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Maternal high fat diet promotes enhanced airway hyperresponsiveness and impaired bronchodilation response in adult male offspring.

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology
April 30, 2025
Luiz Otávio Lourenço et al. (6 authors)
Journal ArticleHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to determine the impact of a maternal high-fat diet (HFD) on the respiratory physiology of adult offspring, particularly airway responsiveness and bronchodilator efficacy.

Results Summary

Offspring from HFD-fed dams exhibited increased body weight, elevated blood glucose, heightened airway responsiveness to methacholine, and impaired bronchodilator efficacy compared to controls. The study highlights long-term respiratory health risks from maternal HFD but does not explore mechanisms or human applicability.

Population

Adult male offspring of dams fed a HFD or control diet during gestation (animal study).

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Gestational period (exact duration not specified)

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (4)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
maternal high-fat diet (HFD)
increase
body weight
adult male offspring from dams fed a HFD
-
demonstrated increased
#1
maternal high-fat diet (HFD)
increase
blood glucose levels
adult male offspring from dams fed a HFD
-
demonstrated elevated
#2
maternal high-fat diet (HFD)
increase
airway responsiveness to methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction
adult male offspring from dams fed a HFD
-
demonstrated heightened
#3
maternal high-fat diet (HFD)
decrease
bronchodilator efficacy
adult male offspring from dams fed a HFD
-
demonstrated impaired
#4
Abstract

Obesity induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) is a growing global health concern, often linked to numerous metabolic and respiratory disorders. This study investigates the impact of a maternal HFD on the respiratory physiology of adult offspring, emphasizing the potential for fetal programming to exacerbate airway responsiveness. Adult male offspring from dams fed a HFD or a control diet during gestation were submitted to ventilatory mechanical analysis following bronchoconstrictor and bronchodilator challenge. Offspring from the HFD group demonstrated increased body weight, elevated blood glucose levels, heightened airway responsiveness to methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction, and impaired bronchodilator efficacy compared to controls. These findings underscore the potential long-term impact of maternal nutrition on offspring respiratory health. The study also highlights the necessity of identifying critical therapeutic targets for managing respiratory dysfunction in populations exposed to maternal obesity, intending to improve treatment outcomes and prevent related respiratory complications.

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Quality Scores
Safety20
Efficacy60/10
Quality70/10
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.05
Weight Score2.40
Normalized Score0.46
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