| 2-DG | 2-deoxy-D-glucose |
| ACC | acetyl-CoA carboxylase |
| ACLY | ATP citrate lyase |
| adipo-rac1-KO | adipocyte-specific rac1 knockout |
| BAT | brown adipose tissue |
| ctrl | control |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| eWAT | epididymal white adipose tissue |
| FASN | fatty acid synthase |
| GAP | GTPase-activating protein |
| GEF | guanine nucleotide exchange factor |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| GPAT | glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase |
| GST | glutathione S-transferase |
| HA | hemagglutinin |
| Myr-Akt2 | an N-terminally myristoylated form of Akt2 |
| Myr-p110α | an N-terminally myristoylated form of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase catalytic subunit p110α |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PPARγ | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ |
| RT | reverse transcriptase |
| SCD1 | stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 |
| sWAT | subcutaneous white adipose tissue |
| WAT | white adipose tissue |