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Cross-fostering reduces obesity induced by early exposure to monosodium glutamate in male rats
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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by R A Miranda, C C da Silva Franco, J C de Oliveira, L F Barella, L P Tófolo, T A Ribeiro, A Pavanello, E P S da Conceição, R Torrezan, James ArmitageJames Armitage, P C Lisboa, E G de Moura, P C de Freitas Mathias, E VieiraMaternal obesity programmes a range of metabolic disturbances for the offspring later in life. Moreover, environmental changes during the suckling period can influence offspring development. Because both periods significantly affect long-term metabolism, we aimed to study whether cross-fostering during the lactation period was sufficient to rescue a programmed obese phenotype in offspring induced by maternal obesity following monosodium L-glutamate (MSG) treatment. Obesity was induced in female Wistar rats by administering subcutaneous MSG (4 mg/g body weight) for the first 5 days of postnatal life. Control and obese female rats were mated in adulthood. The resultant pups were divided into control second generation (F2) (CTLF2), MSG-treated second generation (F2) (MSGF2), which suckled from their CTL and MSG biological dams, respectively, or CTLF2-CR, control offspring suckled by MSG dams and MSGF2-CR, MSG offspring suckled by CTL dams. At 120 days of age, fat tissue accumulation, lipid profile, hypothalamic leptin signalling, glucose tolerance, glucose-induced, and adrenergic inhibition of insulin secretion in isolated pancreatic islets were analysed. Maternal MSG-induced obesity led to an obese phenotype in male offspring, characterized by hyperinsulinaemia, hyperglycaemia, hyperleptinaemia, dyslipidaemia, and impaired leptin signalling, suggesting central leptin resistance, glucose intolerance, impaired glucose-stimulated, and adrenergic inhibition of insulin secretion. Cross-fostering normalized body weight, food intake, leptin signalling, lipid profiles, and insulinaemia, but not glucose homeostasis or insulin secretion from isolated pancreatic islets. Our findings suggest that alterations during the lactation period can mitigate the development of obesity and prevent the programming of adult diseases.
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EndocrineVolume
55Issue
1Pagination
101 - 112Publisher
SpringerLocation
Berlin, GermanyPublisher DOI
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1559-0100Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, Springer Science+Business Media New YorkUsage metrics
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