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Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development
Lactoferrin (LF) is an iron-binding protein found at relatively high concentrations in human milk. LF, which is little degraded in the infant intestinal lumen, is known to stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of the small intestine epithelial cells. The present study was designed to evalu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9315504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889770 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142814 |
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author | Blais, Anne Lan, Annaïg Boluktas, Alice Grauso-Culetto, Marta Chaumontet, Catherine Blachier, François Davila, Anne-Marie |
author_facet | Blais, Anne Lan, Annaïg Boluktas, Alice Grauso-Culetto, Marta Chaumontet, Catherine Blachier, François Davila, Anne-Marie |
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description | Lactoferrin (LF) is an iron-binding protein found at relatively high concentrations in human milk. LF, which is little degraded in the infant intestinal lumen, is known to stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of the small intestine epithelial cells. The present study was designed to evaluate in the rat model the effects of bovine LF (bLF) given to the mothers during gestation and lactation on the growth of the offspring. Female Wistar rats were randomly separated into two groups of animals that received from mating and during gestation and lactation a standard diet including or not including bLF (10 g/kg of diet). The pups’ growth was determined up to postnatal day 17 (PND17), and parameters related to lean and fat mass, intestinal differentiation, intestinal barrier function, bone mineral density, osteoblast activity, and brain development were measured. In addition, metabolites in pup plasma were determined at PND17. bLF was detected in the plasma and milk of the supplemented mothers as well as in the pup plasma. Although the body weight of the pups in the two groups did not differ at birth, the pups recovered from the supplemented mothers displayed an increase body weight from PND12 up to PND17. At PND17 in the bLF group, increased small intestine epithelial cell differentiation was detected, and colon barrier function was reinforced in association with increased expression of genes coding for the tight-junction proteins. Regarding bone physiology, improved bone mineral density was measured in the pups. Lastly, the plasma metabolite analysis revealed mainly higher amino acid concentrations in the LF pups as compared to the control group. Our results support that bLF ingestion by the mother during gestation and lactation can promote pup early life development. The potential interest of supplementing the mothers with bLF in the case of risk of compromised early life development of the offspring in the context of animal and human nutrition is discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-93155042022-07-27 Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development Blais, Anne Lan, Annaïg Boluktas, Alice Grauso-Culetto, Marta Chaumontet, Catherine Blachier, François Davila, Anne-Marie Nutrients Article Lactoferrin (LF) is an iron-binding protein found at relatively high concentrations in human milk. LF, which is little degraded in the infant intestinal lumen, is known to stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of the small intestine epithelial cells. The present study was designed to evaluate in the rat model the effects of bovine LF (bLF) given to the mothers during gestation and lactation on the growth of the offspring. Female Wistar rats were randomly separated into two groups of animals that received from mating and during gestation and lactation a standard diet including or not including bLF (10 g/kg of diet). The pups’ growth was determined up to postnatal day 17 (PND17), and parameters related to lean and fat mass, intestinal differentiation, intestinal barrier function, bone mineral density, osteoblast activity, and brain development were measured. In addition, metabolites in pup plasma were determined at PND17. bLF was detected in the plasma and milk of the supplemented mothers as well as in the pup plasma. Although the body weight of the pups in the two groups did not differ at birth, the pups recovered from the supplemented mothers displayed an increase body weight from PND12 up to PND17. At PND17 in the bLF group, increased small intestine epithelial cell differentiation was detected, and colon barrier function was reinforced in association with increased expression of genes coding for the tight-junction proteins. Regarding bone physiology, improved bone mineral density was measured in the pups. Lastly, the plasma metabolite analysis revealed mainly higher amino acid concentrations in the LF pups as compared to the control group. Our results support that bLF ingestion by the mother during gestation and lactation can promote pup early life development. The potential interest of supplementing the mothers with bLF in the case of risk of compromised early life development of the offspring in the context of animal and human nutrition is discussed. MDPI 2022-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9315504/ /pubmed/35889770 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142814 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Blais, Anne Lan, Annaïg Boluktas, Alice Grauso-Culetto, Marta Chaumontet, Catherine Blachier, François Davila, Anne-Marie Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development |
title | Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development |
title_full | Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development |
title_fullStr | Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development |
title_full_unstemmed | Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development |
title_short | Lactoferrin Supplementation during Gestation and Lactation Is Efficient for Boosting Rat Pup Development |
title_sort | lactoferrin supplementation during gestation and lactation is efficient for boosting rat pup development |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9315504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889770 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142814 |
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