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  • Developmental biology
  • Metabolic health
  • Nutritional science

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  • The Developmental Origin of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concept links early-life nutrition to adult health.
  • Maternal nutritional issues like obesity or diabetes increase offspring obesity risk.
  • Adipose tissue development is sensitive to early-life conditions in a sex- and depot-specific manner.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how maternal nutrition reprograms offspring adipose tissue.
  • To identify mechanisms underlying developmental programming of obesity.
  • To examine long-lasting effects across generations.

Main Methods:

  • Review of human and animal studies (rodents, sheep, primates).
  • Analysis of adipose tissue programming mechanisms.
  • Investigation of hormonal and epigenetic modifications.

Main Results:

  • Maternal nutritional perturbations alter offspring adipose tissue.
  • Observed changes include enhanced fat cell formation (adipogenesis) and fat synthesis (lipogenesis).
  • Reduced sympathetic nervous system activity, impaired thermogenesis, and low-grade inflammation were noted, predisposing to fat accumulation.

Conclusions:

  • Maternal nutrition significantly reprograms offspring adipose tissue development and function.
  • Early-life programming of adipose tissue can lead to adult-onset obesity.
  • Epigenetic modifications and altered hormonal sensitivity contribute to persistent, transgenerational effects.