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Chronic maternal inflammation or high-fat-feeding programs offspring obesity in a sex-dependent manner

  • A Dudele
  • , K S Hougaard
  • , M Kjølby
  • , M Hokland
  • , G Winther
  • , B Elfving
  • , G Wegener
  • , A L Nielsen
  • , A Larsen
  • , M K Nøhr
  • , S B Pedersen
  • , T Wang
  • , S Lund
  • Department of Bioscience, Section for Zoophysiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Department of Biomedicine, The Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience, Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine and Danish Diabetes Academy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Risskov, DK-8240, Denmark.
  • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism C, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The current world-wide obesity epidemic partially results from a vicious circle whereby maternal obesity during pregnancy predisposes the offspring for accelerated weight gain and development of metabolic syndrome. Here we investigate whether low-grade inflammation, characteristic of the obese state, provides a causal role for this disastrous fetal programming in mice.

METHODS: We exposed pregnant and lactating C57BL/6JBom female mice to either high-fat diet (HFD), or continuous infusion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a potent trigger of innate immunity, and studied offspring phenotypes.

RESULTS: Both maternal LPS or HFD treatments rendered the offspring hyperphagic and inept of coping with a HFD challenge during adulthood, increasing their adiposity and weight gain. The metabolic effects were more pronounced in female offspring, while exposed male offspring mounted a larger inflammatory response to HFD at adulthood.

CONCLUSIONS: This supports our hypothesis and highlights the programming potential of inflammation in obese pregnancies.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftInternational Journal of Obesity
Vol/bind41
Udgave nummer9
Sider (fra-til)1420-1426
Antal sider7
ISSN0307-0565
DOI
StatusUdgivet - sep. 2017

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