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ArticleThe international journal of biochemistry & cell biology2025

Maternal high-fat diet-induced obesity in offspring: Unraveling adipose tissue dysfunction mediated by increased heat shock proteins.

Henry A Paz, Lasya Buddha, Tianfu Lam, Ying Zhong, James D Sikes, Kartik Shankar, Aline Andres, Umesh D Wankhade

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Article in The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Maternal Nutrition, Toxicants, and Epigenetic Programming of Obesity Across Generations.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
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8 authors.

Henry A PazArkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Lasya BuddhaArkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Tianfu LamArkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Ying ZhongDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
James D SikesArkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Kartik ShankarUSDA Agricultural Research Service, Responsive Agricultural Food Systems Research Unit, College Station, TX, USA.
Aline AndresArkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Umesh D WankhadeArkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. Electronic address: udwankhade@uams.edu.

Funding

The Role of the Mitochondrion in the Metabolic Stress Response to Burn TraumaP20GM109096 · NIGMS · ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RES INST · PI BORSHEIM, ELISABET · 2016 to 2025
$20.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maternal weight and diet before and during pregnancy have a substantial impact on offspring metabolic health, though sex-specific differences in metabolic and adipose tissue adaptations to maternal overnutrition remain insufficiently understood. Using a mouse model of maternal high-fat (HF) diet-induced obesity, this study assessed the sexually dimorphic responses on offspring adiposity, physiology, and adipose tissue function. Male offspring of HF diet-fed dams exhibited greater weight gain and adiposity, impaired glucose homeostasis, elevated serum levels of insulin, leptin, and cholesterol, along with increased adipogenic and heat shock proteins (HSPs) gene expression in white adipose tissue compared to female offspring. In established adipocyte cell lines independent of experimental animals, the expression of HSPs during differentiation was higher in white than in brown adipocytes. Also, expression of Hsp90ab1 in human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells tended to positively correlate with maternal body mass index in male, but not in female infants. This finding was generated independently of the animal model and were intended to strengthen the translational perspective of our work. Together, these results suggest a potential link between maternal diet, HSPs, and adipose tissue function.

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Adipose TissueDiet, High-FatHeat-Shock ProteinsObesityPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPregnancyHeat-Shock ProteinsHeat shock proteinsMaternal high-fat dietOffspringSexual dimorphism

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PMID40513769
PMCPMC12488523

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