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A Smooth Muscle-Like Origin for Beige Adipocytes

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Long, Jonathan Z., Svensson, Katrin J., Tsai, Linus, Zeng, Xing, Roh, Hyun C., Kong, Xingxing, Rao, Rajesh R., Lou, Jesse, Lokurkar, Isha, Baur, Wendy, Castellot, John J., Rosen, Evan D., Spiegelman, Bruce M.·2014·Cell Metabolism

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SUMMARY Thermogenic UCP1-positive cells, which include brown and beige adipocytes, transform chemical energy into heat and increase whole body energy expenditure. Using a selective translational profiling approach, we present a comprehensive molecular description of brown and beige gene expression in vivo. This UCP1-TRAP dataset demonstrates striking similarities and important differences between these cell types, including a smooth muscle-like signature expressed by beige, but not classical brown adipocytes. In vivo fate mapping demonstrates that at least a subset of beige cells arise from a smooth muscle-like origin. Finally, ectopic expression of PRDM16 converts bona fide vascular smooth muscle cells into Ucp1-positive adipocytes in vitro. These results establish a portrait of brown and beige adipocyte gene expression in vivo and identify a previously unrecognized origin for beige cells.

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Long, J. Z., Svensson, K. J., Tsai, L., Zeng, X., Roh, H. C., Kong, X., Rao, R. R., Lou, J., Lokurkar, I., Baur, W., Castellot, J. J., Rosen, E. D., & Spiegelman, B. M.
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Cell Metabolism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-05
Volume
19
Issue
5
Pages
810-820
ISSN
1550-4131 (ISSN-L)
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W2020346259
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30.13
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journal article
Language
en
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Long, J. Z., Svensson, K. J., Tsai, L., Zeng, X., Roh, H. C., Kong, X., Rao, R. R., Lou, J., Lokurkar, I., Baur, W., Castellot, J. J., Rosen, E. D., & Spiegelman, B. M. (2014). A Smooth Muscle-Like Origin for Beige Adipocytes. Cell Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.025

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