**ADIPOSE TISSUE - TWO TYPES** - **WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE** - STORE ENERGY - **BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE** - GENERATION OF HEAT * PROTEIN IN THE MITOCHONDRIA OF THE BROWN TISSUE **THERMOGENIN** (also called UNCOUPLING PROTEIN) THE UNCOUPLING OF PROTON FLOW RELEASES THE ENERGY OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL GRADIENT OF THE PROTON AS HEAT * THE BROWN TISSUE PROVIDE THE NONSHIVERING THERMOGENISIS * NONSHIVERING THERMOGENISIS → HORMONAL STIMULUS PRODUCING HEAT WITHOUT THE ASSOCIATION OF MUSCLES OF SHIVERING * THERMOGENISIS START BY RELEASE OF FREE FATTY ACID FROM TRIGLYCERIDE (ADIPOCYTE STORAGE) {{ :screenshot_2025-02-16_131904.png?400 |}} * THE BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE SHOWS THE UNCOUPLED PROTEIN EXPRESSION.THE MITOCHONDRIA IN THE BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE CONTAIN THE PROTEIN CALLED THERMOGENIN * WHEN THE NOREPINEPHRINE IS RELEASED IN RESPONSE TO COLD SENSATIONS BIND TO THE ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ON THE SURFACE OF THE BROWN * ADIPOCYTE TRIGGER THE ACTIVATION OF THE cAMP AND FURTHER ACTIVATION OF THE cAMP PROTEIN DEPENDENT KINASE * THIS RESULTS IN THE PHOSPHORYLATION AND HORMONE SENSITIVE LIPASE * THE FREE FATTY ACID RELEASED BIND TO THERMOGENIN TRIGGERING THE DISSIPATION OF THE PROTON GRADIENT * THUS , THE PHOSPHORYLATION IS UNCOUPLED FROM OXIDATION LEADING TO THE RELEASE OF ENERGY AS HEAT