G. S. Gopalakrishnan
Programming of adult cardiovascular function after early maternal undernutrition in sheep
Gopalakrishnan, G. S.; Gardner, D. S.; Rhind, S. M.; Rae, M. T.; Kyle, C. E.; Brooks, A. N.; Walker, R. M.; Ramsay, M. M.; Keisler, D. H.; Stephenson, T.; Symonds, M. E.
Authors
D. S. Gardner
S. M. Rhind
Prof Mick Rae M.Rae@napier.ac.uk
Professor
C. E. Kyle
A. N. Brooks
R. M. Walker
M. M. Ramsay
D. H. Keisler
T. Stephenson
M. E. Symonds
Abstract
The prenatal nutritional environment influences the subsequent risk of hypertension in adulthood. Animal studies have used, generally, the rat as a model species to illustrate the association between maternal nutrient intake and blood pressure in the resulting adult offspring. No study to date has shown programming of adult cardiovascular function in the sheep through maternal dietary intervention. We therefore fed pregnant sheep to either 100% recommended intake from day 0 of gestation to term [̃{}147 days gestational age (dGA); controls n = 8] or to 50% recommended intake from day 0 to 95 dGA and thereafter to 100% intake (NR; n = 9). Sheep lambed naturally, offspring were weaned at 16 wk, and the male offspring were reared on pasture until 3 yr of age. At this time, cardiovascular catheters were inserted under halothane anesthesia and sheep were allowed 2{–}4 days recovery. Basal cardiovascular status and pressor responses to infusion of norepinephrine, angiotensin II, and captopril were then assessed alongside basal plasma concentrations of glucose, cortisol, and leptin. NR sheep were of similar birth weight to controls but at 3 yr of age had higher blood pressure before, but not after, feeding. Peripheral sensitivity to vasoconstrictor infusion was similar between dietary groups, although a reflex bradycardia was not apparent in NR sheep during norepinephrine infusion. Circulating leptin correlated well with fat mass and increased more after vasoconstrictor infusion in NR sheep. In conclusion, early NR has been shown to program aspects of cardiovascular control and adipocyte function in adult sheep.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 10, 2004 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 1, 2004 |
Publication Date | 2004-07 |
Deposit Date | Jul 27, 2016 |
Journal | American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology |
Print ISSN | 0363-6119 |
Electronic ISSN | 1522-1490 |
Publisher | American Physiological Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 287 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | R12-R20 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00687.2003 |
Keywords | Nutrition; norepinephrine; sympathetic nervous system; blood pressure; leptin |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/317785 |
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