Maternal diet during pregnancy has tissue-specific effects upon fetal fatty acid composition and alters fetal immune parameters
Maternal diet during pregnancy has tissue-specific effects upon fetal fatty acid composition and alters fetal immune parameters
Both animalandhumanstudiesdemonstratethatthedocosahexaenoicacid(DHA)contentofplasma
and/ortissuelipidsisincreasedduringpregnancy.Wehypothesisedthatincreasingthe a-linolenicacid
(ALA)orlongerchain(n-3) PUFAcontentofthematernaldietduringpregnancyinfluencesfetalfatty
acid compositionandthefetalimmunesystem.Pregnantratswerefedalow-fat(LF)soybeanoildiet,or
high-fat(HF)soybean,linseed,salmonorsunfloweroildietsfromconceptionto20dgestation.The
ALA-richLinseed-HFdietresultedinanequivalenteicosapentaenoicacid(EPA)statusinfetalimmune
tissuesandanequivalentDHAstatusinthefetalbraintothatachievedwiththeSalmon-HFdiet.An
(n-3) richmaternaldietduringpregnancyassociatedwiththehighestexpressionofCD3(Salmon-HF)
and CD8(Linseed-HFandSalmon-HF)onfetalthymicCD3+CD8+ cells. TheLinseed-HFdietresultedin
the highestproportionofCD161+ cells withinthefetalthymus,whichcorrelatedwiththeproductionof
IL-4. ThesedataindicatethatdietaryALAsupplementationmayconfersomeofthebenefitsofLC(n-3)
PUFA duringpregnancy.Thisshouldbeexaminedinsuitablydesignedhumanstudies
fetal, immune, omega-3
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Childs, Caroline E.
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Romijn, Tessa
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Enke, Ute
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Hoile, Samuel P.
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Calder, Philip C.
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October 2010
Childs, Caroline E.
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Romijn, Tessa
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Enke, Ute
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Hoile, Samuel P.
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Calder, Philip C.
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Childs, Caroline E., Romijn, Tessa, Enke, Ute, Hoile, Samuel P. and Calder, Philip C.
(2010)
Maternal diet during pregnancy has tissue-specific effects upon fetal fatty acid composition and alters fetal immune parameters.
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 83 (4), .
(doi:10.1016/j.plefa.2010.08.007).
(PMID:20817424)
Abstract
Both animalandhumanstudiesdemonstratethatthedocosahexaenoicacid(DHA)contentofplasma
and/ortissuelipidsisincreasedduringpregnancy.Wehypothesisedthatincreasingthe a-linolenicacid
(ALA)orlongerchain(n-3) PUFAcontentofthematernaldietduringpregnancyinfluencesfetalfatty
acid compositionandthefetalimmunesystem.Pregnantratswerefedalow-fat(LF)soybeanoildiet,or
high-fat(HF)soybean,linseed,salmonorsunfloweroildietsfromconceptionto20dgestation.The
ALA-richLinseed-HFdietresultedinanequivalenteicosapentaenoicacid(EPA)statusinfetalimmune
tissuesandanequivalentDHAstatusinthefetalbraintothatachievedwiththeSalmon-HFdiet.An
(n-3) richmaternaldietduringpregnancyassociatedwiththehighestexpressionofCD3(Salmon-HF)
and CD8(Linseed-HFandSalmon-HF)onfetalthymicCD3+CD8+ cells. TheLinseed-HFdietresultedin
the highestproportionofCD161+ cells withinthefetalthymus,whichcorrelatedwiththeproductionof
IL-4. ThesedataindicatethatdietaryALAsupplementationmayconfersomeofthebenefitsofLC(n-3)
PUFA duringpregnancy.Thisshouldbeexaminedinsuitablydesignedhumanstudies
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Published date: October 2010
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fetal, immune, omega-3
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Faculty of Medicine, Dev Origins of Health & Disease
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