Afsaneh Khoshkerdar
Sub-optimal paternal diet at the time of mating disrupts maternal adaptations to pregnancy in the late gestation mouse
Khoshkerdar, Afsaneh; Eid, Nader; Batra, Vipul; Baker, Nichola; Holmes, Nadine; Henson, Sonal; Sang, Fei; Wright, Victoria; McLaren, Jane; Shakesheff, Kevin; Woad, Kathyrine J.; Morgan, Hannah L.; Watkins, Adam J.
Authors
Nader Eid
VIPUL BATRA VIPUL.BATRA@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Research Fellow
Nichola Baker
Nadine Holmes
SONAL HENSON SONAL.HENSON1@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Bioinformatician
Fei Sang
Victoria Wright
JANE MCLAREN jane.mclaren@nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Senior Tissue Bank Manager
Kevin Shakesheff
KATIE WOAD katie.woad@nottingham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Hannah L. Morgan
ADAM WATKINS Adam.Watkins@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Abstract
Pregnancy represents a stage during which maternal physiology and homeostatic regulation undergo dramatic change and adaptation. The fundamental purpose of these adaptations is to ensure the survival of her offspring through adequate nutrient provision and an environment that is tolerant to the semi-allogenic foetus. While poor maternal diet during pregnancy is associated with perturbed maternal adaptations during pregnancy, the influence of paternal diet on maternal well-being is less clearly defined. We fed C57BL/6 male mice either a control (CD), low protein diet (LPD), a high fat/sugar Western diet (WD) or the LPD or WD supplemented with methyl donors (MD-LPD and MD-WD, respectively) for a minimum of 8 weeks prior to mating with C57BL/6 females. Mated females were culled at day 17 of gestation for the analysis of maternal metabolic, gut, cardiac and bone health. Paternal diet had minimal influences on maternal serum and hepatic metabolite levels or gut microbiota diversity. However, analysis of the maternal hepatic transcriptome revealed distinct profiles of differential gene expression in response to the diet of the father. Paternal LPD and MD-LPD resulted in differential expression of genes associated with lipid metabolism, transcription, ubiquitin conjugation and immunity in dams, while paternal WD and MD-WD modified the expression of genes associated with ubiquitin conjugation and cardiac morphology. Finally, we observed changes in maternal femur length, volume of trabecular bone, trabecular connectivity, volume of the cortical medullar cavity and thickness of the cortical bone in response to the father’s diets. Our current study demonstrates that poor paternal diet at the time of mating can influence the patterns of maternal metabolism and gestation-associated adaptations to her physiology.
Citation
Khoshkerdar, A., Eid, N., Batra, V., Baker, N., Holmes, N., Henson, S., Sang, F., Wright, V., McLaren, J., Shakesheff, K., Woad, K. J., Morgan, H. L., & Watkins, A. J. (2024). Sub-optimal paternal diet at the time of mating disrupts maternal adaptations to pregnancy in the late gestation mouse. Nutrients, 16(12), Article 1879. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16121879
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 11, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 14, 2024 |
Publication Date | 2024-06 |
Deposit Date | Jun 14, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 17, 2024 |
Journal | Nutrients |
Electronic ISSN | 2072-6643 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 12 |
Article Number | 1879 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16121879 |
Keywords | paternal diet; maternal health; foetal programming; cardio-metabolic health |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/36014625 |
Publisher URL | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/12/1879 |
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