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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 6643-6654Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201802444R
Keywords
POA synthesis; pregnancy; placenta; lipids
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- Perinatal Clinical Translational Research Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [DK048520-23]
- NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Clinical and Translational Science Award [UL1 TR002535]
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The fetus is dependent on delivery of fatty acids (FAs) by the syncytiotrophoblast, the transporting epithelium of the human placenta. Obese pregnant women have dyslipidemia; however, whether obesity impacts placental lipid transport and metabolism remains to be fully established. Palmitoleic acid (POA), an FA with anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties, is synthesized from palmitic acid (PA) catalyzed by stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase (SCD) activity. We hypothesized that the uptake and incorporation of FAs and POA synthesis are reduced in primary human trophoblasts (PHTs) isolated from pregnancies complicated by maternal obesity. Villous cytotrophoblasts were isolated from 7 placentas of obese [body mass index (BMI) = 37.5 +/- 1.9] and 12 normal (BMI = 23.6 +/- 0.6) mothers. FA uptake and incorporation were assessed using uniformly labeled (U[C-13])-FA mixtures of PA, oleic acid (OA), linoleic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid. Cellular [C-13] FAs were quantified both in total cellular lipids and in lipid classes by GC-MS. Uptake and incorporation of [C-13] FAs in total cellular lipids were not different in PHTs isolated from obese mothers compared with normal mothers. Only the concentration of OA was increased in the triglyceride fraction (P < 0.05) if the mother was obese. We found an isotopic enrichment of POA after U[C-13]-PA treatment, demonstrating SCD activity in PHT cells. Labeled POA content and the POA:PA ratio were significantly lower in PHTs isolated from placentas of obese mothers compared with normal, healthy controls. Decreased syncytiotrophoblast POA synthesis may contribute to insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation in the mother, placenta, or fetus (or a combination of the 3) in pregnancies complicated by obesity.Ferchaud-Roucher, V., Barner, K., Jansson, T., Powell, T. L. Maternal obesity results in decreased syncytiotrophoblast synthesis of palmitoleic acid, a fatty acid with anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties.
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