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ArticleNature communications2026

The dorsal aortic compartment is a developmental source of brown adipose tissue in mice.

Sophie Heider, Cornelius Fischer, Ali Kerim Secener, Pedro Vallecillo-Garcı́a, Georgios Kotsaris, Zarah G Meisen, Verena Pawolski, Claudia Giesecke-Thiel, Thomas Conrad, Tim J Schulz and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Sophie HeiderInstitute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4874-6971
Cornelius FischerMax Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Hannoversche Str. 28, Berlin, Germany.
Ali Kerim SecenerInstitute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4806-2852
Pedro Vallecillo-Garcı́aInstitute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, Berlin, Germany.
Georgios KotsarisInstitute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, Berlin, Germany.
Zarah G MeisenInstitute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, Berlin, Germany.
Verena PawolskiInstitute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, Berlin, Germany.
Claudia Giesecke-ThielMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63-73, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-7018
Thomas ConradMax Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Hannoversche Str. 28, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-6295
Tim J SchulzGerman Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558, Nuthetal, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8413-3972
Sascha SauerMax Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Hannoversche Str. 28, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4794-3693
Sigmar StrickerInstitute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, Berlin, Germany. sigmar.stricker@fu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7174-5363

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) STR 854/7-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

White adipose tissue primarily stores energy while brown adipose tissue dissipates energy as heat, holding promise for therapeutic use. Brown adipose tissue in the anterior trunk is believed to derive from the somitic mesoderm, although some depots are of partially unknown origin. Here we show that the subscapular, lateral, cervical and peri-aortic brown adipose depots, but not the interscapular depot, are in part formed by a non-somitic source. Single-cell sequencing along with genetic lineage tracing indicates that at embryonic day 9.5 the dorsal aorta compartment harbors multipotent mesenchymal progenitors expressing the transcription factor Osr1. Spreading laterally from the dorsal aortic midline, these cells contribute to adipose, cartilage and myogenic lineages. This study uncovers an alternative source of brown adipose tissue and suggests that a fraction of dorsal aorta-associated mesenchymal Osr1

Indexed as

Adipose Tissue, BrownAortaAdipogenesisAnimalsCell LineageEmbryo, MammalianFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceMultipotent Stem CellsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisSomitesStem CellsOXSR1 protein, mouseProtein Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID41501080
PMCPMC12783139

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