adipose tissue
• interscapular BAT depots are similar in weight to wild-type mice (0.16 g vs 0.15 g in controls)
• interscapular BAT depots are slightly larger, contain larger lipid droplets, and have 67% less triacylglycerol content than wild-type
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• white adipose tissue depots are smaller than those in controls, but larger than those in Plin-null mice
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• glycerol release in response to norepinephrine treatment is blunted in null MEFs expressing the transgene relative to wild-type MEFs
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• interscapular BAT thermal profile is ~70% reduced compared to wild-type; temperature increases >1 degree Celsius
• in brown adipocytes, norepinephrine-induced lipolysis is abrogated relative to wild-type; basal glycerol and fatty acid release are lower than in wild-type or Plin-null adipocytes
• norepinephrine does not stimulate release as it does in wild-type adipocytes
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homeostasis/metabolism
• in response to 30 minutes of norepinephrine infusion, thermal response is significantly blunted compared to wild-type or Plin-null mice; core temperature does not increase significantly with norepineprine infusion
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