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Dietary intervention rescues maternal obesity induced behavior deficits and neuroinflammation in offspring

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Kang, Silvia S, Kurti, Aishe, Fair, Damien A, Fryer, John D·2014·Journal of Neuroinflammation

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Obesity induces a low-grade inflammatory state and has been associated with behavioral and cognitive alterations. Importantly, maternal environmental insults can adversely impact subsequent offspring behavior and have been linked with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AHDH). It is unknown if maternal obesity significantly alters offspring sociability, a key ASD feature, and if altering maternal diet will provide an efficacious intervention paradigm for behavioral deficits. Here we investigated the impact of maternal high fat diet (HFD) and maternal dietary intervention during lactation on offspring behavior and brain inflammation in mice. We found that maternal HFD increased anxiety and decreased sociability in female offspring. Additionally, female offspring from HFD-fed dams also exhibited increased brain IL-1β and TNFα and microglial activation. Importantly, maternal dietary intervention during lactation was sufficient to alleviate social deficits and brain inflammation. Maternal obesity during gestation alone was sufficient to increase hyperactivity in male offspring, a phenotype that was not ameliorated by dietary intervention. These data suggest that maternal HFD acts as a prenatal/perinatal insult that significantly impacts offspring behavior and inflammation and that dietary intervention during lactation may be an easily translatable, efficacious intervention to offset some of these manifestations.

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  • In mice models, dietary intervention during pregnancy and lactation ameliorates the risk for obese mothers to have offspring with behavioral problems linked with autism.

    “the finding in mice models that risk for obese mothers to have offspring with behavioral problems linked with autism is ameliorated by dietary intervention during pregnancy and lactation might be translatable to humans [262, 263].”

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Authors
Kang, S. S., Kurti, A., Fair, D. A., & Fryer, J. D.
Affiliations
  • Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
Corresponding author
Fryer, John D
Venue
Journal of Neuroinflammation
Published
2014-09-12
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
156-156
ISSN
1742-2094 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2120666984
Cited by
167
References
86
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Neuroinflammation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  • GHR Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (MH091238, MH103632)
  • Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH091238, R03MH103632, R00MH091238, R01MH096773, MH096773)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Keywords
maternal obesity, high-fat diet, lactation, offspring behavior, sociability, anxiety, hyperactivity, neuroinflammation, microglial activation, IL-1β, TNF-α, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, neurodevelopmental disorders
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Immunohistochemistry, Inflammation, Lactation, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Obesity, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Mice, Diet, High-Fat, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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