| Developmental programming of adult obesity and cardiovascular disease in rodents by maternal nutrition imbalance. | |
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PMID: 21543546 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Studies on fetal undernutrition have generated the hypothesis that fetal programming corresponds to an attempt of the fetus to adapt to adverse conditions encountered in utero. These adaptations would be beneficial if these conditions prevail later in life, but they become detrimental in the case of normal or plentiful nutrition and favor the appearance of the metabolic syndrome. In this article, the discussion is limited to the developmental programming of obesity and cardiovascular disorders caused by an early mismatched nutrition, particularly intrauterine growth retardation followed by postnatal catch-up growth. Selected data in human are reviewed before evoking some mechanisms revealed or suggested by experiments in rodents. A variety of physiologic mechanisms are implicated in obesity programming, 2 of which are detailed. In some, but not all observations, hyperphagia resulting namely from perturbed development of the hypothalamic circuitry devoted to appetite regulation may contribute to obesity. Another contribution may be the developmental changes in the population of fat cell precursors in adipose tissue. Even if the link between obesity and cardiovascular disease is well established, alteration of blood pressure regulation may appear independently of obesity. A loss of diurnal variation in heart rate and blood pressure in adulthood has resulted from maternal undernutrition followed by postnatal overnutrition. Further research should clarify the effect of mismatched early nutrition on the development of brain centers regulating energy intake, energy expenditure, and circadian rhythms. |
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Claude Remacle; Florence Bieswal; Vanesa Bol; Brigitte Reusens |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-4 |
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Title: The American journal of clinical nutrition Volume: - ISSN: 1938-3207 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-5 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376027 Medline TA: Am J Clin Nutr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Université Catholique de Louvain, Life Sciences Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. |
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