Dieta hiperlipídica materna, tecido adiposo, fígado, metabolismo de carboidratos e sinalização central de leptina na prole de camundongos C57BL/6

• Autor(a) principal: Volpato, Ana Maria Jesuino
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/7774
• topic: Fetal programming; Obesity; Hiperleptinemia; Central leptin resistance; Programação fetal; Obesidade; Hiperleptinemia; Resistência central a leptina; Gorduras na dieta; Obesidade; Tecido adiposo; Lactação; Feto Desenvolvimento; Leptina; Fígado gorduroso; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::BIOQUIMICA

Maternal high-fat diet consumption during pregnancy and lactation causes metabolic abnormalities (MA) (similar to metabolic syndrome in humans) in the rodents offspring. We tested the hypothesis that the offspring of dams fed a high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation develop MA and leptin resistance.Pregnant C57BL6 mice (n=20) were fed either standard chow (SC; 19% fat) or a high fat diet (HF; 49% fat). After weaning, male offspring were divided into four groups according to the diet of dams and offspring: SC(dams)/SC(offspring), SC/HF, HF/SC and HF/HF (n=12/group). MA were characterized by weight gain curve measured weekly; tail-cuff systolic pressure; fast glucose and areas under the curve after oral glucose tolerance test; fat mass depots; leptin and insulin concentrations, all performed at 12 weeks of age.To analyze leptin sensitivity, each group was divided into two groups (vehicle or leptin-5µg) to identify the feeding response and pSTAT3 expression after acute intracerebroventricular (ICV) treatment (n=6/group). The HF schedule during post-weaning (SC/HF group), during gestation and lactation (HF/SC group), or both periods (HF/HF group), increased body mass in experimental groups. In respect to hepatic alterations and insulin action, the HF diet during gestation and lactation caused 25% of liver steatosis, hiperinsulinemia and hiperleptinemia, whereas SC/HF and HF/HF presented worst patterns. The fat distribution and morphometry pointed for the key role of HF during gestation and lactation in amplify the ability to store fat in the offspring. Considering the central leptin action in offspring treated groups, SC/HF was not responsive to leptin treatment, which strong indicates the determining effect of post-weaning diet upon leptin action in this model. The compelling results indicate that maternal HF schedule during pregnancy and lactation affects the offpring health. Specifically, programmed offspring presented liver steatosis, adipocyte hipertrophy, increased visceral fat, hiperleptinemia and insulin resistance. This phenotype was not associated with central leptin resistance in offspring at 3 month-age.