Supplementary data for "A multiomics atlas of brown adipose tissue development over time”
Description
Brown adipose tissues (BAT) regulate homeostatic energy balances in response to physiological changes such as nutrition intake, calorie restriction, exercise, and environmental temperature by consuming energy to generate heat, and thus serve as an important organ for obesity and metabolic diseases. We performed an integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic characterization of developing mouse BAT from embryo to adult to obtain a time-resolved picture of BAT development. We demonstrated that there are two distinct developmental changes that are BAT-specific. We also examined transcription factor binding sites and discovered key transcription factors in the developmental time course. A comparison of our data with other organ development transcriptome and metabolome data revealed BAT-specific transcriptome and metabolome patterns. Our findings provide an overview of mouse BAT development as well as implications for developmental and functional BAT controls.