Peri-implantation and late gestation maternal undernutrition differentially affect fetal sheep skeletal muscle development
Costello, Paula M., Rowlerson, Anthea, Astaman, Nur Aida, Anthony, Fred Erick W., Sayer, Avan Aihie, Cooper, Cyrus, Hanson, Mark A.. and Green, Lucy R. (2008) Peri-implantation and late gestation maternal undernutrition differentially affect fetal sheep skeletal muscle development. Journal of Physiology, 586, (9), 2371-2379. (doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2008.150987).
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Poor prenatal nutrition is associated with a greater risk of adult glucose intolerance and insulin insensitivity in the offspring. Skeletal muscle is the primary tissue for glucose utilization, and insulin resistance in muscle is the earliest identifiable abnormality in the pre-diabetic patient. We investigated the effect of early and late gestation undernutrition on structure and markers of growth and glucose metabolism regulation in the fetal triceps brachii (TB, slow- and fast-twitch myofibres) and soleus (slow-twitch myofibres) muscles. Pregnant sheep were fed 100% nutrient requirements (C, n = 8) or a restricted diet peri-implantation (PI, n = 9; 40%, 1-31 days gestation (dGA) (term approximately 147)) or in late gestation (L, n = 6; 50%, 104-127 dGA). At 127 +/- 1 dGA we measured myofibre and capillary density in the fetal TB and soleus muscles, and mRNA levels in the TB of insulin receptor (InsR), glucose transporter-4 (GLUT-4) and type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R). Total myofibre and capillary densities were lower in the TB, but not the soleus, of PI and L fetuses. The predominant effect in the L group was on slow-twitch myofibres. In TB, InsR, GLUT-4 and IGF-1R mRNA levels were greater in L group fetuses. Our finding of reduced myofibre density is consistent with a redistribution of resources at the expense of specific peripheral tissues by early and late gestation undernutrition which may be mediated by a decrease in capillary density. The increase in key regulatory components of glucose uptake following late gestation undernutrition may constitute a short-term compensation to maintain glucose homeostasis in the face of fewer type I (insulin-sensitive) myofibres. However, together these adaptations may influence the risk of later metabolic disease and thus our findings have implications for future strategies aimed at improving maternal diet.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0022-3751 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Item ID: | 61025 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:10 |
| Contributors: | Costello, Paula M. (Author) Rowlerson, Anthea (Author) Astaman, Nur Aida (Author) Anthony, Fred Erick W. (Author) Sayer, Avan Aihie (Author) Cooper, Cyrus (Author) Hanson, Mark A.. (Author) Green, Lucy R. (Author) |
| Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | lgreen@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61025 |
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