{"id":78354,"date":"2018-05-05T02:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T09:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/deletion-of-single-enzyme-stops-mice-getting-fat-no-matter-the-diet"},"modified":"2018-05-09T11:11:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:11:20","slug":"deletion-of-single-enzyme-stops-mice-getting-fat-no-matter-the-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/deletion-of-single-enzyme-stops-mice-getting-fat-no-matter-the-diet","title":{"rendered":"Deletion of single enzyme stops mice getting fat, no matter the diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/deletion-of-single-enzyme-stops-mice-getting-fat-no-matter-the-diet.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A compelling study from a team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen has demonstrated a way to completely stop a body\u2019s ability to store fat. In experiments with mice, the team showed that genetically deleting a single enzyme resulted in the animal not being able to gain weight, even when fed a fatty diet.<\/p>\n<p>An enzyme dubbed NAMPT has been connected to obesity in both human and animal models by several studies. Its presence in fat tissue has been found to increase metabolic functionality in numerous body tissues, including fat tissue, which enhances the body\u2019s ability to store fat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNAMPT in fat tissue was likely once an extraordinary benefit to our ancestors but in today\u2019s society full of high-fat, calorically-dense foods, it may now pose a liability,\u201d says Zachary Gerhart-Hines, a corresponding author on the study.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/obesity-enzyme-blocked-mice\/54483\/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-05-04%20142944%20USA%20Daily%20Basic%202018-05-04%20143829%20Legendary%20Brabham%20name%20returns%20with%20BT62%20racer&utm_content=2018-05-04%20142944%20USA%20Daily%20Basic%202018-05-04%20143829%20Legendary%20Brabham%20name%20returns%20with%20BT62%20racer+CID_b7e7220fc8d84b2aa13e896e9bafc8e0&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Deletion%20of%20single%20enzyme%20stops%20mice%20getting%20fat%20no%20matter%20the%20diet\">https:\/\/newatlas.com\/obesity-enzyme-blocked-mice\/54483\/?utm_...the%20diet<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A compelling study from a team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen has demonstrated a way to completely stop a body\u2019s ability to store fat. In experiments with mice, the team showed that genetically deleting a single enzyme resulted in the animal not being able to gain weight, even when fed a fatty diet. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1506,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-food","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78530,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78354\/revisions\/78530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}