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Programming of intermediate metabolism in young lambs affected by late gestational maternal undernourishment

¹Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg; ²Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aahus, Tjele, Denmark; and ³Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Nedland, Western Australia, Australia

Submitted 23 August 2006 ; accepted in final form 8 May 2007

Effects of moderate maternal undernourishment during late gestation on the intermediary metabolism and maturational changes in young lambs were investigated. 20 twin-bearing sheep, bred to two different rams, were randomly allocated the last 6 wk of gestation to either a NORM diet [barley, protein supplement, and silage ad libitum 15 MJ metabolizable energy (ME)/day] or a LOW diet (50% of ME intake in NORM, offered exclusively as silage 7 MJ ME/day). Post partum, ewes were fed to requirement. After weaning, lambs were fed concentrate and hay ad libitum. At 10 and 19 wk of age, lambs were subjected to an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IGTT) followed by 24 h of fasting. Heat energy (HE) was determined in a respiration chamber at 9 or 20 wk of age. LOW lambs had a lower birth weight and continued to be lighter throughout the experiment. Glucose tolerance did not differ between groups. However, 19-wk-old LOW lambs secreted less insulin during IGTT, released more NEFA, and tended to have lower leptin during fasting than NORM. Surprisingly, several metabolite and hormone responses during IGTT and fasting were greatly influenced by the paternal heritage. In conclusion, when lambs entered adolescence (19 wk) programming effects of late prenatal malnutrition on the glucose-insulin homeostasis and metabolism were manifested: LOW lambs had less insulin-secretory capacity, but this was apparently compensated for by increased target tissue sensitivity for insulin, and adipose lipolytic capacity increased during fasting. Thereby, glucose may be spared through increased lipid oxidation, but overall energetic efficiency is apparently deteriorated rather than improved.

glucose tolerance; insulin sensibility; undernutrition

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