Adipose tissue development and its potential contribution to later obesity

Shalini Ojha; Helen Budge; Michael E. Symonds

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511782466.013

12 - Adipose tissue development and its potential contribution to later obesity

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012

Shalini Ojha ,

Helen Budge and

Michael E. Symonds

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Matthew W. Gillman: Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
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The early life environment may persistently influence the development of adipose tissue, thereby predisposing the offspring to obesity. There is substantial development within the adipose tissue depots from early fetal life through weaning to puberty [1]. These periods are associated with critical windows of vulnerability to the environment and lifestyle. Importantly, these windows differ greatly between species and are dependent on the maturity of the adipose tissue at birth [2].

The majority of animal species have only very limited adipose tissue stores at birth, which may relate to the high energy costs associated with deposition of fat as opposed to protein [3]. In addition, fetal adipose tissue tends to be primarily brown fat, which is characterized as being uniquely able to rapidly generate heat due to the presence of uncoupling protein (UCP)1 [4–6], with thermal production being as high as 300 W/kg compared to 1W/kg in all other tissues [7,8]. One notable exception is the human infant, which not only has appreciable brown fat stores but also large amounts of white subcutaneous fat [9]. Consequently, the newborn is capable of both generating large amounts of heat around its internal organs following cold exposure to the extrauterine environment, and of minimizing heat loss due to the insulatory properties of white fat.

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adipose tissue animal models glucocorticoid receptor ovine perirenal adipose tissue offspring maternal nutritional environment obesity

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Information: Maternal Obesity , pp. 124 - 134

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