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Intergenerational programming of impaired nephrogenesis and hypertension in rats following maternal protein restriction during pregnancy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18778527     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Associations between birth weight and CVD in adult life are supported by experiments showing that undernutrition in fetal life programmes blood pressure. In rats, the feeding of a maternal low-protein (MLP) diet during gestation programmes hypertension. The present study aimed to assess the potential for a nutritional insult to impact across several generations. Pregnant female Wistar (F0) rats were fed a control (CON; n 10) or MLP (n 10) diet throughout gestation. At delivery all animals were fed a standard laboratory chow diet. At 10 weeks of age, F1 generation offspring were mated to produce a second generation (F2) without any further dietary change. The same procedure produced an F3 generation. Blood pressure in all generations was determined at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of age and nephron number was determined at 10 weeks of age. F1 generation MLP-exposed offspring exhibited raised (P < 0.001) systolic blood pressure (male 143 (sem 4) mmHg; female 141 (sem 4) mmHg) compared with CON animals (male 132 (sem 3) mmHg; female 134 (sem 4) mmHg). Raised blood pressure and reduced nephron number was also noted in the F2 generation (P < 0.001) and this intergenerational transmission occurred via both the maternal and paternal lines, as all three possible offspring crosses (MLP x CON, CON x MLP and MLP x MLP) were hypertensive (132 (sem 3) mmHg) compared with CON animals (CON x CON; 123 (sem 2) mmHg). No effect was noted in the F3 generation. It is concluded that fetal protein restriction may play a critical role in determining blood pressure and overall disease risk in a subsequent generation.
Authors:
Matthew Harrison; Simon C Langley-Evans
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-09-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of nutrition     Volume:  101     ISSN:  1475-2662     ISO Abbreviation:  Br. J. Nutr.     Publication Date:  2009 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-04-03     Completed Date:  2009-06-19     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372547     Medline TA:  Br J Nutr     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1020-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Pressure / physiology
Body Composition
Breeding
Cell Count
Cholesterol / blood
Diet, Protein-Restricted*
Dietary Fats / administration & dosage
Female
Hypertension / embryology*,  pathology
Kidney / embryology*,  pathology
Male
Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Models, Animal
Nephrons / pathology
Pregnancy
Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Triglycerides / blood
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
PG/06/119/21522//British Heart Foundation; //British Heart Foundation
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Dietary Fats; 0/Triglycerides; 57-88-5/Cholesterol
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