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Placental contribution to nutritional programming of health and diseases: epigenetics and sexual dimorphism

Tarrade, Anne, Panchenko, Polina, Junien, Claudine, Gabory, Anne·2015·Journal of Experimental Biology

Abstract

The recent and rapid worldwide increase in non-communicable diseases challenges the assumption that genetic factors are the primary contributors to such diseases. A new concept of the ‘developmental origins of health and disease’ (DOHaD) is at stake and therefore requires a paradigm shift. Maternal obesity and malnutrition predispose offspring to develop metabolic syndrome, a vicious cycle leading to transmission to subsequent generation(s), with differences in response and susceptibility according to the sex of the individual. The placenta is a programming agent of adult health and disease. Adaptations of placental phenotype in response to maternal diet and metabolic status alter fetal nutrient supply. This implies important epigenetic changes that are, however, still poorly documented in DOHaD studies, particularly concerning overnutrition. The aim of this review is to discuss the emerging knowledge on the relationships between the effect of maternal nutrition or metabolic status on placental function and the risk of diseases later in life, with a specific focus on epigenetic mechanisms and sexual dimorphism. Explaining the sex-specific causal variables and how males versus females respond and adapt to environmental perturbations should help physicians and patients to anticipate disease susceptibility.

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  • There are many reports of changes in placental DNA methylation and histone proteins in response to environmental cues that have been associated with developmental programming of the offspring.

    “Epigenetics is a rapidly expanding field, and there are now many reports of changes in placental DNA methylation and histone proteins in response to environmental cues that have been associated with developmental programming of the offspring (203, 417, 522).”

    From Placental Origins of Chronic Disease (2016) · cites this paper as [522]

  • Maternal nutrition is a major determinant of placental development and alters the morphological, transport and endocrine characteristics of the placenta with consequences for fetal nutrient supply in a wide range of species including laboratory and farm species as well as human and non-human primates.

    “In addition, maternal nutrition is a major determinant of placental development and alters the morphological, transport and endocrine characteristics of the placenta with consequences for the fetal nutrient supply in a wide range of species including laboratory and farm species as well as human and non-human primates (47, 144, 204, 522, 550).”

    From Placental Origins of Chronic Disease (2016) · cites this paper as [522]

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Authors
Tarrade, A., Panchenko, P., Junien, C., & Gabory, A.
Affiliations
  • INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
  • Biologie de la Reproduction, Environnement, Epigénétique et Développement (FR)
  • Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR)
Corresponding author
Gabory, Anne
Venue
Journal of Experimental Biology
Published
2015-01-01
Volume
218
Issue
1
Pages
50-58
ISSN
  • 0022-0949 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-9145
OpenAlex
W2155828781
Cited by
251
References
108
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 17 · 2013: 1
FWCI
4.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Explore Bristol Research (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-06-PNRA-0022)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
Keywords
placenta, developmental origins of health and disease, epigenetics, sexual dimorphism, maternal obesity, maternal malnutrition, maternal nutrition, placental function, fetal nutrient supply, metabolic syndrome, non-communicable diseases, overnutrition, sex differences in disease susceptibility
MeSH terms
Animals, Disease, Female, Health, Placenta, Pregnancy, Sex Characteristics, Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Epigenesis, Genetic

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