ADIPOCYTE

(ADIPOSE TISSUE)
 Adipocytes or Fat cell can be only found in Mammals

It is divided into 2 types

White fat cell (Bad fat) Brown fat cell (Good fat)
White fat cell
Function :
- To store energy (lipid droplets)
- Produce hormones that are then
exceed into the bloodstream
Shape :
- Round shape
j
k

How does shape affect its function?

j

- Its round shape allows them to

be able to carry the most possible
value of lipid
Brown fat cell
Function :
- Burn lipids(calories) in
order to generate heat
(energy-ATP)
This process is called
thermogenesis
Shape :
- Polygonal
Why does it have brown color ?
- Iron in the Mitochondria gives
the cell its brown color.
 Fun facts!!!!!!
- Men have less brown fat cell than women
- Obese or fatter people have very few brown fat cells in their cell
White fat cell
Can be found in
- Thighs
- Waist
- Hips

Brown fat cell

Can be found in
- Shoulder
- Chest area of a
newborn baby
ORGANELLE IN
FAT CELL

Organelle White fat cell Brown fat cell Both
Types of cell
Mitochondria few many

nucleus Non-central central

Lipid droplets Only big one Many small droplets

70-80% of the cell 40-50% of the cell
Cell membrane Same as general Same as general
animal cell animal cell
Golgi body

Ribosome

Cytoplasm few many

RER

SER

lysosome

Cytoskeleton
 SPECIALIZED
ORGANELLE
 Specialized organelle
: Lipid droplets or fat droplets
 Specialized organelle : Lipid Specialize organelle : Lipid
droplets in white fat cells droplets in brown fat cells

Function: to store lipids as a Function: lipid metabolism that

single large lipid droplet is necessary for the
heat-generating function of
these cells
 Specialized Function of Mitochondria
Mitochondria in brown fat cells

Generates heat (ATP) by

Burn lipids (calories)
(The process called cellular
respiration)
How does the function of this cell help keep the organism alive?

1.)Brown fat cell helps to

burn fat and convert them
into heat energy.

2.) White fat is the

largest energy
storage in the body.
 Diseases caused by
malfunction of adipocytes
 Obesity
- Fatty foods, with high lipid content, has more
lipids than it can be digested and used right
away.

Treatment : Lifestyle Changes

healthy eating plan
study food weight
 fun facts!!!!
Percent of fat people in Thailand comparing to all over Asean
 Diabetes
- Obesity can also cause DIABETES by affecting
the fat cell in the belly area from working with
the insulin. As you know, insulin is the hormones
that pull out the sugar to use.

Treatment : Check Your Blood Sugar

Diet and Exercise
lifestyle changes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUAllFKTS4&t=84s
 References
-Abdou Rachid Thiam, Robert V. Farese Jr& Tobias C. Walther
(2013, November 13). The biophysics and cell biology of lipid
droplets. Retrieved from
http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v14/n12/full/nrm3699.html
-Ann L. Albright and Judith S. Stern (1998, July 10). ADIPOSE
TISSUE. Retrieved from
http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/adipose/adipose.html
-John W. Kimball (2016, May 5). Adipose Tissue. Retrieved from
http://www.biology-pages.info/A/AdiposeTissue.html
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