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Brown adipose tissue in the parametrial fat pad of the mouse
Author(s) -
Young P.,
Arch J.R.S.,
Ashwell Margaret
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(84)80822-4
Subject(s) - parametrial , brown adipose tissue , adipose tissue , white adipose tissue , endocrinology , medicine , chemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , cervical cancer , radical hysterectomy , cancer
Cold acclimation has been shown to produce a substantial increase in the number of brown adipocytes in the parametrial fat pad of female BALB/c mice ‐ a site normally thought to consist of typical white adipocytes. The brown adipocytes have been identified not only on the basis of their morphology using light and electron microscopy, but also on the basis of the content of the mitochondrial ‘uncoupling protein’ ( M r = 32 000) which is characteristic of the proton conductance pathway of brown adipose tissue.