ADSC 4300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Leptin Receptor, Adipocyte, Lipogenesis

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Animal and Dairy Sciences
• Course: ADSC 4300
• Professor: Liu

Document Summary

Factors affecting adipose tissue composition & lipid metabolism. Lipids, protein, water: water is about 70% in the body, but in adipose tissue there is less water. Type of cellular growth will affect the cellularity of the tissue: cellularity can affect the composition of adipocytes, cellularity- state of adipose tissue as regards to the number of its constituent cells. Aka how many cells are in the specific tissue. No, it stays the same: this is (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they do(cid:374)"t shri(cid:374)k i(cid:374) size, when cells undergo hypertrophy, the cellularity will decrease, adipocytes throughout life time have the proliferating capability. If reduced fat, cells shrink, the amount of tissue is the same, but the adipose tissue cellularity is different now. Reduced obese because you have a greater # of adipocyte- so it is easier to get fatter again. High because you have more protein & water.