Fig. 1.

Multidepot adipose organ of adult Sv129 female mice kept at 28 °C (left) or at 6 °C (right) for 10 days. The organ was dissected under a surgical microscope and each depot was placed on a mouse template indicating its original anatomical position. Kidneys and ovaries were dissected together with the depots. The organ is made up of two subcutaneous depots, (A) anterior (1 – deep cervical portion, 2 – superficial cervical portion, 3 – interscapular portion, 4 – subscapular portion, 5 – axillo-thoracic portion) and (B) posterior (1 – dorsolumbar portion, 2 – inguinal portion, 3 – gluteal portion), and several visceral depots, (C) mediastinal, (D) mesenteric, (E) retroperitoneal and (F) abdomino-pelvic (1 – interrenal portion, 2 – periovarian portion, 3 – parametrial portion, 4 – perivesical portion). (G) Fat depots of anterior limbs. Fat depots of posterior limbs (thigh and popliteal) and omental fat depot not shown. Scale bar: 2 cm.