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An immunohistochemical and in situ hybridisation study of the postnatal development of uncoupling protein-1 and uncoupling protein-1 mRNA in lamb perirenal adipose tissue
Authors:David Finn  M A Lomax  Paul Trayhurn
Institution:Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, Scotland, UK Tel.: +44 1224 274122; Fax: +44 1224 273731; e-mail: m.a.lomax@abdn.ac.uk, GB
Division of Biomedical Science, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK, GB
Abstract:In the lamb, the uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1) content of perirenal adipose tissue at birth is an important factor in heat production by non-shivering thermogenesis and the prevention of hypothermia. This study examines UCP1 gene expression and protein content in perirenal adipose tissue over the first 15 days of life by in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry. UCP1 mRNA was detected at birth in 30% of adipocytes, and in approximately 24% of fat cells at 2 days of life. However, by 5 days of age and thereafter UCP1 mRNA was undetectable. Immunoreactive UCP1 was present in all adipocytes at birth and at 2 days of age, and remained detectable in a decreasing proportion of cells until day 10 of life. By 15 days of age no immunoreactive UCP1 was detected and the perirenal adipose tissue had the appearance of white fat. It is concluded that UCP1 gene expression is suppressed in most adipocytes in perirenal adipose tissue of newborn lambs, and gene expression rapidly falls in the remaining adipocytes over the first 5 days of postnatal life. In contrast, immunoreactive UCP1, a characteristic of brown adipose tissue, was present in many adipocytes for up to 10 days of age, suggesting that UCP1 has a long half-life in lambs. All adipocytes in perirenal adipose tissue of newborn lambs appear to be functionally brown, but over the first 2 weeks of postnatal life there is a complete transformation to white adipocytes.
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