Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA.
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA; Department of Clinical Nutrition, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia.
J Nutr Biochem. 2017 Nov;49:80-88. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 12.
Maternal obesity increases placental transport of macronutrients, resulting in fetal overgrowth and obesity later in life. Choline participates in fatty acid metabolism, serves as a methyl donor and influences growth signaling, which may modify placental macronutrient homeostasis and affect fetal growth. Using a mouse model of maternal obesity, we assessed the effect of maternal choline supplementation on preventing fetal overgrowth and restoring placental macronutrient homeostasis. C57BL/6J mice were fed either a high-fat (HF, 60% kcal from fat) diet or a normal (NF, 10% kcal from fat) diet with a drinking supply of either 25 mM choline chloride or control purified water, respectively, beginning 4 weeks prior to mating until gestational day 12.5. Fetal and placental weight, metabolites and gene expression were measured. HF feeding significantly (P<.05) increased placental and fetal weight in the HF-control (HFCO) versus NF-control (NFCO) animals, whereas the HF choline-supplemented (HFCS) group effectively normalized placental and fetal weight to the levels of the NFCO group. Compared to HFCO, the HFCS group had lower (P<.05) glucose transporter 1 and fatty acid transport protein 1 expression as well as lower accumulation of glycogen in the placenta. The HFCS group also had lower (P<.05) placental 4E-binding protein 1 and ribosomal protein s6 phosphorylation, which are indicators of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 activation favoring macronutrient anabolism. In summary, our results suggest that maternal choline supplementation prevented fetal overgrowth in obese mice at midgestation and improved biomarkers of placental macronutrient homeostasis.
母体肥胖会增加胎盘对大量营养素的转运,导致胎儿在生命后期过度生长和肥胖。胆碱参与脂肪酸代谢,作为甲基供体,并影响生长信号转导,这可能会改变胎盘大量营养素的动态平衡并影响胎儿生长。我们使用母体肥胖的小鼠模型,评估了母体胆碱补充对预防胎儿过度生长和恢复胎盘大量营养素动态平衡的影响。C57BL/6J 小鼠分别用高脂肪(HF,60%卡路里来自脂肪)饮食或正常(NF,10%卡路里来自脂肪)饮食喂养,并分别用 25 mM 氯化胆碱或对照纯化水提供饮水,从交配前 4 周开始,一直持续到妊娠第 12.5 天。测量了胎儿和胎盘的重量、代谢物和基因表达。HF 喂养显著(P<.05)增加了 HF 对照组(HFCO)与 NF 对照组(NFCO)动物的胎盘和胎儿体重,而 HF 胆碱补充组(HFCS)有效地将胎盘和胎儿体重恢复到 NFCO 组的水平。与 HFCO 相比,HFCS 组的葡萄糖转运蛋白 1 和脂肪酸转运蛋白 1 表达以及胎盘糖原积累较低(P<.05)。HFCS 组的胎盘 4E 结合蛋白 1 和核糖体蛋白 s6 磷酸化也较低(P<.05),这是机械靶蛋白 rapamycin complex 1 激活有利于大量营养素合成的指标。总之,我们的结果表明,母体胆碱补充可预防肥胖小鼠妊娠中期的胎儿过度生长,并改善胎盘大量营养素动态平衡的生物标志物。
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