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Developmental programming of mitochondrial substrate metabolism in skeletal muscle of adult sheep by cortisol exposure before birth.

cam.depositDate2022-06-27
cam.issuedOnline2022-07-13
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datacite.issupplementedby.urlhttps://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.85778
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Katie L
dc.contributor.authorCamm, Emily J
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Danielle J
dc.contributor.authorMiles, Jack
dc.contributor.authorForhead, Alison J
dc.contributor.authorMurray, Andrew J
dc.contributor.authorFowden, Abigail L
dc.contributor.orcidFowden, Abigail L [0000-0002-3384-4467]
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-27T23:31:10Z
dc.date.available2022-06-27T23:31:10Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.date.updated2022-06-27T07:40:27Z
dc.description.abstractPrenatal glucocorticoid overexposure causes adult metabolic dysfunction in several species but its effects on adult mitochondrial function remain largely unknown. Using respirometry, this study examined mitochondrial substrate metabolism of fetal and adult ovine biceps femoris (BF) and semitendinosus (ST) muscles after cortisol infusion before birth. Physiological increases in fetal cortisol concentrations pre-term induced muscle- and substrate-specific changes in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation capacity in adulthood. These changes were accompanied by muscle-specific alterations in protein content, fibre composition and abundance of the mitochondrial electron transfer system (ETS) complexes. In adult ST, respiration using palmitoyl-carnitine and malate was increased after fetal cortisol treatment but not with other substrate combinations. There were also significant increases in protein content and reductions in the abundance of all four ETS complexes, but not ATP synthase, in the ST of adults receiving cortisol prenatally. In adult BF, intrauterine cortisol treatment had no effect on protein content, respiratory rates, ETS complex abundances or ATP synthase. Activity of citrate synthase, a marker of mitochondrial content, was unaffected by intrauterine treatment in both adult muscles. In the ST but not BF, respiratory rates using all substrate combinations were significantly lower in the adults than fetuses, predominantly in the saline-infused controls. The ontogenic and cortisol-induced changes in mitochondrial function were, therefore, more pronounced in the ST than BF muscle. Collectively, the results show that fetal cortisol overexposure programmes mitochondrial substrate metabolism in specific adult muscles with potential consequences for adult metabolism and energetics.
dc.description.sponsorshipBBSRC Grant number (BBP019048/1)
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.85800
dc.identifier.eissn2040-1752
dc.identifier.issn2040-1744
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/338388
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physiology, Development And Neuroscience
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s204017442200040x
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectMitochondria
dc.subjectcortisol
dc.subjectdevelopment programming
dc.subjectPregnancy
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectSheep
dc.subjectHydrocortisone
dc.subjectMitochondria
dc.subjectMuscle, Skeletal
dc.subjectParturition
dc.subjectOxidative Phosphorylation
dc.titleDevelopmental programming of mitochondrial substrate metabolism in skeletal muscle of adult sheep by cortisol exposure before birth.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-06-19
prism.publicationNameJ Dev Orig Health Dis
pubs.funder-project-idBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/P019048/1)
pubs.licence-display-nameApollo Repository Deposit Licence Agreement
pubs.licence-identifierapollo-deposit-licence-2-1
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionAM
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1017/S204017442200040X

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