Maternal Metformin Treatment Reprograms Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Hepatic Steatosis in Offspring Associated with Placental Glucose Transporter Modifications

Maternal high-fat (HF) diet exposure in utero may affect fetal development and cause metabolic problems throughout life due to lipid dysmetabolism and oxidative damage. Metformin has been suggested as a potential treatment for body weight reduction and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, but its reprogramming effect on offspring is undetermined. This study assesses the effects of maternal metformin treatment on hepatic steatosis in offspring caused by maternal HF diet. Female rats were fed either a control or an HF diet before conception, with or without metformin treatment during gestation, and placenta and fetal liver tissues were collected. In another experiment, the offspring were fed a control diet until 120 d (adult stage). Metformin treatment during pregnancy ameliorates placental oxidative stress and enhances placental glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1), GLUT3, and GLUT4 expression levels through 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation. Maternal metformin treatment was shown to reprogram maternal HF diet-induced changes in offspring fatty liver with the effects observed in adulthood as well. Further validation is required to develop maternal metformin therapy for clinical applications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 23(2022), 22 vom: 17. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Chien-Fu [VerfasserIn]
Tiao, Mao-Meng [VerfasserIn]
Lin, I-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Li-Tung [VerfasserIn]
Sheen, Jiunn-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Tain, You-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Chien-Ning [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Ching-Chou [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yu-Ju [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Hong-Ren [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9100L32L2N
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases
DOHaD
Dietary Fats
EC 2.7.11.31
Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative
Journal Article
Maternal high-fat
Metformin
Placenta
Steatosis

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Date Completed 29.11.2022

Date Revised 13.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms232214239

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349436681