简介：Basedonthefirstlawofthermodynamicsandthethermaldiffusionequation,thededucedtheoreticalmodelofmitochondrialthermogenesissatisfiestheLaplaceequationandisaspecialcaseofthethermaldiffusionequation.Themodelsettlesthelong-standingquestionoftheabilitytoincreasecellulartemperaturebyendogenousthermogenesisandexplainsthethermogeniccharacteristicsofbrownadipocytes.Themodelandcalculationsalsosuggestthatthenumberoffreeavailableprotonsisthemajorlimitingfactorforendogenousthermogenesisanditsspeed.

简介：INTRODUCTIONThealternatingaccesstransportermodel(AATM)wasinitiallyconstructedtorationalizeandexplainafewreadilyquantifiableandreproducibleexperimentalfindings.TheAATM,asoriginallyconceived,consistsofsinglespecificbindingsitecentrallysituatedwithinthecellmembrane.Thesitealternatelyfacesinwardsandoutwards.Duringtheinversionprocess,thesitecantransportsugaracrossthemembrane,anddissociationintothealternatebathingsolutionresultsinnettransport.ReturnoftheemptysitereinitiatesthetransportcycleasillustratedinFig.1A.Glucosetransport,whichwasdemonstratedfirstinhumanredcells(LeFevreandLeFevre1952)andsheepplacenta(Widdas1951),hashighstereospecificityforD-pyranosesugars,likeD-glucoseandD-xyloseinpreferencetoL-sugars,e.g.L-fructoseornon-transportedL-glucose.Thistransportprocesshassimilaritiestoenzymekinetics:bothhavesaturationkinetics,theKmbeingtheconcentrationatwhichhalfmaximaltransportvelocity,Vmaxobtained,isameasureofapparentaffinityofligandforthetransporter(Fig.1B).Theprocessispassiveinthehumanredcell,sinceatequilibriumtheglucoseconcentrationsintheextraandintracellularsolutionsarethesame;i.e.netuphillaccumulationdoesnotoccur.