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ArticleDiabetologia2014

Exendin-4 is effective against metabolic disorders induced by intrauterine and postnatal overnutrition in rodents.

Hui Chen, David Simar, Katherine Pegg, Sonia Saad, Clovis Palmer, Margaret J Morris

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Article in Diabetologia, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hui ChenSchool of Medical and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Centre for Health Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia, hui.chen-1@uts.edu.au.
David Simar
Katherine Pegg
Sonia Saad
Clovis Palmer
Margaret J Morris
UNSW Sydney · AUUniversity of Sydney · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aims/hypothesisMaternal obesity leads to increased adiposity, hyperlipidaemia and glucose intolerance in offspring. The analogue of glucagon-like peptide-1, exendin-4 (Ex-4), has been shown to induce weight loss in both adolescence and adulthood. We hypothesised that, in rats, daily injection of Ex-4 would reduce body fat and improve metabolic disorders in offspring from obese dams, especially those consuming a high-fat diet (HFD).

methodsFemale Sprague Dawley rats were fed chow or an HFD for 5 weeks before mating, and throughout gestation and lactation. At postnatal day 20, male pups from HFD-fed mothers were weaned onto chow or HFD and those from chow-fed mothers were fed chow. Within each dietary group, half of the pups were injected with Ex-4 (15 μg/kg/day i.p.) for 6 weeks, while the other half received saline.

resultsMaternal obesity alone or combined with postweaning HFD consumption led to increased adiposity, hyperinsulinaemia, hyperlipidaemia, inflammation and impaired regulation of hypothalamic appetite regulators by glucose in offspring, while glucose intolerance was only observed in HFD-fed rats from obese dams. Ex-4 injection significantly reduced adiposity, hyperlipidaemia and insulin resistance in HFD-fed rats from obese dams. It also restored glucose tolerance and the lipid-lowering effect of blood glucose. However, Ex-4 did not change hypothalamic appetite regulation or the response of appetite regulators to hyperglycaemia. Liver and adipose inflammatory cytokine expression was significantly reduced by Ex-4. CONCLUSIONS/

interpretationEx-4 reversed the detrimental impact of maternal obesity on lipid and glucose metabolism in offspring regardless of diet, supporting its potential application in reducing metabolic disorders in high-risk populations.

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Animals, NewbornInsulin ResistanceAdiposityAnimalsAppetite RegulationBiomarkersBlood GlucoseBody WeightDiet, High-FatExenatideFemaleGlucose Tolerance TestHyperglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsHypothalamusMaleBiomarkersBlood GlucoseExenatideHypoglycemic AgentsPeptidesVenoms

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