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. 2015 Feb;31(2):380-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2014.08.002. Epub 2014 Aug 30.

Pregestational maternal obesity impairs endocrine pancreas in male F1 and F2 progeny

Francielle Graus-Nunes  1 , Eliete Dalla Corte Frantz  1 , Wilian Rodrigues Lannes  1 , Mariel Caroline da Silva Menezes  1 , Carlos Alberto Mandarim-de-Lacerda  1 , Vanessa Souza-Mello  2
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Pregestational maternal obesity impairs endocrine pancreas in male F1 and F2 progeny

Francielle Graus-Nunes et al. Nutrition. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of maternal obesity on pancreas structure and carbohydrate metabolism in early adult life, focusing on the F1 and F2 generations after F0 maternal pregestational, gestation, and lactation high-fat diet (HF).

Methods: C57 BL/6 female mice (F0) were fed standard chow (SC) or an HF diet for 8 wk before mating and during the gestation and lactation periods to provide the F1 generation (F1-SC and F1-HF). At 3 mo old, F1 females were mated to produce the F2 generation (F2-SC and F2-HF). The male offspring from all groups were evaluated at 3 mo old.

Results: F0-HF and F1-HF dams were overweight before gestation and had a higher body mass gain and energy intake during gestation, although only F0-HF dams presented pregestational hyperglycemia. The F1-HF offspring had higher body mass, energy intake, fasting glucose levels, and were glucose intolerant compared with F1-SC offspring. These parameters were not significantly altered in F2-HF offspring. Both F1-HF and F2-HF offspring showed hyperinsulinemia, hyperleptinemia, decreased adiponectin levels, increased pancreatic mass, and islet volume density with elevated α- and β-cell mass, hypertrophied islet characterized by an altered distribution of α- and β-cells and weak pancreatic-duodenal homeobox (Pdx)1 immunoreactivity.

Conclusions: Maternal HF diet consumed during the preconception period and throughout the gestation and lactation periods in mice promotes metabolism and pancreatic programming in F1 and F2 male offspring, implying intergenerational effects.

Keywords: High-fat diet; Hyperinsulinemia; Intergenerational effects; Maternal obesity; Pancreatic islet.

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