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NUTRIENTS
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu14061158
Keywords
developmental programming; glucose intolerance; insulin resistance; mitochondria; low-protein diet
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- National Institutes of Health [HL102866, HL58144, DK114689]
- National Institutes of Health
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Gestational low-protein diet disrupts mitochondrial ultrastructure and function in skeletal muscles of female offspring, potentially leading to insulin resistance. Key genes involved in mitochondrial structure and function are dysregulated in LP-programmed female offspring.
Gestational low-protein (LP) diet leads to glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in adult offspring. We had earlier demonstrated that LP programming affects glucose disposal in females. Mitochondrial health is crucial for normal glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle. In this study, we sought to analyze mitochondrial structure, function, and associated genes in skeletal muscles to explore the molecular mechanism of insulin resistance LP-programmed female offspring. On day four of pregnancy, rats were assigned to a control diet containing 20% protein or an isocaloric 6% protein-containing diet. Standard laboratory diet was given to the dams after delivery until the end of weaning and to pups after weaning. Gestational LP diet led to changes in mitochondrial ultrastructure in the gastrocnemius muscles, including a nine-fold increase in the presence of giant mitochondria along with unevenly formed cristae. Further, functional analysis showed that LP programming caused impaired mitochondrial functions. Although the mitochondrial copy number did not show significant changes, key genes involved in mitochondrial structure and function such as Fis1, Opa1, Mfn2, Nrf1, Nrf2, Pgc1b, Cox4b, Esrra, and Vdac were dysregulated. Our study shows that prenatal LP programming induced disruption in mitochondrial ultrastructure and function in the skeletal muscle of female offspring.
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