Exposure to circadian disrupting environment and high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation alter reproductive competence and lipid profiles of liver, mammary, plasma and milk of ICR mice.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine the effects of a high-fat diet and circadian-disrupting light-dark phase shifts on milk composition, maternal feeding patterns, and lipid profiles in mice.
Results Summary
The study found that a high-fat diet increased milk lactose levels, while circadian disruption reduced lactose in the control diet group. Diet significantly altered lipid profiles in milk, mammary gland, liver, and plasma, with high-fat diets increasing carbon length of certain lipids.
Population
Female ICR mice during pregnancy and lactation.
Effective Dosage
Not specified (dietary fat content: 10% for control, 60% for high-fat).
Duration
Throughout pregnancy and lactation (exact duration not specified).
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | maternal pre-pregnancy body weight | female ICR mice | - | increased | #1 |
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | milk lactose | female ICR mice | - | elevated | #2 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle | decrease | milk lactose | female ICR mice on CON diet | - | reduced | #3 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle | increase | maternal feed intake | female ICR mice | - | increased | #4 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle | increase | fecal corticosterone levels | female ICR mice | - | increased | #5 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle | neutral | time of day of birth | female ICR mice | - | affected | #6 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle | no change | birth litter size | female ICR mice | - | neither PS nor HF affected | #7 |
high-fat (HF) diet | no change | birth litter size | female ICR mice | - | neither PS nor HF affected | #8 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle | no change | pup survival | female ICR mice | - | neither PS nor HF affected | #9 |
high-fat (HF) diet | no change | pup survival | female ICR mice | - | neither PS nor HF affected | #10 |
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | final litter weight | female ICR mice | - | impacted | #11 |
high-fat (HF) diet | neutral | lipids in milk | female ICR mice | 67.1% | altered | #12 |
high-fat (HF) diet | neutral | lipids in mammary gland | female ICR mice | 58.1% | altered | #13 |
high-fat (HF) diet | neutral | lipids in the liver | female ICR mice | 27.2% | altered | #14 |
high-fat (HF) diet | neutral | lipids in plasma | female ICR mice | 10.9% | altered | #15 |
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | carbon length of diacylglycerols in the liver | female ICR mice | - | increased | #16 |
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | carbon length of diacylglycerols in milk | female ICR mice | - | increased | #17 |
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | carbon length of triacylglycerols in plasma | female ICR mice | - | increased | #18 |
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | carbon length of triacylglycerols in mammary gland | female ICR mice | - | increased | #19 |
high-fat (HF) diet | increase | carbon length of triacylglycerols in milk | female ICR mice | - | increased | #20 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle | no change | maternal lipid profiles | female ICR mice | - | had no overall impact | #21 |
phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle and high-fat (HF) diet | neutral | phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolanine class of lipids | female ICR mice | P < 0.05 | interactions were found | #22 |
This study's objective was to determine the effects of pre-pregnancy obesity induced by a high-fat diet and exposure to circadian-disrupting light-dark phase shifts on birth littler size, pup survival to 24h and growth to lactation day 12, and their relationship to maternal feeding patterns, fecal corticosterone levels, milk composition, and lipid profiles of liver, plasma, mammary gland, and milk. A 2 by 2 factorial designed experiment of female ICR mice assigned to control (CON; 10% fat) or high-fat (HF; 60% fat) and either a 12-hour light-dark (LD) cycle or a chronic jet lag model of 6-hour phase-shifts (PS) in light-dark cycle every 3 days throughout pregnancy and lactation, resulted in 4 treatment groups: CON-LD, CON-PS, HF-LD and HF-PS. HF diet increased maternal pre-pregnancy body weight and elevated milk lactose. Whereas PS reduced milk lactose within the CON diet group, and increased maternal feed intake and fecal corticosterone levels. PS exposure also affected the time of day of birth. Neither PS nor HF affected birth litter size or pup survival. Only diet impacted final litter weight, with HF greater than CON. Among the 1204 lipids detected by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)-profiling, diet altered 67.1% in milk, 58.1% in mammary gland, 27.2% in the liver, and 10.9% in plasma, with HF increasing the carbon length of diacylglycerols in the liver and milk, and carbon length of triacylglycerols in plasma, mammary gland and milk. Although exposure to PS had no overall impact on maternal lipid profiles, interactions (P < 0.05) were found between PS and diets in the phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolanine class of lipids. Findings support that high fat diet and exposure to circadian disrupting environments impact maternal feeding behavior and stress responses as well as lipid profiles, which may relate to their negative association with maternal health and offspring development.