Abstract
The modifications in weight and composition (lipids, proteins, water) of rat interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) were studied along the six first weeks of cold exposure and acclimatization. The variations of noreponephrine content was also investigated. During the first day of cold exposure, the major part of tissue lipids was released. During the following two days there was a fall in lipid and norepinehprine contents and uptake of water. Then, until the end of the first week a rapid repletion occurred. At that moment the relative pass of the tissue and the amounts of its principal components reached values which are not changed during the following weeks. We can conclude that the adaptative changes in the levels of BAT essential components are carried out at the end of the first week of cold exposure, long time before the non shivering thermogenesis is entirely effective.
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