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ANZ J Surg ; 93(4): 881-888, 2023 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36856199

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ) Quality Audit (BQA) of Breast Cancer Care is a prospective population-based database designed for annual audit of compliance with internally derived Quality Indicators (QI)s. While there is no international consensus for QIs, audit against an external international benchmark is possible through use of QIs defined by the 2017 European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) Guidelines. METHODS: BQA data from 29,088 female patients between 1/1/2018 and 31/12/2019 were stratified by the EUSOMA definition of low-volume hospitals (LVH <150 patients p.a.) and high-volume hospitals (HVH ≥150 patients p.a.), and percentage compliance (±95% CI) with 14 mandatory EUSOMA QI sub-parts were determined. RESULTS: ANZ LVH met the quality threshold for 10, and HVH for 8 EUSOMA QI that assessed MDT, surgical approach, adjuvant radiotherapy in the LVH setting, avoidance of overtreatment, and use of endocrine therapy. ANZ did not meet the quality thresholds for QIs assessing use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and adjuvant radiotherapy in the HVH setting. CONCLUSION: Breast cancer care in ANZ is comparable with an international standard. ANZ surgeons performed at a high standard in discussion of breast cancer patients by MDT, and appropriate use of adjuvant radiotherapy by LVH. Improvements can be made in completeness of data capture, and inclusion of genetic syndrome and Ki67% in data collection. Due to the rapid evolution of breast cancer treatments, there is need for contemporary update of QI relating to the use of neoadjuvant systemic therapies.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms , Female , Humans , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Prospective Studies , New Zealand/epidemiology , Benchmarking , Australia/epidemiology , Quality Indicators, Health Care
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ANZ J Surg ; 93(4): 889-895, 2023 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36912120

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Breast surgeons must maintain contemporary knowledge regarding appropriate referral for neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in breast cancer (BC) patients. To date, the greatest benefit is seen in stage II-III HER2-enriched and triple negative breast cancers (TNBC). This study is the first audit of use of NACT in Australia and New Zealand to stratify data by BC biological subtype. METHODS: Prospective data from 116,745 patients between 2010 and 2019 was provided by the Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ) Quality Audit (BQA) of Breast Cancer Care. Annual rates of NACT use were determined and change across time analysed with fractional regression. Data from 2018 to 2019 were combined and stratified by biological subtype (LumA, LumB HER2-neg, LumB HER2-pos, HER2 enriched, TNBC, Other basal-like), and age (<50, 51-74, and ≥75 years) and compared using negative binomial regression. RESULTS: The use of NACT increased annually (OR 1.26, P < 0.001), and the use of additional adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) decreased (OR 0.78, P < 0.001). A significantly greater use of NACT was noted in patients with TNBC and HER2+ BC, and in all patients aged <50 years compared with older ages (P < 0.001), regardless of biological subtype. CONCLUSION: Increased uptake of NACT and decreased use of additional ACT is in keeping with progressive change in practice in response to contemporary evidence. Expansion of BQA data fields related to use of NACT, and detailed audit of NACT rates in Stage II-III TNBC and HER2 enriched BC will allow accurate determination of quality of practice in ANZ.


Subject(s)
Breast Neoplasms , Surgeons , Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms , Humans , Female , Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Breast Neoplasms/etiology , Neoadjuvant Therapy , Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/etiology , New Zealand/epidemiology , Prospective Studies , Receptor, ErbB-2 , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
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Dis Colon Rectum ; 61(10): 1205-1216, 2018 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30192329

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Intraperitoneal local anesthetic is an analgesic technique for inclusion in the polypharmacy approach to postoperative pain management in enhanced recovery after surgery programs. Previously, augmentation of epidural analgesia with intraperitoneal local anesthetic was shown to improve functional postoperative recovery following colectomy. OBJECTIVE: This study determines whether intraperitoneal local anesthetic improves postoperative recovery in patients undergoing colectomy, in the absence of epidural analgesia, with standardized enhanced recovery after surgery perioperative care. DESIGN: This is a multisite, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT02449720). SETTINGS: This study was conducted at 3 hospital sites in South Australia. PATIENTS: Eighty-six adults undergoing colectomy were stratified by approach (35 open; 51 laparoscopic), then randomly assigned to intraperitoneal local anesthetic (n = 44) and control (n = 42) groups. INTERVENTIONS: Patients in the intraperitoneal local anesthetic group received an intraoperative intraperitoneal ropivacaine 100-mg bolus both pre- and postdissection and 20 mg/h continuous postoperative infusion for 48 hours. Patients in the control group received a normal saline equivalent. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Functional postoperative recovery was assessed by using the surgical recovery scale for 45 days; postoperative pain was assessed by using a visual analog scale; and opioid consumption, use of rescue ketamine, recovery of bowel function, time to readiness for discharge, and perioperative complications were recorded. RESULTS: The intraperitoneal local anesthetic group reported improved surgical recovery scale scores at day 1 and 7, lower pain scores, required less rescue ketamine, and passed flatus earlier than the control group (p < 0.05). The improvement in surgical recovery scale at day 7 and pain scores remained when laparoscopic colectomy was considered separately. Opioid consumption and time to readiness for discharge were equivalent. LIMITATIONS: This study was powered to detect a difference in surgical recovery scale, but not the other domains of recovery, when the intraperitoneal local anesthetic group was compared with control. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that instillation and infusion of intraperitoneal ropivacaine for patients undergoing colectomy, including by the laparoscopic approach, decreases postoperative pain and improves functional postoperative recovery. We recommend routine inclusion of intraperitoneal local anesthetic into the multimodal analgesia component of enhanced recovery after surgery programs for laparoscopic colectomy. See Video Abstract at http://links.lww.com/DCR/A698.


Subject(s)
Amides/administration & dosage , Anesthesia, Local/methods , Anesthetics, Local/administration & dosage , Colectomy/adverse effects , Aged , Amides/adverse effects , Amides/pharmacology , Analgesia/methods , Analgesia/trends , Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use , Anesthetics, Local/pharmacology , Australia/epidemiology , Colectomy/trends , Female , Humans , Infusions, Parenteral/methods , Injections, Intraperitoneal/methods , Laparoscopy/adverse effects , Male , Middle Aged , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Pain Management/standards , Pain Measurement/methods , Pain, Postoperative/drug therapy , Postoperative Period , Recovery of Function/physiology , Ropivacaine
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Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 15(3): 360-365, 2017 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27266979

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Achalasia is a disorder of esophageal motility with a reported incidence of 0.5 to 1.6 per 100,000 persons per year in Europe, Asia, Canada, and America. However, estimates of incidence values have been derived predominantly from retrospective searches of databases of hospital discharge codes and personal communications with gastroenterologists, and are likely to be incorrect. We performed a cohort study based on esophageal manometry findings to determine the incidence of achalasia in South Australia. METHODS: We collected data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on the South Australian population. Cases of achalasia diagnosed by esophageal manometry were identified from the 3 adult manometry laboratory databases in South Australia. Endoscopy reports and case notes were reviewed for correlations with diagnoses. The annual incidence of achalasia in the South Australian population was calculated for the decade 2004 to 2013. Findings were standardized to those of the European Standard Population based on age. RESULTS: The annual incidence of achalasia in South Australia ranged from 2.3 to 2.8 per 100,000 persons. The mean age at diagnosis was 62.1 ± 18.1 years. The incidence of achalasia increased with age (Spearman rho, 0.95; P < .01). The age-standardized incidence ranged from 2.1 (95% CI, 1.8-2.3) to 2.5 (95% CI, 2.2-2.7). CONCLUSIONS: Based on a cohort study of esophageal manometry, we determined the incidence of achalasia in South Australia to be 2.3 to 2.8 per 100,000 persons and to increase with age. South Australia's relative geographic isolation and the population's access to manometry allowed for more accurate identification of cases than hospital code analyses, with a low probability of missed cases.


Subject(s)
Esophageal Achalasia/diagnosis , Esophageal Achalasia/epidemiology , Manometry/methods , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Cohort Studies , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , South Australia/epidemiology , Young Adult
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Physiol Rep ; 3(2)2015 Feb 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25649246

ABSTRACT

Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with increased risk of adult cardiovascular disease and this association may be partly a consequence of early programming of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). We investigated the effects of LBW on expression of molecules in the RAS and cardiac tissue remodeling. Left ventricular samples were collected from the hearts of 21 days old lambs that were born average birth weight (ABW) and LBW. Cardiac mRNA expression was quantified using real-time RT-PCR and protein expression was quantified using Western blotting. DNA methylation and histone acetylation were assessed by combined bisulfite restriction analysis and chromatin immunoprecipitation, respectively. There were increased plasma renin activity, angiotensin I (ANGI), and ANGII concentrations in LBW compared to ABW lambs at day 20. In LBW lambs, there was increased expression of cardiac ACE2 mRNA, decreased ANGII receptor type 1 (AT1R) protein, and acetylation of histone H3K9 of the AT1R promoter but no changes in AT1R mRNA expression and AT1R promoter DNA methylation. There was no difference in the abundance of proteins involved in autophagy or fibrosis. BIRC5 and VEGF mRNA expression was increased; however, the total length of the capillaries was decreased in the hearts of LBW lambs. Activation of the circulating and local cardiac RAS in neonatal LBW lambs may be expected to increase cardiac fibrosis, autophagy, and capillary length. However, we observed only a decrease in total capillary length, suggesting a dysregulation of the RAS in the heart of LBW lambs and this may have significant implications for heart health in later life.

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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 308(7): R627-35, 2015 Apr 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25632020

ABSTRACT

The cardiac insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (IGF-2R) can induce cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in a heterotrimeric G protein receptor-coupled manner involving αq (Gαq) or αs (Gαs). We have previously shown increased left ventricular weight and cardiac IGF-2 and IGF-2R gene expression in low-birth-weight (LBW) compared with average-birth-weight (ABW) lambs. Here, we have investigated the cardiac expression of IGF-2 gene variants, the degree of histone acetylation, and the abundance of proteins in the IGF-2R downstream signaling pathway in ABW and LBW lambs. Samples from the left ventricle of ABW and LBW lambs were collected at 21 days of age. There was increased phospho-CaMKII protein with decreased HDAC 4 abundance in the LBW compared with ABW lambs. There was increased GATA 4 and decreased phospho-troponin I abundance in LBW compared with ABW lambs, which are markers of pathological cardiac hypertrophy and impaired or reduced contractility, respectively. There was increased histone acetylation of H3K9 at IGF-2R promoter and IGF-2R intron 2 differentially methylated region in the LBW lamb. In conclusion, histone acetylation of IGF-2R may lead to increased IGF-2R mRNA expression and subsequently mediate Gαq signaling early in life via CaMKII, resulting in an increased risk of left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiovascular disease in adult life.


Subject(s)
Birth Weight , GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11/metabolism , Heart Ventricles/metabolism , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/metabolism , Myocardium/metabolism , Receptor, IGF Type 2/metabolism , Signal Transduction , Acetylation , Age Factors , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/metabolism , GATA4 Transcription Factor/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation , Heart Ventricles/pathology , Heart Ventricles/physiopathology , Histone Deacetylases/metabolism , Histones/metabolism , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/genetics , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/pathology , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/physiopathology , Myocardial Contraction , Myocardium/pathology , Phosphorylation , Promoter Regions, Genetic , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Receptor, IGF Type 2/genetics , Sheep , Troponin I/metabolism , Ventricular Function, Left
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Metabolism ; 62(11): 1662-72, 2013 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23928106

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Intrauterine growth restriction that results in low birth weight (LBW) has been linked to the onset of pathological cardiac hypertrophy. An altered transition from a fetal to an adult energy metabolism phenotype, with increased reliance on glucose rather than fatty acids for energy production, could help explain this connection. We have therefore investigated cardiac metabolism in relation to left ventricular hypertrophy in LBW lambs, at 21days after birth. MATERIALS/METHODS: The expression of regulatory molecules involved in cardiac glucose and fatty acid metabolism was measured using real-time PCR and Western blotting. A section of the left ventricle was fixed for Periodic Acid Schiff staining to determine tissue glycogen content. RESULTS: There was increased abundance of insulin signalling pathway proteins (phospho-insulin receptor, insulin receptor and phospho-Akt) and the glucose transporter (GLUT)-1, but no change in GLUT-4 or glycogen content in the heart of LBW compared to ABW lambs. There was, however, increased abundance of cardiac pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK-4) in LBW compared to ABW lambs. There were no significant changes in the mRNA expression of components of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor regulatory complex or proteins involved in fatty acid metabolism. CONCLUSION: We concluded that LBW induced left ventricular hypertrophy was associated with increased GLUT-1 and PDK-4, suggesting increased glucose uptake, but decreased efficacy for the conversion of glucose to ATP. A reduced capacity for energy conversion could have significant implications for vulnerability to cardiovascular disease in adults who are born LBW.


Subject(s)
Glucose/metabolism , Glycogen/metabolism , Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/metabolism , Infant, Low Birth Weight/metabolism , Myocardium/metabolism , Animals , Biomarkers/metabolism , Blotting, Western , Fatty Acids/metabolism , Female , Glucose Transporter Type 1/metabolism , Glucose Transporter Type 4/metabolism , Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/metabolism , Mitochondria/metabolism , Myocardium/pathology , Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism , Protein Kinases/metabolism , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction , Receptor, Insulin/metabolism , Sheep
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J Physiol ; 589(Pt 19): 4709-22, 2011 Oct 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21807611

ABSTRACT

Reduced growth in fetal life together with accelerated growth in childhood, results in a ~50% greater risk of coronary heart disease in adult life. It is unclear why changes in patterns of body and heart growth in early life can lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. We aimed to investigate the role of the insulin-like growth factors in heart growth in the growth-restricted fetus and lamb. Hearts were collected from control and placentally restricted (PR) fetuses at 137-144 days gestation and from average (ABW) and low (LBW) birth weight lambs at 21 days of age. We quantified cardiac mRNA expression of IGF-1, IGF-2 and their receptors, IGF-1R and IGF-2R, using real-time RT-PCR and protein expression of IGF-1R and IGF-2R using Western blotting. Combined bisulphite restriction analysis was used to assess DNA methylation in the differentially methylated region (DMR) of the IGF-2/H19 locus and of the IGF-2R gene. In PR fetal sheep, IGF-2, IGF-1R and IGF-2R mRNA expression was increased in the heart compared to controls. LBW lambs had a greater left ventricle weight relative to body weight as well as increased IGF-2 and IGF-2R mRNA expression in the heart, when compared to ABW lambs. No changes in the percentage of methylation of the DMRs of IGF-2/H19 or IGF-2R were found between PR and LBW when compared to their respective controls. In conclusion, a programmed increased in cardiac gene expression of IGF-2 and IGF-2R may represent an adaptive response to reduced substrate supply (e.g. glucose and/or oxygen) in order to maintain heart growth and may be the underlying cause for increased ventricular hypertrophy and the associated susceptibility of cardiomyocytes to ischaemic damage later in life.


Subject(s)
Fetal Growth Retardation/metabolism , Heart/growth & development , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/biosynthesis , Myocardium/metabolism , Animals , Cardiomegaly/genetics , Cardiomegaly/metabolism , DNA Methylation , Fetal Growth Retardation/genetics , Fetus/embryology , Fetus/metabolism , Gene Expression/genetics , Heart/embryology , Heart Ventricles/embryology , Heart Ventricles/growth & development , Heart Ventricles/metabolism , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/genetics , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/genetics , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/metabolism , Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Receptor, IGF Type 1/genetics , Receptor, IGF Type 1/metabolism , Receptor, IGF Type 2/genetics , Receptor, IGF Type 2/metabolism , Sheep , Signal Transduction
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Pediatr Nephrol ; 25(4): 669-77, 2010 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20033220

ABSTRACT

There is an association between growing slowly before birth, accelerated growth in early postnatal life and the emergence of insulin resistance, visceral obesity and glucose intolerance in adult life. In this review we consider the pathway through which intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) leads to the initial increase in insulin sensitivity and to catch-up growth. We also discuss the importance of the early insulin environment in determining later visceral adiposity and the intrahepatic mechanisms that may result in the emergence of glucose intolerance in a subset of IUGR infants. We present evidence that a key fetal adaptation to poor fetal nutrition is an upregulation of the abundance of the insulin receptor in the absence of an upregulation of insulin signalling in fetal skeletal muscle. After birth, however, there is an upregulation in the abundance of the insulin receptor and the insulin signalling pathway in the IUGR offspring. Thus, the origins of the accelerated postnatal growth rate experienced by IUGR infants lie in the fetal adaptations to a poor nutrient supply. We also discuss how the intracellular availability of free fatty acids and glucose within the visceral adipocyte and hepatocyte in fetal and neonatal life are critical in determining the subsequent metabolic phenotype of the IUGR offspring. It is clear that a better understanding of the relative contributions of the fetal and neonatal nutrient environment to the regulation of key insulin signalling pathways in muscle, visceral adipose tissue and the liver is required to support the development of evidence-based intervention strategies and better outcomes for the IUGR infant.


Subject(s)
Abdominal Fat/physiopathology , Fetal Growth Retardation/physiopathology , Metabolic Syndrome/physiopathology , Obesity/physiopathology , Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/physiology , Adaptation, Physiological/physiology , Adult , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Insulin/metabolism , Liver/metabolism , Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism , Pregnancy , Signal Transduction
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Adv Exp Med Biol ; 646: 71-81, 2009.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19536665

ABSTRACT

Excess bodyweight is the sixth most important risk factor contributing to the overall burden of disease worldwide. In excess of a billion adults and 10% of all children are now classified as overweight or obese. The main adverse consequences of obesity are the metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes and a diminished average life expectancy. It has been argued that the complex pathological processes underlying obesity reflect environmental and genetic interactions, and individuals from disadvantaged communities seem to have greater risks than more affluent individuals partly because of fetal and postnatal programming interactions. Abundant evidence indicates that the obesity epidemic reflects progressive secular and age-related decreases in physical activity, together with passive over-consumption of energy dense foods despite neurobiological processes designed to regulate energy balance. The difficulty in treating obesity, however, highlights the deficits in our current understanding of the pathophysiology which underlies the initiation and chronic nature of this disorder. Large population based studies in Europe and North America in healthy women and in women with gestational diabetes have demonstrated that there are clear relationships between maternal and fetal nutrient supply, fetal growth patterns and the subsequent risk of obesity and glucose intolerance in childhood and adult life. In this review we discuss the impact of fetal nutrition on the biology of the developing adipocyte and brain and the growing evidence base supporting an intergenerational cycle of obesity.


Subject(s)
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Obesity/complications , Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Adult , Animals , Birth Weight , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Obesity/prevention & control , Pregnancy , Rats , Sheep
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Pediatr Res ; 66(1): 59-65, 2009 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19342985

ABSTRACT

Being born small is associated with an increased risk of visceral obesity and insulin resistance in adult life. We have investigated the effect of IUGR on adipogenic and lipogenic gene expression in visceral fat in the lamb at 3 wk of age. Perirenal fat mass, but not adipocyte size was greater in females than males, independent of birth weight. Plasma insulin concentrations during the first 24 h after birth predicted the size of the adipocytes and expression of adiponectin in visceral adipose tissue in both males and females. In females, plasma nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) concentrations during the first 24 h after birth were directly related to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) mRNA expression in the perirenal fat depot at 3 wk of age. In the males, in contrast to the females, PPARgamma and leptin expression in perirenal visceral fat were significantly lower in IUGR compared with control lambs. Thus, the early nutritional environment programs adipocyte growth and gene expression in visceral adipose tissue. The differential effect of sex and IUGR on PPARgamma and leptin expression in visceral fat may be important in the subsequent development of visceral obesity and the insulin resistant phenotype in later life.


Subject(s)
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/physiology , Fetal Growth Retardation/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology , Intra-Abdominal Fat/metabolism , Leptin/metabolism , PPAR gamma/metabolism , Analysis of Variance , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood , Female , Insulin/blood , Male , Sex Factors , Sheep
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 294(5): R1413-9, 2008 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18272661

ABSTRACT

Placental restriction (PR) of fetal growth results in a low birth weight and an increased visceral fat mass in postnatal life. We investigated whether PR alters expression of genes that regulate adipogenesis [IGF1, IGF1 receptor (IGF1R), IGF2, IGF2R, proliferator-activated receptor-gamma, retinoid-X-receptor-alpha], adipocyte metabolism (lipoprotein lipase, G3PDH, GAPDH) and adipokine signaling (leptin, adiponectin) in visceral adipose tissue before birth. PR was induced by removal of the majority of endometrial caruncles in nonpregnant ewes before mating. Fetal blood samples were collected from 116 days gestation, and perirenal visceral adipose tissue (PAT) was collected from PR and control fetuses at 145 days. PAT gene expression was measured by quantitative RT-PCR. PR fetuses had a lower weight (PR 2.90 +/- 0.32 kg; control, 5.12 +/- 0.24 kg; P < 0.0001), mean gestational arterial Po(2) (P < 0.0001), plasma glucose (P < 0.01), and insulin concentrations (P < 0.02), than controls. The expression of IGF1 mRNA in PAT was lower in the PR fetuses (PR, 0.332 +/- 0.063; control, 0.741 +/- 0.083; P < 0.01). Leptin mRNA expression in PAT was also lower in PR fetuses (PR, 0.077 +/- 0.009; control, 0.115 +/- 0.013; P < 0.05), although there was no difference in the expression of other adipokine or adipogenic genes in PAT between PR and control fetuses. Thus, restriction of placental and hence, fetal substrate supply results in decreased IGF1 and leptin expression in fetal visceral adipose tissue, which may alter the functional development of the perirenal fat depot and contribute to altered leptin signaling in the growth-restricted newborn and the subsequent emergence of an increased visceral adiposity.


Subject(s)
Adipose Tissue/metabolism , Fetal Development/physiology , Fetus/metabolism , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/biosynthesis , Leptin/biosynthesis , Placental Insufficiency/physiopathology , RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis , Adiponectin/biosynthesis , Animals , Blood Glucose/metabolism , DNA, Complementary/biosynthesis , Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood , Female , Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases/biosynthesis , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/biosynthesis , Kidney/metabolism , Lipoprotein Lipase/biosynthesis , Oxygen/blood , PPAR gamma/biosynthesis , Pregnancy , Receptor, IGF Type 1/biosynthesis , Receptor, IGF Type 2/biosynthesis , Retinoid X Receptor alpha/biosynthesis , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Sheep
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