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A role for suppressed bone formation favoring catch-up fat in the pathophysiology of catch-up growth after food restriction.
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European Journal of Nutrition . Dec2011, Vol. 50 Issue 8, p645-655. 11p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 7 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Purpose: Catch-up growth is always companied with later development of obesity and osteoporosis that are two interrelated clinical entities. However, the potential mechanism of the link between them during catch-up growth is unknown. Methods: Rats were divided into two groups. Rats of the normal control (NC) group were offered ad libitum access to food, while rats of CUGFR group were food restricted for 4 weeks, and then were allowed full access to food for 0, 2, 4 weeks, respectively. The fat percentage and distribution, bone mineral density, biochemical and histological indexes of bone were detected. Moreover, the expression of adipogenic or osteoblastic differentiation-related genes of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) was also determined. Results: Catch-up growth led to a rapid visceral fat accumulation. Although there was no difference in the histological indexes of bone between NC group and CUGFR group, the bone turnover marker, serum Bone Gla-protein (s-BGP), decreased in CUGFR group. The adipogenic differentiation-related gene of MSCs, PPAR-gamma, was significantly higher than that of NC group especially when catch-up growth for 4 weeks. Nevertheless, the osteoblastic differentiation-related gene of MSCs, Runx2, was increased but failed to reach the levels of the controls eventually. Both protein and mRNA of TAZ, a main transcriptional modulator of MSCs differentiation, failed to catch up even after being allowed full access to food for 4 weeks. Conclusion: CUGFR induces the differential differentiation of MSCs, potentially suppressing bone formation and favoring catch-up fat, which might be responsible for the increased risk of osteoporosis and obesity during CUGFR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *STEM cells
*ANALYSIS of bones
*BONE remodeling
*ADIPOSE tissues
*ANALYSIS of variance
*ANIMAL experimentation
*BIOMARKERS
*BIOPHYSICS
*BODY weight
*BONE growth
*CONVALESCENCE
*DIET in disease
*DIET therapy
*ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay
*GROWTH disorders
*HISTOLOGICAL techniques
*INGESTION
*RESEARCH methodology
*OBESITY
*OSTEOPOROSIS
*POLYMERASE chain reaction
*RATS
*WESTERN immunoblotting
*X-ray densitometry in medicine
*BONE density
*REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
*DATA analysis software
*PHYSIOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14366207
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 67186959
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-011-0174-7