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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Low birth weight resulting from intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is a risk factor for further development of metabolic diseases. The pig appears to reproduce nearly all of the phenotypic pathological consequences of human IUGR and is likely to be more relevant than rodents in studies of neonatal development. In the present work, we characterized the model of low-birth-weight piglets with particular attention to the hypothalamic leptin-sensitive system, and we tested whether postnatal leptin supplementation can reverse the precocious signs of adverse metabolic programming. Our results demonstrated that 1) IUGR piglets present altered postnatal growth and increased adiposity; 2) IUGR piglets exhibit abnormal hypothalamic distribution of leptin receptors that may be linked to further disturbance in food-intake behavior; and 3) postnatal leptin administration can partially reverse the IUGR phenotype by correcting growth rate, body composition, and development of several organs involved in metabolic regulation. We conclude that IUGR may be characterized by altered leptin receptor distribution within the hypothalamic structures involved in metabolic regulation and that leptin supplementation can partially reverse the IUGR phenotype. These results open interesting therapeutic perspectives in physiopathology for the correction of defects observed in IUGR.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0193-1849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
295
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E1117-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Adipocytes, White, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Adipose Tissue, White, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Birth Weight, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Body Composition, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Body Size, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Fetal Growth Retardation, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Receptors, Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Sus scrofa, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Triglycerides, pubmed-meshheading:18780769-Weight Gain
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Study of hypothalamic leptin receptor expression in low-birth-weight piglets and effects of leptin supplementation on neonatal growth and development.
pubmed:affiliation
Université Paris-Sud, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1197, Neurobiologie de l'Olfaction et de la Prise Alimentaire, Jouy-en-Josas. linda.attig@jouy.inra.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article