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- Title
Overfeeding during Lactation in Rats is Associated with Cardiovascular Insulin Resistance in the Short-Term.
- Authors
González-Hedström, Daniel; Guerra-Menéndez, Lucía; Tejera-Muñoz, Antonio; Amor, Sara; Fuente-Fernández, María de la; Martín-Carro, Beatriz; Arriazu, Riansares; García-Villalón, Ángel Luis; Granado, Miriam
- Abstract
Childhood obesity is associated with metabolic and cardiovascular comorbidities. The development of these alterations may have its origin in early life stages such as the lactation period through metabolic programming. Insulin resistance is a common complication in obese patients and may be responsible for the cardiovascular alterations associated with this condition. This study analyzed the development of cardiovascular insulin resistance in a rat model of childhood overweight induced by overfeeding during the lactation period. On birth day, litters were divided into twelve (L12) or three pups per mother (L3). Overfed rats showed a lower increase in myocardial contractility in response to insulin perfusion and a reduced insulin-induced vasodilation, suggesting a state of cardiovascular insulin resistance. Vascular insulin resistance was due to decreased activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway, whereas cardiac insulin resistance was associated with mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) hyperactivity. Early overfeeding was also associated with a proinflammatory and pro-oxidant state; endothelial dysfunction; decreased release of nitrites and nitrates; and decreased gene expression of insulin receptor (IR), glucose transporter-4 (GLUT-4), and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in response to insulin. In conclusion, overweight induced by lactational overnutrition in rat pups is associated with cardiovascular insulin resistance that could be related to the cardiovascular alterations associated with this condition.
- Subjects
OBESITY risk factors; ANIMAL experimentation; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; CARDIAC contraction; INSULIN resistance; LACTATION; MICE; HYPERPHAGIA; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Nutrients, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 2, p549
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu12020549