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Ellsworth L, Harman E, Padmanabhan V, Gregg B. Lactational programming of glucose homeostasis: a window of opportunity. Reproduction 2018; 156:R23-R42. [PMID: 29752297 PMCID: PMC6668618 DOI: 10.1530/rep-17-0780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The window of lactation is a critical period during which nutritional and environmental exposures impact lifelong metabolic disease risk. Significant organ and tissue development, organ expansion and maturation of cellular functions occur during the lactation period, making this a vulnerable time during which transient insults can have lasting effects. This review will cover current literature on factors influencing lactational programming such as milk composition, maternal health status and environmental endocrine disruptors. The underlying mechanisms that have the potential to contribute to lactational programming of glucose homeostasis will also be addressed, as well as potential interventions to reduce offspring metabolic disease risk.
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- Lindsay Ellsworth
- Department of PediatricsUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Su Y, Jiang X, Li Y, Li F, Cheng Y, Peng Y, Song D, Hong J, Ning G, Cao Y, Wang W. Maternal Low Protein Isocaloric Diet Suppresses Pancreatic β-Cell Proliferation in Mouse Offspring via miR-15b. Endocrinology 2016; 157:4782-4793. [PMID: 27754789 DOI: 10.1210/en.2016-1167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The mechanism underlying the increased susceptibility of type 2 diabetes in offspring of maternal malnutrition is poorly determined. Here we tested the hypothesis that functional microRNAs (miRNAs) mediated the maternal low-protein (LP) isocaloric diet induced pancreatic β-cell impairment. We performed miRNA profiling in the islets from offspring of LP and control diet mothers to explore the potential functional miRNAs responsible for β-cell dysfunction. We found that LP offspring exhibited impaired glucose tolerance due to decreased β-cell mass and insulin secretion. Reduction in the β-cell proliferation rate and cell size contributed to the decreased β-cell mass. MiR-15b was up-regulated in the islets of LP offspring. The up-regulated miR-15b inhibited pancreatic β-cell proliferation via targeting cyclin D1 and cyclin D2. Inhibition of miR-15b in LP islet cells restored β-cell proliferation and insulin secretion. Our findings demonstrate that miR-15b is critical for the regulation of pancreatic β-cells in offspring of maternal protein restriction, which may provide a further insight for β-cell exhaustion originated from intrauterine growth restriction.
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- Yutong Su
- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (Y.S., X.J., Y.L., F.L., Y.P., D.S., J.H., G.N., Y.C., W.W.), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Endocrine Tumors, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, and Laboratory of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Y.C., G.N.), Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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Zhang N. Epigenetic modulation of DNA methylation by nutrition and its mechanisms in animals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 1:144-151. [PMID: 29767106 PMCID: PMC5945948 DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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It is well known that phenotype of animals may be modified by the nutritional modulations through epigenetic mechanisms. As a key and central component of epigenetic network, DNA methylation is labile in response to nutritional influences. Alterations in DNA methylation profiles can lead to changes in gene expression, resulting in diverse phenotypes with the potential for decreased growth and health. Here, I reviewed the biological process of DNA methylation that results in the addition of methyl groups to DNA; the possible ways including methyl donors, DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) activity and other cofactors, the critical periods including prenatal, postnatal and dietary transition periods, and tissue specific of epigenetic modulation of DNA methylation by nutrition and its mechanisms in animals.
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- Naifeng Zhang
- Feed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China
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Srinivasan M, Mahmood S, Patel MS. Metabolic programming effects initiated in the suckling period predisposing for adult-onset obesity cannot be reversed by calorie restriction. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E486-94. [PMID: 23249696 PMCID: PMC3602662 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00519.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neonatal rats reared on high-carbohydrate (HC) milk formula developed chronic hyperinsulinemia and adult-onset obesity due to programming of islets and the hypothalamic energy circuitry. In this study, calorie restriction by pair-feeding was imposed on HC male rats (HC/PF) to normalize food intake similar to that of mother-fed (MF) rats from weaning until postnatal day 140. A group of HC/PF rats was switched over to ad libitum feeding (HC/PF/AL) from days 90 to 140. Pair-feeding reduced body weight gains and serum insulin and leptin levels in HC/PF rats compared with HC rats, but these parameters were restored to HC levels in the HC/PF/AL rats after ad libitum feeding. Interestingly, the heightened insulin secretory response of isolated islets from adult HC/PF and HC/PF/ AL rats to glucose, acetylcholine, and oxymetazoline were not significantly different from the responses of islets from HC rats. Similarly, the expression of neuropeptide Y and proopiomelanocortin in the hypothalamus was not significantly different among HC, HC/PF, and HC/PF/AL rats. Expression of the leptin receptor in the hypothalami from the HC, HC/PF, and HC/PF/AL rats mirrored that of serum leptin, whereas suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (Socs3) expression remained high in these three groups. The results indicate that, although calorie restriction resulted in reduction in body weight gain and normalized the serum hormonal pattern, the programed predisposition for the hypersecretory capacity of islets and the hypothalamic hyperphagic response in the HC rats could not be permanently overcome by the pair-feeding imposed on HC rats.
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- Malathi Srinivasan
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Flamm EG. Neonatal animal testing paradigms and their suitability for testing infant formula. Toxicol Mech Methods 2012; 23:57-67. [DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2012.725108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Wiedmeier JE, Joss-Moore LA, Lane RH, Neu J. Early postnatal nutrition and programming of the preterm neonate. Nutr Rev 2011; 69:76-82. [PMID: 21294741 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00370.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Early postnatal nutrition is a vital determinant of adult health; this is particularly true for the infant born prematurely and cared for in a hospital setting such as the neonatal intensive care unit. Human and animal studies support the contribution of postnatal dietary composition and the rate of extrauterine growth to long-term metabolic outcomes. One mechanism by which postnatal nutrition affects long-term outcome is via developmental programming. Programming, or the modulation of gene expression to impart a short-term advantage accompanied by a long-term cost, may be achieved by epigenetic modifications to chromatin. This review summarizes the details of postnatal nutritional content and rate of growth on the development of metabolic disease. The role of epigenetics in developmental programming of the preterm infant is also discussed, with an emphasis on animal models of dietary manipulation and directions in which the field must move in order to formulate effective feeding strategies for the preterm infant.
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- Julia E Wiedmeier
- Division of Neonatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Cyclic AMP signaling in pancreatic islets. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 654:281-304. [PMID: 20217503 DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3271-3_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cyclic 3'5'AMP (cAMP) is an important physiological amplifier of glucose-induced insulin secretion by the pancreatic islet beta-cell, where it is formed by the activity of adenylyl cyclases, which are stimulated by glucose, through elevation in intracellular calcium concentrations, and by the incretin hormones (GLP-1 and GIP). cAMP is rapidly degraded in the pancreatic islet beta-cell by various cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) enzymes. Many steps involved in glucose-induced insulin secretion are modulated by cAMP, which is also important in regulating pancreatic islet beta-cell differentiation, growth and survival. This chapter discusses the formation, destruction and actions of cAMP in the islets with particular emphasis on the beta-cell.
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Rubio-Ruiz ME, Vargas-González A, Monter-Garrido M, Díaz-Díaz E, Guarner-Lans V. Aortic vasoreactivity during a postnatal critical window of the pancreas in rats. Heart Vessels 2010; 25:248-53. [PMID: 20512453 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-009-1166-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Changes in aortic vasoreactivity during the postnatal pancreatic critical window, where insulin and glucose, which modify vasoreactivity, are elevated, were studied and compared to those in control and metabolic syndrome (MS) rats. Twelve 21- and 28-day-old rats were used. To develop MS rats, male Wistar animals were given 30% sucrose in drinking water since weaning and used when 6 months old. Glucose and insulin levels were higher during suckling and decreased after weaning, and insulin and triglycerides levels increased in MS rats. Contraction elicited by norepinephrine (NE) was stronger than KCl contraction at all ages. KCl-induced contraction increased with, age being stronger in control rats; it further increased in MS rats. Norepinephrine-induced contraction increased from day 12 to day 28 but stabilized from day 21 to day 28; it was stronger in controls and increased in MS rats. Vasorelaxation to acetylcholine in NE precontracted rings did not change during the neonatal period, being similar to MS rats and lower than in controls. Insulin-induced increase in contraction elicited by KCl increased from day 12 to day 28 and increased from control to MS rats. There is a postnatal critical window in vasoreactivity that might predispose to cardiovascular diseases in adults.
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- Maria Esther Rubio-Ruiz
- Department of Physiology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano 1, Tlalpan, México DF 14080, Mexico
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Patel MS, Srinivasan M, Laychock SG. Metabolic programming: Role of nutrition in the immediate postnatal life. J Inherit Metab Dis 2009; 32:218-28. [PMID: 19096914 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-008-1033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2008] [Revised: 10/30/2008] [Accepted: 11/06/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Although genes and dietary habits are generally implicated in the aetiology of the prevailing obesity epidemic, the steep increase in the incidence of obesity within a relatively short span of time suggests that other contributing factors may be at play. The role of nutritional experience during the very early periods of life is increasingly being recognized as contributing to growth and metabolic changes in later life. Epidemiological data and studies from animal models have established a strong correlation between an aberrant intrauterine environment and adult-onset disorders in offspring. The nutritional experience in the immediate postnatal life is another independent factor contributing to the development of metabolic diseases in adulthood. Although studies on the small-litter rat model have shown that overnourishment during the suckling period results in adult-onset metabolic disorders, our studies have shown that a change in the quality of calories-specifically, increased carbohydrate intake by newborn rat pups in the immediate postnatal period-results in chronic hyperinsulinaemia and adult-onset obesity. Several functional alterations in islets and in the hypothalamic energy homeostatic mechanism appear to support this phenotype. Remarkably, female rats that underwent the high-carbohydrate dietary modification as neonates spontaneously transmitted the obesity phenotype to their offspring, thus establishing a vicious generational effect. The high-carbohydrate diet-fed rat model has particular relevance in the context of the current human infant feeding practices: reduction in breast feeding and increase in formula feeding for infants, accompanied by early introduction of carbohydrate-enriched baby foods.
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- M S Patel
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 140 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.
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Walker CD, Naef L, d'Asti E, Long H, Xu Z, Moreau A, Azeddine B. Perinatal maternal fat intake affects metabolism and hippocampal function in the offspring: a potential role for leptin. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1144:189-202. [PMID: 19076377 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1418.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Both undernutrition and overnutrition of the mother during pregnancy and lactation produce a syndrome of altered energy balance in the offspring and has long-lasting consequences on CNS systems regulating food intake, metabolism, and food reward. Homeostatic circulating factors like insulin, glucocorticoids, and leptin that are generally increased by exposure to high fat/high caloric diets constitute important signals in these processes. They trigger functional activation of specific intracellular cascades mediating cellular sensitivity, survival, and synaptic plasticity. Using a model whereby the late fetal and neonatal rat is exposed to increased high fat (HF) via HF feeding of the mother, we investigated the proximal (neonatal) and distal (adult) consequences on metabolism and hippocampal function in the offspring. Adult offspring of HF-fed mothers displayed several of the physiological and behavioral changes susceptible to leading to metabolic complications. These include elevated circulating concentrations of leptin and corticosterone, increased body weight gain and food intake, modest preference for fat-containing food types, as well as the onset of hypothalamic leptin resistance. In the hippocampus, HF-fed offspring or neonates treated with leptin show similar increases in neurogenesis and survival of newborn neurons. We identified some of the direct effects of leptin to increase synaptic proteins, N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA), and glucocorticoid receptors, and to reduce long-term potentiation (LTP) prior to weaning. While these studies have documented effects in animal models, concepts can easily be translated to human nutrition in order to help design better perinatal diets and nutritional preventive measures for mothers in a coordinated effort to curb the obesity trend.
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- Claire-Dominique Walker
- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Huynh M, Luiken JJJP, Coumans W, Bell RC. Dietary fructose during the suckling period increases body weight and fatty acid uptake into skeletal muscle in adult rats. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008; 16:1755-62. [PMID: 18483476 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The suckling period is one potentially "critical" period during which nutritional intake may permanently "program" metabolism to promote increased adult body weight and insulin resistance in later life. This study determined whether fructose introduced during the suckling period altered body weight and induced changes in fatty acid transport leading to insulin resistance in adulthood in rats. METHODS AND PROCEDURES Pups were randomly assigned to one of four diets: suckle controls (SCs), rat milk substitute formula (Rat Milk Substitute), fructose-containing formula (Fructose), or galactose-containing formula (Galactose). Starting at weaning, all pups received the same diet; at 8 weeks of age, half of the SC rats began ingesting a diet containing 65% kcal fructose (SC-Fructose). This continued until animals were 12 weeks old and the study ended. RESULTS At weeks 8, 10, and 11, the Fructose group weighed more than SC and SC-Fructose groups (P < 0.05). At weeks 8 and 10 of age, the Fructose group had significantly higher insulin concentrations vs. rats in the SC-Fructose group. (3)H-Palmitate transport into vesicles from hind limb skeletal muscle was higher in Fructose vs. SC rats (P < 0.05). CD36 expression was increased in the sarcolemma but not in whole tissue homogenates from skeletal muscle from Fructose rats (P < 0.05) suggesting a redistribution of this protein associated with fatty acid uptake across the plasma membrane. This change in subcellular localization of CD36 is associated with insulin resistance in muscle. DISCUSSION Consuming fructose during suckling may result in lifelong changes in body weight, insulin secretion, and fatty acid transport involving CD36 in muscle and ultimately promote insulin resistance.
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- Minh Huynh
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Mitrani P, Srinivasan M, Dodds C, Patel MS. Autonomic involvement in the permanent metabolic programming of hyperinsulinemia in the high-carbohydrate rat model. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2007; 292:E1364-77. [PMID: 17227957 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00672.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Exposure to a high-carbohydrate (HC) milk formula during the suckling period results in permanent metabolic programming of hyperinsulinemia in HC rats. Previous studies have shown that hyperinsulinemia in HC rats involves a programmed hyperresponsiveness to glucose. However, the immediate onset and persistence of enhanced insulin secretion throughout life suggests a role for numerous factors that control insulin secretion. Present in vivo and in vitro studies have shown a role for altered autonomic activity, including increased parasympathetic and decreased sympathetic activities, in the maintenance of hyperinsulinemia in 100-day-old HC rats. HC rats were shown to be more sensitive to cholinergic-induced potentiation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in response to acetylcholine and showed increased sensitivity to blockade of cholinergic-induced insulin secretion by the muscarinic-type 3 receptor-specific antagonist 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine. In addition, HC rats were less sensitive to adrenergic-induced inhibition of insulin secretion by oxymetazoline, whereas treatment with yohimbine resulted in increased GSIS. Furthermore, HC rats showed greater reductions in plasma insulin levels after vagotomy, as well as an attenuation of yohimbine-induced potentiation of GSIS, suggesting that yohimbine-mediated changes are mediated by parasympathetic activity. Changes in autonomic regulation of GSIS are supported by increased mRNA levels of the parasympathetic signaling molecules muscarinic-type 3 receptor, phospholipase Cbeta1, and protein kinase C-alpha and decreased levels of alpha(2a)-adrenergic receptors in islets from adult HC rats. In conclusion, metabolic programming of hyperinsulinemia throughout adulthood of HC rats involves changes in autonomic activity in response to the HC dietary intervention in the suckling period.
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- Paul Mitrani
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Mitrani P, Srinivasan M, Dodds C, Patel MS. Role of the autonomic nervous system in the development of hyperinsulinemia by high-carbohydrate formula feeding to neonatal rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2007; 292:E1069-78. [PMID: 17164433 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00477.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An early dietary intervention in the form of a high-carbohydrate (HC) milk formula in neonatal rat pups results in immediate onset of hyperinsulinemia. While increased insulin secretion in HC rats has been shown to be related to hypersensitivity to glucose, the immediate onset of hyperinsulinemia and its persistence throughout the suckling period suggest involvement of multiple systems that enhance insulin secretion in response to increased demand. Evidence presented here in 12-day-old HC rats indicates that altered activity of the autonomic nervous system contributes to enhanced insulin secretory responses to glucose stimulation through increased parasympathetic and decreased sympathetic signaling. Both in vivo and in vitro studies have shown that HC rats secrete significantly higher levels of insulin in response to glucose in the presence of acetylcholine, a cholinergic agonist, while sensitivity to inhibition of insulin secretion by oxymetazoline, an alpha(2a)-adrenergic receptor (alpha(2a)AR) agonist, was reduced. In addition, HC rats showed increased sensitivity to blockade of cholinergic-induced insulin secretion by the muscarinic type 3 receptor (M3R) antagonist 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine methobromide, as well as increased potentiation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by treatment with yohimbine. Increases in islets levels of M3R, phospholipase C-beta1, and protein kinase Calpha mRNAs, as well as decreased alpha(2a)AR mRNA, in 12-day-old HC rats provide a mechanistic connection to the changes in insulin secretion seen in HC rats. In conclusion, altered autonomic regulation of insulin secretion, due to the HC nutritional intervention, contributes to the development of hyperinsulinemia in 12-day-old HC rats.
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- Paul Mitrani
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 140 Farber Hall, 3435 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Cerf ME, Williams K, Nkomo XI, Muller CJ, Du Toit DF, Louw J, Wolfe-Coote SA. Islet cell response in the neonatal rat after exposure to a high-fat diet during pregnancy. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2005; 288:R1122-8. [PMID: 15705804 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00335.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although pancreatic beta-cells are capable of adapting their mass in response to insulin requirements, evidence has shown that a dietary insult could compromise this ability. Fetal malnutrition has been linked to low birth weight and the development of type 2 diabetes later in life, while reduced beta-cell mass has been reported in adult rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD). Reported here are the effects of exposure to a HFD, during different periods of gestation, on neonatal rat weight and beta- and alpha-cell development. The experimental groups were composed of neonatal offspring obtained from Wistar rats fed a high-fat (40% as energy) diet for either the first (HF1), second (HF2), or third (HF3) week, or all three (HF1-3) weeks of gestation. Neonatal weights and circulating glucose and insulin concentrations were measured on postnatal day 1, after which the pancreata were excised and processed for histological immunocytochemical examination and image analysis. HF1 and HF2 neonates were hypoglycemic, whereas HF1-3 neonates were hyperglycemic. Low birth weights were observed only in HF1 neonates. No significant differences were detected in the circulating insulin concentrations in the neonates, although beta-cell volume and numbers were reduced in HF1-3 neonates. beta-cell numbers also declined in HF1 and HF3 neonates. alpha-cell volume, number and size were, however, increased in HF1-3 neonates. alpha-cell size was also increased in HF1 and HF3 neonates. In neonates, exposure to a maternal HFD throughout gestation was found to have the most adverse effect on beta-cell development and resulted in hyperglycemia.
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- M E Cerf
- Diabetes Research Group, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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Srinivasan M, Aalinkeel R, Song F, Patel MS. Programming of islet functions in the progeny of hyperinsulinemic/obese rats. Diabetes 2003; 52:984-90. [PMID: 12663470 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.4.984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Neonatal female rat pups that were raised artificially on a high-carbohydrate (HC) milk formula during their suckling period developed hyperinsulinemia immediately, maintained chronic hyperinsulinemia in the postweaning period on laboratory diet, and developed obesity in adulthood. Pups (second-generation HC [2-HC]) born to such female rats (first-generation HC [1-HC]) spontaneously developed chronic hyperinsulinemia and adult-onset obesity (HC phenotype) without the requirement for any dietary intervention in their suckling period. Leftward shift in the insulin secretory response to a glucose stimulus, increase in hexokinase activity, and increased preproinsulin gene transcription were observed in islets from 28-day-old 2-HC rats, and these adaptations are similar to those reported for islets from 12-day-old and 100-day-old 1-HC rats. Unlike 1-HC islets, the ability to secrete moderate amounts of insulin in the absence of glucose and calcium and the incretin input for augmentation of insulin secretion were not observed in 2-HC islets. These results show that a dietary modification in the early postnatal life of the 1-HC female rat sets up a vicious cycle of spontaneous transfer of the HC phenotype to its progeny, implicating a new component to the growing list of factors that contribute to the fetal origins of adult-onset diseases.
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- Malathi Srinivasan
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Srinivasan M, Laychock SG, Hill DJ, Patel MS. Neonatal nutrition: metabolic programming of pancreatic islets and obesity. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2003; 228:15-23. [PMID: 12524468 DOI: 10.1177/153537020322800102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Obese individuals are more likely to suffer from diseases termed the "metabolic syndrome," which includes type 2 diabetes. It is now recognized that early life dietary experiences play an important role in the etiology of such diseases. In this context, the consequences of a high carbohydrate (HC) dietary intervention in neonatal rats is being studied in our laboratory. Artificial rearing of 4-day-old rat pups on a HC milk formula up to Day 24 results in the immediate onset of hyperinsulinemia, which persists throughout the period of dietary intervention. Several adaptations at the biochemical, cellular, and molecular levels in the islets of these HC rats support the onset and persistence of the hyperinsulinemic condition during this period. Some of these adaptations include a distinct leftward shift in the insulin secretory capacity, increased hexokinase activity, increased gene expression of preproinsulin and related transcription factors and specific kinases in 12-day-old HC islets, and alterations in the number and size of islets. These adaptations are programmed and expressed in adulthood thereby sustain the hyperinsulinemic condition in the postweaning period and form the basis for adult-onset obesity. HC females spontaneously transmit the HC phenotype (chronic hyperinsulinemia and adult-onset obesity) to their progeny. Collectively, our results indicate that even a mere switch in the nature of the source of calories (from fat rich in rat milk to carbohydrate rich in the HC milk formula) during critical phases of early development in the rat results in metabolic programming of islet functions leading to chronic hyperinsulinemia (throughout life) and adult-onset obesity. This metabolic programming, once established, forms a vicious cycle because HC female rats spontaneously transmit the HC phenotype to their progeny. The results from our laboratory in the context of metabolic programming due to neonatal nutritional experiences are discussed in this review.
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- Malathi Srinivasan
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Rat islets express several isoforms of adenylyl cyclase (AC), and the regulation of AC activity in isolated islets by Ca(2+) and protein kinase C (PKC) was investigated. At basal 2.8 mmol/l glucose, the muscarinic receptor agonist carbamylcholine chloride (CCh) evoked a concentration-dependent increase in cAMP generation with a maximum increase at least 4.5-fold above control. In contrast, forskolin and glucagon-like peptide 1 fragment 7-36 amide increased cAMP accumulation 23-fold and almost 10-fold, respectively. Cholecystokinin 26-33 sulfated amide (CCK) also stimulated cAMP production by up to eightfold, as did the phorbol ester, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu). PDBu and CCh or CCK responses were not additive. The effects of phorbol ester, CCh, and CCK were inhibited by as much as 75% by the PKC inhibitors GF 109203X and Ro-32-0432 and after PKC downregulation. In the absence of extracellular Ca(2+), PDBu-, CCh-, and CCK-induced cAMP production was inhibited by approximately 50% in each case. Chelation of intracellular Ca(2+) with 1,2-bis(o-amino-5-fluorophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid tetraacetoxymethyl ester (BAPTA/AM) inhibited CCh- and CCK-stimulated cAMP generation by approximately 50% but did not inhibit the stimulatory effect of PDBu. Stringent Ca(2+) depletion by removal of extracellular Ca(2+) and inclusion of BAPTA/AM allowed for increased cAMP production in response to CCh and CCK; PKC inhibitors and PKC downregulation prevented this stimulation. Glucose stimulation also increased islet cAMP production, but PDBu did not potentiate the glucose response. The results suggest that Ca(2+) influx, Ca(2+) mobilization, and PKC activation play important roles in the modulation of AC activity in pancreatic islets.
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- Y Tian
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Srinivasan M, Song F, Aalinkeel R, Patel MS. Molecular adaptations in islets from neonatal rats reared artificially on a high carbohydrate milk formula. J Nutr Biochem 2001; 12:575-584. [PMID: 12031263 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-2863(01)00176-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Four day-old rat pups artificially raised on a high carbohydrate (HC) milk formula during their suckling period immediately develop hyperinsulinemia which persists into adulthood despite weaning onto lab chow on day 24. The present study investigates the molecular adaptations in islets isolated from neonatal rats in response to this dietary treatment during their suckling period. There is a significant increase in the level of preproinsulin mRNA and insulin biosynthesis in 12 day-old HC islets compared to islets from age-matched mother-fed (MF) control rats. Pancreatic duodenal homeobox factor-1 (PDX-1) modulates pancreatic ontogeny as well as preproinsulin gene expression in islets from neonatal rats. The mRNA level, DNA binding activity and protein content of PDX-1 are significantly increased in HC islets. The stress-activated protein kinase-2 and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase have been reported to modulate PDX-1 activity in islets. The mRNA levels of these kinases are increased in HC islets. The mRNA level of upstream stimulatory factor (a modulator of PDX-1 gene expression) is also significantly increased in HC islets. These results indicate that the upregulation of several molecular events, including increases in the gene expression of preproinsulin, transcription factors and kinases may contribute to the chronic hyperinsulinemic state in the HC rats.
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- M Srinivasan
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Song F, Srinivasan M, Aalinkeel R, Patel MS. Use of a cDNA array for the identification of genes induced in islets of suckling rats by a high-carbohydrate nutritional intervention. Diabetes 2001; 50:2053-60. [PMID: 11522671 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.9.2053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Four-day-old rat pups that are raised artificially on a high-carbohydrate (HC) milk formula immediately develop hyperinsulinemia, which persists into adulthood without any further nutritional stimulus. cDNA array analysis was used to identify large-scale changes in gene expression patterns in islets from 12- and 100-day-old HC rats in response to the HC dietary modification during the suckling period. It was observed that the expression of several genes that belong to clusters involved in beta-cell development and/or beta-cell function was significantly upregulated in islets from 12- and 100-day-old HC rats. It is inferred that in addition to predicted changes in gene expression, for example preproinsulin gene, global changes in gene expression contribute to the hyperinsulinemic state in the HC rat.
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- F Song
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Aalinkeel R, Srinivasan M, Song F, Patel MS. Programming into adulthood of islet adaptations induced by early nutritional intervention in the rat. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001; 281:E640-8. [PMID: 11500321 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.3.e640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To investigate the influence of a high carbohydrate (HC) intake during the suckling period on pancreatic function in adult life, neonatal rats were artificially reared on a HC milk formula during the preweaning period and then weaned onto lab chow. In the adult HC rat, hyperinsulinemia is sustained by a variety of biochemical and molecular adaptations induced in the HC islets during the suckling period. The adult HC islets showed a distinct left shift in the glucose-stimulated insulin-secretory pattern. HC islets were also able to secrete moderate levels of insulin in the absence of glucose and in the presence of Ca(2+) channel inhibitors. In addition, the mRNA levels of preproinsulin, somatostatin transcription factor-1, upstream stimulatory factor-1, stress-activated protein kinase-2, phosphatidylinositol kinase, and GLUT-2 genes were significantly increased in HC islets. These results show that consumption of a HC formula during the suckling period programs pancreatic islet function in adult rats, resulting in the maintenance of hyperinsulinemia in the postweaning period and eventually leading to the development of obesity in adult life.
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- R Aalinkeel
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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