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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 57, Issue 5, Pages 1901-1912Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-017-1473-4
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Adipocyte; Genital fat pad; Programming; Inflammation; Molecular biology
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [302.154/2011-6, 442673/2014-0] Funding Source: Medline
- Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro [201.186/2014, 010.003093/2014] Funding Source: Medline
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Studies demonstrated the influence of mother's obesity on offspring. However, the father is also related to programming the future generation. The study aimed to evaluate the effects of father's obesity upon white adipose tissue (WAT) remodeling, resulting in activation of signaling pathways and inflammation in male and female offspring. Male C57BL/6 mice received control diet (lean father group; 17% energy from lipids) or high-fat diet (obese father group; 49% energy from lipids) for 8 weeks before mating. The mothers received control diet throughout the experiment. Mice were mated: lean mother and lean father, and lean mother and obese father. Offspring received control diet from weaning until 3 months of age when they were studied. In the offspring, father's obesity led to decreased QUICKI with impairment of the insulin signaling pathway in both sexes. In line with these findings, in white adipose tissue, male offspring demonstrated hypertrophied adipocytes, enhanced proinflammatory cytokines, overactivation of components of the local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), and inhibition of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (alpha and gamma). We observed that father's obesity influences the offspring in adult life, with an impairment in insulin homeostasis, adipocyte remodeling, and adipose tissue overexpression of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in male offspring. The activation of local RAS and ERK1/2, a concomitant PPAR diminishing, and impairment in phosphorylation of AKT and IRS-1 could explain at least in part the findings regardless of the increase in body mass in the offspring.
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