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Jiao P, Lu H, Hao L, Degen AA, Cheng J, Yin Z, Mao S, Xue Y. Nutrigenetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Maternal Nutrition-Induced Glucolipid Metabolism Changes in the Offspring. Nutr Rev 2024:nuae048. [PMID: 38781288 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Maternal nutrition during pregnancy regulates the offspring's metabolic homeostasis, including insulin sensitivity and the metabolism of glucose and lipids. The fetus undergoes a crucial period of plasticity in the uterus; metabolic changes in the fetus during pregnancy caused by maternal nutrition not only influence fetal growth and development but also have a long-term or even life-long impact for the offspring. Epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, histone modification, and non-coding RNAs, play important roles in intergenerational and transgenerational effects. In this context, this narrative review comprehensively summarizes and analyzes the molecular mechanisms underlying how maternal nutrition, including a high-fat diet, polyunsaturated fatty acid diet, methyl donor nutrient supplementation, feed restriction, and protein restriction during pregnancy, impacts the genes involved in glucolipid metabolism in the liver, adipose tissue, hypothalamus, muscle, and oocytes of the offspring in terms of the epigenetic modifications. This will provide a foundation for the further exploration of nutrigenetic and epigenetic mechanisms for integrative mother-child nutrition and promotion of the offspring's health through the regulation of maternal nutrition during pregnancy. Note: This paper is part of the Nutrition Reviews Special Collection on Precision Nutrition.
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- Peng Jiao
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Biotechnology Center, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plateau Grazing Animal Nutrition and Feed Science of Qinghai Province, Qinghai Plateau Yak Research Center, Qinghai Academy of Science and Veterinary Medicine of Qinghai University, Xining, China
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- Desert Animal Adaptations and Husbandry, Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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Adekunbi DA, Yang B, Huber HF, Riojas AM, Moody AJ, Li C, Olivier M, Nathanielsz PW, Clarke GD, Cox LA, Salmon AB. Perinatal maternal undernutrition in baboons modulates hepatic mitochondrial function but not metabolites in aging offspring. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.02.592246. [PMID: 38746316 PMCID: PMC11092655 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.02.592246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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We previously demonstrated in baboons that maternal undernutrition (MUN), achieved by 70 % of control nutrition, impairs fetal liver function, but long-term changes associated with aging in this model remain unexplored. Here, we assessed clinical phenotypes of liver function, mitochondrial bioenergetics, and protein abundance in adult male and female baboons exposed to MUN during pregnancy and lactation and their control counterparts. Plasma liver enzymes were assessed enzymatically. Liver glycogen, choline, and lipid concentrations were quantified by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Mitochondrial respiration in primary hepatocytes under standard culture conditions and in response to metabolic (1 mM glucose) and oxidative (100 µM H2O2) stress were assessed with Seahorse XFe96. Hepatocyte mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and protein abundance were determined by tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester staining and immunoblotting, respectively. Liver enzymes and metabolite concentrations were largely unaffected by MUN, except for higher aspartate aminotransferase levels in MUN offspring when male and female data were combined. Oxygen consumption rate, extracellular acidification rate, and MMP were significantly higher in male MUN offspring relative to control animals under standard culture. However, in females, cellular respiration was similar in control and MUN offspring. In response to low glucose challenge, only control male hepatocytes were resistant to low glucose-stimulated increase in basal and ATP-linked respiration. H2O2 did not affect hepatocyte mitochondrial respiration. Protein markers of mitochondrial respiratory chain subunits, biogenesis, dynamics, and antioxidant enzymes were unchanged. Male-specific increases in mitochondrial bioenergetics in MUN offspring may be associated with increased energy demand in these animals. The similarity in systemic liver parameters suggests that changes in hepatocyte bioenergetics capacity precede detectable circulatory hepatic defects in MUN offspring and that the mitochondria may be an orchestrator of liver programming outcome.
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- Daniel A Adekunbi
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Research Imaging Institute, Long School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Ant Texas, USA
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- Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Research Imaging Institute, Long School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Ant Texas, USA
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- Research Imaging Institute, Long School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Ant Texas, USA
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- Texas Pregnancy and Life-course Health Research Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Texas Pregnancy and Life-course Health Research Center, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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- Research Imaging Institute, Long School of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Ant Texas, USA
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Audie L. Murphy Hospital, Southwest Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Gershoni M. Transgenerational transmission of environmental effects in livestock in the age of global warming. Cell Stress Chaperones 2023; 28:445-454. [PMID: 36715961 PMCID: PMC10468476 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-023-01325-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Recent decades provide mounting evidence for the continual increase in global temperatures, now termed "global warming," to the point of drastic worldwide change in the climate. Climatic change is a long-term shift in temperatures and weather patterns, including increased frequency and intensity of extreme environmental events such as heat waves accompanied by extreme temperatures and high humidity. Climate change and global warming put several challenges to the livestock industry by directly affecting the animal's production, reproduction, health, and welfare. The broad impact of global warming, and in particular heat stress, on-farm animals' performance has been comprehensively studied. It has been estimated that the US livestock industry's loss caused by heat stress is up to $2.4 billion annually. However, the long-term intergenerational and transgenerational effects of climatic change and global warming on farm animals are sparse. Transgenerational effects, which are mediated by epigenetic mechanisms, can affect the animal's performance regardless of its immediate environment by altering its phenotypic expression to fit its ancestors' environment. In many animal species, environmental effects are epigenetically encoded within a narrow time interval during the organism's gametogenesis, and these epigenetic modifications can then be intergenerationally transmitted. Several epigenetic mechanisms mediate intergenerational transmission of environmental effects, typically in a parent-dependent manner. Therefore, exposure of the animal to an extreme climatic event and other environmental stressors during gametogenesis can undergo epigenetic stabilization in the germline and be passed to the offspring. As a result, the offspring might express a phenotype adjusted to fit the stressors experienced by their ancestors, regardless of their direct environment. The purpose of this perspective is to review current evidence for intergenerational and transgenerational transmission of environmental stress effects, specifically in the context of global warming and climate change, and to offer viewpoints on the possible impacts on the livestock industry.
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- Moran Gershoni
- Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, 7505101, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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Abdelrahman M, Wang W, Shaukat A, Kulyar MFEA, Lv H, Abulaiti A, Yao Z, Ahmad MJ, Liang A, Yang L. Nutritional Modulation, Gut, and Omics Crosstalk in Ruminants. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12080997. [PMID: 35454245 PMCID: PMC9029867 DOI: 10.3390/ani12080997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Over the last decade, animal nutrition science has been significantly developed, supported by the great advancements in molecular technologies. For scientists, the present "feedomics and nutrigenomics" era continues to evolve and shape how research is designed, performed, and understood. The new omics interpretations have established a new point of view for the nutrition–gene interaction, integrating more comprehensive findings from animal physiology, molecular genetics, and biochemistry. In the ruminant model, this modern approach addresses rumen microbes as a critical intermediate that can deepen the studies of diet–gut interaction with host genomics. The present review discusses nutrigenomics’ and feedomics’ potential contribution to diminishing the knowledge gap about the DNA cellular activities of different nutrients. It also presents how nutritional management can influence the epigenetic pathway, considering the production type, life stage, and species for more sustainable ruminant nutrition strategies. Abstract Ruminant nutrition has significantly revolutionized a new and prodigious molecular approach in livestock sciences over the last decade. Wide-spectrum advances in DNA and RNA technologies and analysis have produced a wealth of data that have shifted the research threshold scheme to a more affluent level. Recently, the published literature has pointed out the nutrient roles in different cellular genomic alterations among different ruminant species, besides the interactions with other factors, such as age, type, and breed. Additionally, it has addressed rumen microbes within the gut health and productivity context, which has made interpreting homogenous evidence more complicated. As a more systematic approach, nutrigenomics can identify how genomics interacts with nutrition and other variables linked to animal performance. Such findings should contribute to crystallizing powerful interpretations correlating feeding management with ruminant production and health through genomics. This review will present a road-mapping discussion of promising trends in ruminant nutrigenomics as a reference for phenotype expression through multi-level omics changes.
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- Mohamed Abdelrahman
- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
- Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assuit University, Asyut 71515, Egypt
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
- National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; (M.A.); (W.W.); (A.S.); (H.L.); (A.A.); (Z.Y.); (M.J.A.); (A.L.)
- National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-138-7105-6592
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Zhou X, Yan Q, Yang H, Ren A, He Z, Tan Z. Maternal intake restriction programs the energy metabolism, clock circadian regulator and mTOR signals in the skeletal muscles of goat offspring probably via the protein kinase A-cAMP-responsive element-binding proteins pathway. ANIMAL NUTRITION (ZHONGGUO XU MU SHOU YI XUE HUI) 2021; 7:1303-1314. [PMID: 34786503 PMCID: PMC8567324 DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2021.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The biological mechanism by which maternal undernutrition increases the metabolic disorder risk of skeletal muscles in offspring is not fully understood. We hypothesize that maternal intake restriction influences metabolic signals in the skeletal muscles of offspring via a glucagon-mediated pathway. Twenty-four pregnant goats were assigned to the control group (100% of the nutrients requirement, n = 12) and restricted group (60% of the control feed allowance from pregnant days 45 to 100, n = 12). Blood and L ongissimus thoracis muscle were sampled from dams (100 d of gestation), fetuses (100 d of gestation), and kids (90 d after birth) in each group. The data were analyzed using the linear MIXED model, with the multiple comparison method of SIDAK applied. Intake restriction reduced (P < 0.05) the total blood protein of dams and fetuses. Maternal restriction decreased (P < 0.05) the cAMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 (CREB1), CREB-binding protein (CREBBP), protein kinase A (PKA), aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator-like protein 1 (BMAL1), protein kinase B (AKT1), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), and regulatory-associated protein of mTOR (RPTOR) mRNA expression in the fetuses, and reduced (P < 0.05) the CREBBP, nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group H member 3 (NR1H3), D-box binding PAR bZIP transcription factor (DBP) and PKA mRNA levels in the kids, but increased (P < 0.05) the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC1 A) and tuberous sclerosis 2 (TSC2) mRNA levels in the fetuses. The mRNA expression of clock circadian regulator (CLOCK) and TSC2 genes was increased (P < 0.05) in the restricted kids. The protein expression of total PKA and phosphorylated PKA in the restricted fetuses and kids were downregulated (P < 0.05), and the protein expression of total mTOR and phosphorylated mTOR were reduced (P < 0.05) in the restricted fetuses and kids. Maternal intake restriction regulated fat oxidation, protein synthesis, and circadian clock expression in the muscles of the offspring probably via the glucagon-mediated PKA-CREB pathway, which reveals a noteworthy molecular pathway that maternal undernutrition leads to metabolic adaptation of skeletal muscle in offspring.
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- Xiaoling Zhou
- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition & Physiology and Metabolism, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049, China
- College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alaer, 843300, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition & Physiology and Metabolism, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
- Hunan Co-Innovation Center for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Changsha, 410128, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition & Physiology and Metabolism, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition & Physiology and Metabolism, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition & Physiology and Metabolism, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition & Physiology and Metabolism, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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Yang C, Zhou X, Yang H, Gebeyew K, Yan Q, Zhou C, He Z, Tan Z. Transcriptome analysis reveals liver metabolism programming in kids from nutritional restricted goats during mid-gestation. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10593. [PMID: 33575124 PMCID: PMC7849524 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Maternal nutrient restriction during pregnancy causes a metabolic disorder that threatens the offspring's health in humans and animals. However, the molecular mechanism of how undernutrition affecting hepatic metabolism of fetal or postnatal offspring is still unclear. We aimed to investigate transcriptomic changes of fetal livers in response to maternal malnutrition in goats during mid-gestation and to explore whether these changes would disappear when the nutrition was recovered to normal level during mid-gestation using goats (Capra hircus) as the experimental animals. Methods Fifty-three pregnant goats were subjected to a control (100% of the maintenance requirements, CON) or a restricted (60% of the maintenance requirements on day 45 to day 100 of gestation and then realimentation, RES) diet. A total of 16 liver samples were collected from fetal goats on day 100 of gestation and goat kids of postnatal day 90 to obtain hepatic transcriptional profiles using RNA-Seq. Results Principal component analysis of the hepatic transcriptomes presented a clear separation by growth phase (fetus and kid) rather than treatment. Maternal undernutrition up-regulated 86 genes and down-regulated 76 genes in the fetal liver of the FR group as compared to the FC group. KEGG pathway analysis showed the DEGs mainly enriched in protein digestion and absorption, steroid biosynthesis, carbohydrate digestion and absorption and bile secretion. A total of 118 significant DEGs (fold change > 1.2 and FDR < 0.1) within KR vs. KC comparison was identified with 79 up-regulated genes and down-regulated 39 genes, and these DEGs mainly enriched in the biosynthesis of amino acids, citrate cycle, valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis and carbon metabolism. Conclusion Hepatic transcriptome analysis showed that maternal undernutrition promoted protein digestion and absorption in the fetal livers, while which restrained carbohydrate metabolism and citric acid cycle in the livers of kid goats after realimentation. The results indicate that maternal undernutrition during mid-gestation causes hepatic metabolism programming in kid goats on a molecular level.
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- Chao Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alaer, Xinjiang, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Do preterm girls need different nutrition to preterm boys? Sex-specific nutrition for the preterm infant. Pediatr Res 2021; 89:313-317. [PMID: 33184497 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-01252-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Boys born preterm are recognised to be at higher risk of adverse outcomes than girls born preterm. Despite advances in neonatal intensive care and overall improvements in neonatal morbidity and mortality, boys born preterm continue to show worse short- and long-term outcomes than girls. Preterm birth presents a nutritional crisis during a critical developmental period, with postnatal undernutrition and growth-faltering common complications of neonatal intensive care. Furthermore, this preterm period corresponds to that of rapid in utero brain growth and development, and the developmental window relating to foetal programming of adult non-communicable diseases, the prevalence of which are associated both with preterm birth and sex. There is increasing evidence to show that from foetal life, boys and girls have different responses to maternal nutrition, that maternal breastmilk composition differs based on foetal sex and that early neonatal nutritional interventions affect boys and girls differently. This narrative review examines the evidence that sex is an important moderator of the outcomes of preterm nutrition intervention, and describes what further knowledge is required before providing nutrition intervention for infants born preterm based on their sex. IMPACT: This review examines the increasing evidence that boys and girls respond differently to nutritional stressors before birth, that maternal breastmilk composition differs by foetal sex and that nutritional interventions have different responses based on infant sex. Boys and girls born preterm are given standard nutritional support which does not take infant sex into account, and few studies of neonatal nutrition consider infant sex as a potential mediator of outcomes. By optimising early nutrition for boys and girls born preterm, we may improve outcomes for both sexes. We propose future studies of neonatal nutritional interventions should consider infant sex.
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Thompson RP, Nilsson E, Skinner MK. Environmental epigenetics and epigenetic inheritance in domestic farm animals. Anim Reprod Sci 2020; 220:106316. [PMID: 32094003 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2020.106316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Epigenetics refers to molecular factors and processes around DNA that can affect genome activity and gene expression independent of DNA sequence. Epigenetic mechanisms drive developmental processes and have also been shown to be tied to disease development. Many epigenetic studies have been done using plants, rodent, and human models, but fewer have focused on domestic livestock species. The goal of this review is to present current epigenetic findings in livestock species (cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry). Much of this research examined epigenetic effects following exposure to toxicants, nutritional changes or infectious disease in those animals directly exposed, or in the offspring they produced. A limited number of studies in domestic animals have examined epigenetic transgenerational inheritance in the absence of continued exposures. One example used a porcine model to investigate the effect that feeding males a diet supplemented with micronutrients had on liver DNA methylation and muscle mass in grand-offspring (the transgenerational F2 generation). Further research into how epigenetic mechanisms affect the health and production traits of domestic livestock and their offspring is important to elucidate.
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- Ryan P Thompson
- Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
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Cellular Mechanisms and Epigenetic Changes: Role of Nutrition in Livestock. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2019; 35:249-263. [PMID: 31103179 DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the context of physiologic responses that determine the growth, development, and health status of livestock, the role of epigenetics and the underlying cellular mechanisms it affects remain to be fully elucidated. Although recent work has provided evidence that maternal dietary energy level, carbohydrate type, or intestinal supply of methyl donors can elicit molecular changes in tissues of the embryo, fetus, or neonate, there are few data linking epigenetics with biochemical and physiologic outcomes. Therefore, efforts linking the epigenome with physiologic and developmental outcomes offer exciting opportunities for discoveries that can impact efficiency of nutrient use and well-being of livestock.
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Zhou X, Yang H, Yan Q, Ren A, Kong Z, Tang S, Han X, Tan Z, Salem AZM. Evidence for liver energy metabolism programming in offspring subjected to intrauterine undernutrition during midgestation. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2019; 16:20. [PMID: 30923555 PMCID: PMC6423887 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-019-0346-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Maternal undernutrition programs fetal energy homeostasis and increases the risk of metabolic disorders later in life. This study aimed to identify the signs of hepatic metabolic programming in utero and during the juvenile phase after intrauterine undernutrition during midgestation. Methods Fifty-three pregnant goats were assigned to the control (100% of the maintenance requirement) or restricted (60% of the maintenance requirement from day 45 to day 100 of midgestation and realimentation thereafter) group to compare hepatic energy metabolism in the fetuses (day 100 of gestation) and kids (postnatal day 90). Results Undernutrition increased the glucagon concentration and hepatic hexokinase activity, decreased the body weight, liver weight and hepatic expression of G6PC, G6PD, and PGC1α mRNAs, and tended to decrease the hepatic glycogen content and ACOX1 mRNA level in the dams. Maternal undernutrition decreased the growth hormone (GH) and triglyceride concentrations, tended to decrease the body weight and hepatic hexokinase activity, increased the hepatic PCK1, PCK2 and PRKAA2 mRNAs levels and glucose-6-phosphatase activity, and tended to increase the hepatic PRKAB1 and CPT1α mRNAs levels in the male fetuses. In the restricted female fetuses, the hepatic hexokinase activity and G6PC mRNA level tended to be increased, but PKB1 mRNA expression was decreased and the ACACA, CPT1α, NR1H3 and STK11 mRNA levels tended to be decreased. Maternal undernutrition changed the hepatic metabolic profile and affected the metabolic pathway involved in amino acid, glycerophospholipid, bile acid, purine, and saccharide metabolism in the fetuses, but not the kids. Additionally, maternal undernutrition increased the concentrations of GH and cortisol, elevated the hepatic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, and tended to decrease the hepatic glycogen content in the male kids. No alterations in these variables were observed in the female kids. Conclusions Maternal undernutrition affects the metabolic status in a sex- and stage-specific manner by changing the metabolic profile, expression of genes involved in glucose homeostasis and enzyme activities in the liver of the fetuses. The changes in the hormone levels in the male fetuses and kids, but not the female offspring, represent a potential sign of metabolic programming.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaoling Zhou
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,2University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049 China.,3College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alaer, 843300 China
| | - Hong Yang
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,2University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049 China
| | - Qiongxian Yan
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Changsha, 410128 China
| | - Ao Ren
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Changsha, 410128 China
| | - Zhiwei Kong
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,2University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049 China
| | - Shaoxun Tang
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, CICAPS, Changsha, 410128 China
| | - Xuefeng Han
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, CICAPS, Changsha, 410128 China
| | - Zhiliang Tan
- 1CAS Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Regions, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, South-Central Experimental Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuanda 2nd Road 644#, Furong District, Changsha, P.O. Box 10#, Hunan 410125 People's Republic of China.,Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, CICAPS, Changsha, 410128 China
| | - Abdelfattah Z M Salem
- 6Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Tlaphan, Mexico
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