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Exposure to a Highly Caloric Palatable Diet During Pregestational and Gestational Periods Affects Hypothalamic and Hippocampal Endocannabinoid Levels at Birth and Induces Adiposity and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Male Rat Offspring
Juan DecaraErmelinda LomazzoLaura BindilaLaura OrioClementine HofmannDaniel OuroRosario Noemi BlancoJuan SuárezFrancisco AlénMaría Teresa Ramírez-lópezFernando Rodríguez De FonsecaFernando Rodríguez De FonsecaRaquel Gómez De HerasBeat LutzMaría AntónMariam VázquezMariam Vázquezsubject
0301 basic medicine:Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Phenotype [Medical Subject Headings]hippocampus:Phenomena and Processes::Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena::Reproductive Physiological Phenomena::Postpartum Period::Lactation [Medical Subject Headings]Anxiety:Analytical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Physical Examination::Body Constitution::Body Weights and Measures::Body Fat Distribution::Adiposity [Medical Subject Headings]Hippocampus:Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Behavior::Feeding Behavior::Food Preferences [Medical Subject Headings]Open fieldBehavioral NeuroscienceOleoylethanolamidechemistry.chemical_compound:Named Groups::Persons::Parents::Mothers [Medical Subject Headings]0302 clinical medicineLactation:Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Environmental Pollution::Environmental Exposure::Maternal Exposure [Medical Subject Headings]maternal diethypothalamusMasculinoOriginal Research:Phenomena and Processes::Physiological Phenomena::Physiological Processes::Nutrition Processes::Weaning [Medical Subject Headings]Adipogenesis:Chemicals and Drugs::Organic Chemicals::Hydrocarbons::Hydrocarbons Acyclic::Alkenes::Polyunsaturated Alkamides [Medical Subject Headings]AnandamideanxietyEndocannabinoid systemEtanolaminasEndocannabinoidesExposición maternaAlcamidas poliinsaturadasNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychologymedicine.anatomical_structureAdiposidad:Chemicals and Drugs::Lipids::Fatty Acids::Fatty Acids Unsaturated::Fatty Acids Monounsaturated::Oleic Acids [Medical Subject Headings]CannabinoidesEmocionesGestationDieta:Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Physiological Effects of Drugs::Hormones Hormone Substitutes and Hormone Antagonists::Hormones::Endocannabinoids [Medical Subject Headings]Fenotipo:Chemicals and Drugs::Organic Chemicals::Hydrocarbons::Terpenes::Cannabinoids [Medical Subject Headings]:Chemicals and Drugs::Lipids::Fatty Acids::Palmitic Acids [Medical Subject Headings]:Chemicals and Drugs::Lipids::Fatty Acids::Fatty Acids Unsaturated::Arachidonic Acids [Medical Subject Headings]medicine.medical_specialtyOffspringCognitive NeurosciencePreferencias alimentariasHypothalamus:Check Tags::Male [Medical Subject Headings]Development:Phenomena and Processes::Physiological Phenomena::Nutritional Physiological Phenomena::Diet [Medical Subject Headings]Biologylcsh:RC321-571adipogenesisÁcidos oléicosAnsiedadRatas03 medical and health sciencesInternal medicineHipocampomedicineMaternal diet:Anatomy::Nervous System::Central Nervous System::Brain::Limbic System::Hippocampus [Medical Subject Headings]endocannabinoids:Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Emotions::Anxiety [Medical Subject Headings]lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatrydevelopmentÁcido araquidónicoCacaoPalmitoylethanolamideLactancia:Chemicals and Drugs::Organic Chemicals::Amines::Amino Alcohols::Ethanolamines [Medical Subject Headings]:Chemicals and Drugs::Lipids::Glycerides [Medical Subject Headings]:Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Rodentia::Muridae::Murinae::Rats [Medical Subject Headings]030104 developmental biologyEndocrinologychemistryDestete:Organisms::Eukaryota::Plants::Viridiplantae::Streptophyta::Embryophyta::Angiosperms::Sterculiaceae::Cacao [Medical Subject Headings]:Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Emotions [Medical Subject Headings]MadresGlicéridosÁcidos palmíticos030217 neurology & neurosurgeryEndocannabinoidsNeurosciencedescription
Journal Article; Exposure to unbalanced diets during pre-gestational and gestational periods may result in long-term alterations in metabolism and behavior. The contribution of the endocannabinoid system to these long-term adaptive responses is unknown. In the present study, we investigated the impact of female rat exposure to a hypercaloric-hypoproteic palatable diet during pre-gestational, gestational and lactational periods on the development of male offspring. In addition, the hypothalamic and hippocampal endocannabinoid contents at birth and the behavioral performance in adulthood were investigated. Exposure to a palatable diet resulted in low weight offspring who exhibited low hypothalamic contents of arachidonic acid and the two major endocannabinoids (anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol) at birth. Palmitoylethanolamide, but not oleoylethanolamide, also decreased. Additionally, pups from palatable diet-fed dams displayed lower levels of anandamide and palmitoylethanolamide in the hippocampus. The low-weight male offspring, born from palatable diet exposed mothers, gained less weight during lactation and although they recovered weight during the post-weaning period, they developed abdominal adiposity in adulthood. These animals exhibited anxiety-like behavior in the elevated plus-maze and open field test and a low preference for a chocolate diet in a food preference test, indicating that maternal exposure to a hypercaloric diet induces long-term behavioral alterations in male offspring. These results suggest that maternal diet alterations in the function of the endogenous cannabinoid system can mediate the observed phenotype of the offspring, since both hypothalamic and hippocampal endocannabinoids regulate feeding, metabolic adaptions to caloric diets, learning, memory, and emotions. Yes
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2016-01-06 | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |