The effect of source of protein fed during pregnancy and lactation on the development of characteristics of metabolic syndrome in male offspring of obese Wistar rats.
Alireza Jahan-MihanPublished in: Journal of nutritional science (2023)
Gestational obesity has major negative impacts on both mothers and their offspring. More than two-thirds of women of reproductive age in the United States are overweight and/or obese. We previously reported that the source of protein in the maternal diet influences the phenotype of offspring born to normal-weight dams. However, whether it has the same effect in obese mothers was unclear. The casein- and soya protein-based diets were fed to obese pregnant Wistar rats and compared for their effects on characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in male offspring. Dams randomized to either a casein (CD) or soya protein (SD) diet ( n 12). Pups were weaned to either a CD or SD for 16 weeks. Offspring of SD dams had higher birthweight ( P < 0⋅01). Glucose metabolism was not altered at birth but fasting blood glucose (FBG) ( P < 0⋅02), insulin ( P < 0⋅0002), insulin/glucose ratio ( P < 0⋅03), and HOMA-IR index ( P < 0⋅0002) were higher in offspring of SD dams at week 17. The pulse rate was higher in dams ( P < 0⋅03). Food intake and body weight of offspring were affected by interactive effects of time and dams' diet ( P < 0⋅05). Food intake was not influenced by maternal diet, but it was higher in pups weaned to SD dams ( P < 0⋅03) The results of this study indicate that although the source of protein in the maternal diet is still an influencing factor in the outcome of the pregnancy in obese mothers, gestational obesity may mask this effect possibly by imposing general detrimental effects on measured parameters regardless of the source of protein in maternal diet.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- bariatric surgery
- weight gain
- glycemic control
- blood glucose
- high fat diet
- birth weight
- pregnancy outcomes
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- physical activity
- adipose tissue
- gestational age
- pregnant women
- binding protein
- uric acid
- blood pressure
- open label
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- skeletal muscle
- cardiovascular risk factors
- study protocol
- double blind
- phase iii
- human milk