High-Fat feeding influences the endocrine responses of pubertal rats to an acute stress

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Ερευνητικό υλικό ΕΚΠΑ
Τίτλος:
High-Fat feeding influences the endocrine responses of pubertal rats to an acute stress
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Background/Aims: Studies conducted in adult rats have shown that increased fat intake affects brain energy homeostasis and stress response. The neuroendocrine circuits controlling the aforementioned functions continue to mature during puberty. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether post-weaning high-fat consumption can modify the endocrine responses of pubertal rats to an acute stress. Methods: Weaning male and female Wistar rats on postnatal day (P) 22 were fed either a high-fat (HF; 45% calories from fat) or a control (10% calories from fat) diet and were sacrificed on the individual day of puberty onset (between P35 and P42) under basal conditions or 4 h after swimming stress. Plasma insulin, leptin and corticosterone levels were determined by radioimmunoassay and the respective receptors in the hypothalamus and hippocampus were determined by Western blot analysis. Results: Stressed HF-fed males showed a smaller increase in plasma insulin levels than chow-fed males. Their leptin receptor levels were reduced in the hypothalamus, but not in the hippocampus, and their glucocorticoid receptor levels were increased in the hypothalamus compared to stressed chow-fed males. HF-fed females were nonresponsive to stress-induced alterations in plasma glucose and corticosterone levels, as well as to hippocampal insulin receptors following stress. Several sex differences were also revealed in the endocrine responses of HF-fed animals following stress. Conclusions: These data show that consumption of high-fat foods during preadolescence can modify the endocrine responses to an acute stress by affecting both stress and metabolic mediators in a sexually dimorphic manner. Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Έτος δημοσίευσης:
2010
Συγγραφείς:
Boukouvalas, G.
Gerozissis, K.
Markaki, E.
Kitraki, E.
Περιοδικό:
ISRN Neuroendocrinology
Τόμος:
92
Αριθμός / τεύχος:
4
Σελίδες:
235-245
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
glucocorticoid receptor; glucose; insulin; leptin receptor, acute stress; animal experiment; article; controlled study; fat intake; female; glucose blood level; hippocampus; hormone release; human; hypothalamus; insulin blood level; male; nonhuman; priority journal; protein blood level; puberty; radioimmunoassay; rat; sex difference; swimming; weaning; Western blotting; Wistar rat, Animals; Corticosterone; Diet, Atherogenic; Dietary Fats; Endocrine System; Feeding Behavior; Female; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Leptin; Male; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sex Characteristics; Sexual Maturation; Stress, Physiological; Stress, Psychological
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DOI:
10.1159/000321393
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