of maximum standardized uptake values (SUV MAX ) determined that glucose administration increased 18 F-FDG uptake in IBAT by 25.3%. While leucine did not promote 18 F-FDG uptake alone, it did potentiate glucose-mediated 18 F-FDG uptake, increasing 18 F-FDG uptake in IBAT by 22.5%, compared to glucose alone. Pretreatment with PRP prevented the increase in IBAT 18 F-FDG uptake following the combination of glucose and leucine administration. These data suggest that leucine is effective in promoting BAT 18 F-FDG uptake through β-adrenergic activation in combination with glucose.

Leucine Potentiates Glucose-mediated 18F-FDG Uptake in Brown Adipose Tissue via β-Adrenergic Activation