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Hasegawa Y, Zhang Z, Taha AY, Capitanio JP, Bauman MD, Golub MS, Van de Water J, VandeVoort CA, Walker CK, Slupsky CM. Impact of Maternal Obesity on the Gestational Metabolome and Infant Metabolome, Brain, and Behavioral Development in Rhesus Macaques. Metabolites 2022; 12:764. [PMID: 36005637 PMCID: PMC9415340 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12080764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Maternal gestational obesity is associated with elevated risks for neurodevelopmental disorder, including autism spectrum disorder. However, the mechanisms by which maternal adiposity influences fetal developmental programming remain to be elucidated. We aimed to understand the impact of maternal obesity on the metabolism of both pregnant mothers and their offspring, as well as on metabolic, brain, and behavioral development of offspring by utilizing metabolomics, protein, and behavioral assays in a non-human primate model. We found that maternal obesity was associated with elevated inflammation and significant alterations in metabolites of energy metabolism and one-carbon metabolism in maternal plasma and urine, as well as in the placenta. Infants that were born to obese mothers were significantly larger at birth compared to those that were born to lean mothers. Additionally, they exhibited significantly reduced novelty preference and significant alterations in their emotional response to stress situations. These changes coincided with differences in the phosphorylation of enzymes in the brain mTOR signaling pathway between infants that were born to obese and lean mothers and correlated with the concentration of maternal plasma betaine during pregnancy. In summary, gestational obesity significantly impacted the infant systemic and brain metabolome and adaptive behaviors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yu Hasegawa
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- California National Primate Research Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- California National Primate Research Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- The UC Davis MIND Institute, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- California National Primate Research Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- The UC Davis MIND Institute, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- California National Primate Research Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- California National Primate Research Center, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Nutrition, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Mabasa L, Samodien E, Sangweni NF, Pheiffer C, Louw J, Johnson R. In Utero One-Carbon Metabolism Interplay and Metabolic Syndrome in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction. Mol Nutr Food Res 2019; 64:e1900377. [PMID: 31408914 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201900377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The maternal obesogenic environment plays a role in programing the susceptibility of the fetus to postnatal non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). NAFLD is a multisystem disease that is characterized by hepatic fat accumulation due in part to dysregulated energy metabolism network through epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation. DNA methylation affects fetal programing and disease risk via regulation of gene transcription; it is affected by methyl donor nutrients such as vitamin B12 , methionine, folic acid, vitamin B6 , and choline. Although several studies have documented the role of several maternal methyl donor nutrients on obesity-induced NAFLD in offspring, currently, data are lacking on its impact on CVD risk as an endpoint. The aim of this paper is to use current knowledge to construct a postulation for the potential role of a comprehensive gestational methyl donor nutrients supplementary approach on the susceptibility of offspring to developing metabolic-syndrome-related cardiovascular complications.
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- Lawrence Mabasa
- South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa.,Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa.,Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa.,Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Saad L, Sartori M, Pol Bodetto S, Romieu P, Kalsbeek A, Zwiller J, Anglard P. Regulation of Brain DNA Methylation Factors and of the Orexinergic System by Cocaine and Food Self-Administration. Mol Neurobiol 2019; 56:5315-5331. [PMID: 30603957 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1453-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Inhibitors of DNA methylation and orexin type-1 receptor antagonists modulate the neurobiological effects driving drugs of abuse and natural reinforcers by activating common brain structures of the mesolimbic reward system. In this study, we applied a self-administration paradigm to assess the involvement of factors regulating DNA methylation processes and satiety or appetite signals. These factors include Dnmts and Tets, miR-212/132, orexins, and orx-R1 genes. The study focused on dopamine projection areas such as the prefrontal cortex (PFCx) and caudate putamen (CPu) and in the hypothalamus (HP) that is interconnected with the reward system. Striking changes were observed in response to both reinforcers, but differed depending on contingent and non-contingent delivery. Expression also differed in the PFCx and the CPu. Cocaine and food induced opposite effects on Dnmt3a expression in both brain structures, whereas they repressed both miRs to a different extent, without affecting their primary transcript in the CPu. Unexpectedly, orexin mRNAs were found in the CPu, suggesting a transport from their transcription site in the HP. The orexin receptor1 gene was found to be induced by cocaine in the PFCx, consistent with a regulation by DNA methylation. Global levels of 5-methylcytosines in the PFCx were not significantly altered by cocaine, suggesting that it is rather their distribution that contributes to long-lasting behaviors. Together, our data demonstrate that DNA methylation regulating factors are differentially altered by cocaine and food. At the molecular level, they support the idea that neural circuits activated by both reinforcers do not completely overlap.
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- Lamis Saad
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA), UMR 7364 CNRS, Neuropôle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA), UMR 7364 CNRS, Neuropôle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- IGBMC, Inserm U 964, CNRS UMR 7104, University of Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA), UMR 7364 CNRS, Neuropôle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA), UMR 7364 CNRS, Neuropôle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA), UMR 7364 CNRS, Neuropôle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Adaptatives (LNCA), UMR 7364 CNRS, Neuropôle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
- INSERM, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.
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