Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspring
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>miRNAs play important roles in the regulation of gene functions. Maternal dietary modifications during pregnancy and gestation have long-term effects on the offspring, but it is not known whether a maternal high fat (HF) diet during...
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| author | Lehnert Hendrik Hanson Mark Vatish Manu Cagampang Felino R Bruce Kimberley D Didelot Xavier Zhang Fang Zhang Junlong Ceriello Antonio Byrne Christopher D |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>miRNAs play important roles in the regulation of gene functions. Maternal dietary modifications during pregnancy and gestation have long-term effects on the offspring, but it is not known whether a maternal high fat (HF) diet during pregnancy and lactation alters expression of key miRNAs in the offspring.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We studied the effects of maternal HF diet on the adult offspring by feeding mice with either a HF or a chow diet prior to conception, during pregnancy and lactation, and all offspring were weaned onto the same chow diet until adulthood. Maternal HF fed offspring had markedly increased hepatic mRNA levels of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha (ppar-alpha) and carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1a (cpt-1a) as well as insulin like growth factor-2 (<it>Igf2</it>). A HF diet induced up-regulation of ppar-alpha and cpt-1a expression in the wild type but not in <it>Igf2 </it>knock out mice. Furthermore, hepatic expression of let-7c was also reduced in maternal HF fed offspring. Among 579 miRNAs measured with microarray, ~23 miRNA levels were reduced by ~1.5-4.9-fold. Reduced expression of miR-709 (a highly expressed miRNA), miR-122, miR-192, miR-194, miR-26a, let-7a, let7b and let-7c, miR-494 and miR-483* (reduced by ~4.9 fold) was validated by qPCR. We found that methyl-CpG binding protein 2 was the common predicted target for miR-709, miR-let7s, miR-122, miR-194 and miR-26a using our own purpose-built computer program.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Maternal HF feeding during pregnancy and lactation induced co-ordinated and long-lasting changes in expression of <it>Igf2</it>, fat metabolic genes and several important miRNAs in the offspring.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c43cada5726419d9cc6c0c8a0d797382022-12-21T20:00:16ZengBMCBMC Genomics1471-21642009-10-0110147810.1186/1471-2164-10-478Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspringLehnert HendrikHanson MarkVatish ManuCagampang Felino RBruce Kimberley DDidelot XavierZhang FangZhang JunlongCeriello AntonioByrne Christopher D<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>miRNAs play important roles in the regulation of gene functions. Maternal dietary modifications during pregnancy and gestation have long-term effects on the offspring, but it is not known whether a maternal high fat (HF) diet during pregnancy and lactation alters expression of key miRNAs in the offspring.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We studied the effects of maternal HF diet on the adult offspring by feeding mice with either a HF or a chow diet prior to conception, during pregnancy and lactation, and all offspring were weaned onto the same chow diet until adulthood. Maternal HF fed offspring had markedly increased hepatic mRNA levels of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha (ppar-alpha) and carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1a (cpt-1a) as well as insulin like growth factor-2 (<it>Igf2</it>). A HF diet induced up-regulation of ppar-alpha and cpt-1a expression in the wild type but not in <it>Igf2 </it>knock out mice. Furthermore, hepatic expression of let-7c was also reduced in maternal HF fed offspring. Among 579 miRNAs measured with microarray, ~23 miRNA levels were reduced by ~1.5-4.9-fold. Reduced expression of miR-709 (a highly expressed miRNA), miR-122, miR-192, miR-194, miR-26a, let-7a, let7b and let-7c, miR-494 and miR-483* (reduced by ~4.9 fold) was validated by qPCR. We found that methyl-CpG binding protein 2 was the common predicted target for miR-709, miR-let7s, miR-122, miR-194 and miR-26a using our own purpose-built computer program.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Maternal HF feeding during pregnancy and lactation induced co-ordinated and long-lasting changes in expression of <it>Igf2</it>, fat metabolic genes and several important miRNAs in the offspring.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/478 |
| spellingShingle | Lehnert Hendrik Hanson Mark Vatish Manu Cagampang Felino R Bruce Kimberley D Didelot Xavier Zhang Fang Zhang Junlong Ceriello Antonio Byrne Christopher D Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspring BMC Genomics |
| title | Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspring |
| title_full | Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspring |
| title_fullStr | Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspring |
| title_short | Maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor-2 and key microRNAs in the adult offspring |
| title_sort | maternal high fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alters hepatic expression of insulin like growth factor 2 and key micrornas in the adult offspring |
| url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/478 |
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