ArticleMolecular metabolism2020
Ozone-induced fetal growth restriction in rats is associated with sexually dimorphic placental and fetal metabolic adaptation.
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- Maternal Exposure to Ozone During Implantation Promotes a Feminized Transcriptomic Profile in the Male Adolescent Liver.Endocrinology · 2025Article
- Prenatal ozone exposure is associated with children overweight and obesity: Evidence from the Shanghai Maternal-Child Pairs Cohort.Eco-Environment & Health · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in Impacts of Early Gestational and Peri-Adolescent Ozone Exposure on Lung Development in Rats: Implications for Later Life Disease in Humans.The American journal of pathology · 2024Article
- Maternal nano-titanium dioxide inhalation alters fetoplacental outcomes in a sexually dimorphic manner.Frontiers in toxicology · 2023Article
- Prenatal ozone exposure programs a sexually dimorphic susceptibility to high-fat diet in adolescent Long Evans rats.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2022Article
- Wildfire Smoke Exposure during Pregnancy: A Review of Potential Mechanisms of Placental Toxicity, Impact on Obstetric Outcomes, and Strategies to Reduce Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Sexually Dimorphic Accumulation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Fetuses.Frontiers in toxicology · 2022Review
- Age and Sex-Related Changes in Human First-Trimester Placenta Transcriptome and Insights into Adaptative Responses to Increased Oxygen.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Latent, sex-specific metabolic health effects in CD-1 mouse offspring exposed to PFOA or HFPO-DA (GenX) during gestation.Emerging contaminants · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe importance of the placenta in mediating the pre- and post-natal consequences of fetal growth restriction has been increasingly recognized. However, the influence of placental sexual dimorphism on driving these outcomes has received little attention. The purpose of this study was to characterize how sex contributes to the relationship between placental metabolism and fetal programming utilizing a novel rodent model of growth restriction.
methodsFetal growth restriction was induced by maternal inhalation of 0.8 ppm ozone (4 h/day) during implantation receptivity (gestation days [GDs] 5 and 6) in Long-Evans rats. Control rats were exposed to filtered air. At GD 21, placental and fetal tissues were obtained for metabolic and genomic assessments.
resultsGrowth-restricted male placentae exhibited increased mitochondrial biogenesis, increased oxygen consumption, and reduced nutrient storage. Male growth-restricted fetuses also had evidence of reduced adiposity and downregulation of hepatic metabolic signaling. In contrast, placentae from growth-restricted females had elevated markers of autophagy accompanied by an observed protection against hepatic metabolic perturbations. Despite this, growth restriction in females induced a greater number of hypothalamic gene and pathway alterations compared to growth-restricted males.
conclusionsIncreases in mitochondrial metabolism in growth-restricted male placentae likely initiates a sequela of adaptations that promote poor nutrient availability and adiposity. Divergently, the female placenta expresses protective mechanisms that may serve to increase nutrient availability to support fetal metabolic development. Collectively, this work emphasizes the importance of sex in mediating alterations in placental metabolism and fetal programming.
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