Previous studies using genetic mouse models have implicated COX-2 in the browning of white adipose tissues (WATs) in mice during cold exposure. However, COX-2 is important during development, and conventional knockouts (KOs) exhibit many defects, conditioned by genetic background. Similarly, the physiological relevance of transgenic overexpression of COX-2 is questionable. In the present study, we utilized mice in which COX-2 was deleted postnatally, bypassing the consequences of enzyme deficiency during development. Despite activation of thermogenesis and browning of inguinal WAT, cold exposure failed to increase COX-2 expression in the adipose tissues of mice with different genetic backgrounds, and the body temperature response to cold was unaltered in postnatal global COX-2 KOs. Selective disruption of COX-2 in adipose tissues also failed detectably to impact systemic prostaglandin biosynthesis. Browning of inguinal WATs induced by exposure to cold is independent of adipose tissue COX-2.
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