0132 : Oxidative stress and cardio-metabolic alterations induced by postnatal programming can be reversed in adulthood by a short-term moderate caloric restriction

Abstract

Postnatal overfeeding (PNOF) in rodents induces early programming of cardio-metabolic risk. Our aim was to determine if a moderate diet restriction could restore cardio-metabolic alterations induced by PNOF. Immediately after birth, litters of C57BL/6 mice were either maintained at 9 (normal litter, NL), or reduced to 3 (small litter, SL) to induce PNOF. At weaning, all mice received a standard diet ad libitum (AL). At 6 month of age, half of the NL and SL mice were assigned to a moderate 20% calorie restriction (CR: NLCR, SLCR) for one month, while the other mice continued to eat AL (AL: NLAL, SLAL). Glucose and insulin tolerance tests, cardiac function (echocardiography), body composition (Echo-MRI), cardiac sensitivity to ischemia-reperfusion injury, mitochondrial function, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation (EPR spectroscopy) and insulin signaling were assessed before and/or after one month of CR. Adult SL mice presented overweight, fat accumulation, hyperleptinemia, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). After one month of moderate CR, body weight of SLCR was normalized to this of NLAL however their fat mass and leptinemia were not decreased. Glucose metabolism was improved and LVEF was increased In SLCR. After 30 min of global ischemia, hearts isolated from SLCR mice showed better recovery and smaller infarct size than this of others groups. CR increased the cardiac mitochondrial respiratory rate in SLCR mice whereas cardiac ROS production was significantly decreased in SLCR mice. Insulin signaling in heart was affected neither by PNOF nor by CR. Intriguingly, no difference was observed in NLCR mice for most of the parameters investigated. Our results confirmed the programming of early overfeeding on metabolic and cardiac function. A short-term moderate CR in not only normalized body weight in SL mice but also ameliorate the metabolic programming and reverse the cardiac dysfunction induced by PNOF. The author hereby declares no conflict of interest