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Effect of moderate, 30 percent global maternal nutrient reduction on fetal and postnatal baboon phenotype
Author(s) -
Li Cun,
Jenkins Susan,
Mattern Vicki,
Comuzzie Anthony G.,
Cox Laura A.,
Huber Hillary F.,
Nathanielsz Peter W.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/jmp.12290
Subject(s) - baboon , offspring , biology , endocrinology , altricial , fetus , medicine , placenta , gestation , precocial , pregnancy , lactation , birth weight , glucocorticoid , ecology , paleontology , genetics
Background Most developmental programming studies on maternal nutrient reduction ( MNR ) are in altricial rodents whose maternal nutritional burden and offspring developmental trajectory differ from precocial non‐human primates and humans. Methods Control ( CTR ) baboon mothers ate ad libitum; MNR mothers ate 70% global control diet in pregnancy and lactation. Results We present offspring morphometry, blood cortisol, and adrenocorticotropin ( ACTH ) during second half of gestation (G) and first three postnatal years. Moderate MNR produced intrauterine growth restriction ( IUGR ). IUGR males (n=43) and females (n=28) were smaller than CTR males (n=50) and females (n=47) in many measurements at many ages. In CTR , fetal ACTH increased 228% and cortisol 48% between 0.65G and 0.9G. IUGR ACTH was elevated at 0.65G and cortisol at 0.9G. 0.9G maternal gestational weight gain, fetal weight, and placenta weight were correlated. Conclusions Moderate IUGR decreased body weight and morphometric measurements at key time points and altered hypothalamo‐pituitary‐adrenal function.