Tissue vitamin C levels of guinea pig offspring are influenced by maternal vitamin C intake during pregnancy

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 524-528

  Kris Pate, S ^a   Lukert, Barbara P ^b   Kipp, Deborah E ^a,c  

^a Depts of Dietetics/Nutr/Physiol   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal development; guinea pigs; pregnancy; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; TISSUE LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030250507     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0955-2863(96)00109-X     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. 1 Adlard, B.P.F., De Souza, S.W., and Moon, S. (1974). Ascorbic acid in fetal human brain. Arch. Dis. Child. 49, 278-282
2. 2 Zalani, S., Rajalakshmi, R., and Parekh, L.J. (1989). Ascorbic acid concentration of human fetal tissues in relation to fetal size and gestational age. Br. J. Nutr. 61, 601-606
3. 14-labelled ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid. Acta Physiol. Scand. 70 (Suppl 289), 1-83
4. 4 Rivers, J.M., Krook, L., and Cormier, Sr. A. (1970). Biochemical and histological study of guinea pig fetal and uterine tissue in ascorbic acid deficiency. J. Nutr. 100, 217-227
5. 5 Wegger, I. and Palludan, B. (1994). Vitamin C deficiency causes hematological and skeletal abnormalities during fetal development in swine. J. Nutr. 124, 241-248
6. 6 Hamil, B.M., Munks, B., Moyer, E.Z., Kaucher, M., and Williams, H.H. (1947). Vitamin C in the blood and urine of the newborn and in the cord and maternal blood. J. Dis. Child. 74, 417-433
7. 7 Norkus, E.P., Bassi, J., and Rosso, P. (1979). Maternal-fetal transfer of ascorbic acid in the guinea pig. J. Nutr. 109, 2205-2212
8. 8 Teel, H.M., Burke, B.S., and Draper, R. (1938). Vitamin C in human pregnancy and lactation. I. Studies during pregnancy. Am. J. Dis. Child. 56, 1004-1010
9. 9 Vobecky, J.S., Vobecky, J., Shapcott, D., Demers, P.-P., Cloutier, D., Blanchard, R., and Fisch, C. (1982). Biochemical indices of nutritional status in maternal, cord, and early neonatal blood. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 36, 630-642
10. 10 Lund, C.J. and Kimble, M.S. (1943). Some determinants of maternal and plasma vitamin C levels. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 46, 635-647
11. 11 Morse, E.H., Clarke, R.P., Keyser, D.E., Merrow, S.B., and Bee, D.E. (1975). Comparison of the nutritional status of pregnant adolescents with adult pregnant women. I. Biochemical findings. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 28, 1000-1013
12. 12 Norkus, E.P. and Rosso, P. (1981). Effects of maternal intake of ascorbic acid on the postnatal metabolism of this vitamin in the guinea pig. J. Nutr. 111, 624-630
13. 13 Rivers, J.M. (1987). Safety of high-level vitamin C ingestion. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 498, 445-454
14. 14 Berger, J., Shepard, D., Morrow, F., and Taylor, A. (1989). Relationship between dietary intake and tissue levels of reduced and total vitamin C in the nonscorbutic guinea pig. J. Nutr. 119, 734-740
15. 15 Navia, J.M. and Hunt, C.E. (1976). Nutrition, Nutritional Diseases, and Nutrition Research Applications. In The Biology of the Guinea Pig (J.E. Wagner and P.J. Manning eds.), p. 247-250, Academic Press, New York, NY USA
16. 16 Subar, A.F. and Block, G. (1990). Use of vitamin and mineral supplements: demographics and amounts of nutrients consumed. Am. J. Epidemiol 132, 1091-1101
17. 17 Sisk, D.B. (1976). Physiology. In The Biology of the Guinea Pig (J.E. Wagner and P.J. Manning eds.). p. 79-88, Academic Press, New York, NY USA
18. 18 Harkness, J.E. and Wagner, J.E. (1989). The guinea pig. In The Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents (3rd edition), p. 19-27, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, PA USA
19. 19 Kaufmann, P. and Davidoff, M. (1977). Breeding and age determination. In The Guinea-Pig Placenta, p. 9-15, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY USA
20. 20 Roe, J. and Kuether, C. (1943). The determination of ascorbic acid in whole blood and urine through the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine derivative dehydroascorbic acid. J. Biol. Chem. 147, 399-407
21. 21 Winer, B.J. (1971). Topics closely related to the analysis of variance. B.I. Kruskal-Wallis H Test. In Statistical Principles in Experimental Design (2nd ed), p. 848-849, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY USA
22. 22 Siegel, S. and Castellan, N.J. (1988). The jonckheere test for ordered alternatives. In Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, p. 216-223, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY USA
23. 23 Zar, J.H. (1984). Nonparametric multiple comparisons. In Biostatistical Analysis (2nd ed), p. 199-205, Prentice-Hall, NJ USA
24. 24 Laney, P.H., Levy, J.A., and Kipp, D.E. (1990). Plasma cortisol and adrenal ascorbic acid levels after ACTH treatment with a high intake of ascorbic acid in the guinea pig. Ann. Nutr. Metab. 34, 85-92
25. 25 Kipp, D.E., Grey, C.E., McElvain, M.E., Kimmel, D.B., Robinson, R.G., and Lukert, B.P. (1996). Long-term low ascorbic acid intake reduces bone mass in guinea pigs. J. Nutr. 126, 2044-2049
26. 26 Bates, C.J., Cowen, T.D., and Tsuchiya, H. (1988). Growth, ascorbic acid and iron contents of tissues of young guinea-pigs whose dams received high or low levels of dietary ascorbic acid or Fe during pregnancy and suckling. Br. J. Nutr. 60, 487-497
27. 27 Peterkofsky, B. (1991). Ascorbate requirement for hydroxylation and secretion of procollagen: relationship to inhibition of collagen synthesis in scurvy. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 54, 1135S-1140S
28. 28 Kipp, D.E., McElvain, M., Kimmel, D.B., Akhter, M.P., Robinson, R.G., and Lukert, B.P. (1996). Scurvy results in decreased collagen synthesis and bone density in the guinea pig animal model. Bone 18, 281-288
29. 29 Hewlett, C.R. and Monaghan, G. (1983). Studies on cell lineage of metaphyseal bone in repleted scorbutic guinea pigs. Calcif. Tissue Int. 35, 210-215
30. 30 Braestrup, P.W. (1938). The content of reduced ascorbic acid in blood plasma in infants, especially at birth and in the first days of life. J. Nutr. 16, 363-373
31. 31 Homig, D. and Hartmann, D. (1982). Kinetic behavior of ascorbic acid in guinea pigs. In Ascorbic Acid: Chemistry, Metabolism, and Uses (P.A. Seib and B.M. Tolbert eds.), p. 293-306, Advances in Chemistry Series No. 200, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.
32. 32 Adlard, B.P.F., De Souza, S.W., and Moon, S. (1973). The effect of age, growth retardation and asphyxia on ascorbic acid concentrations in developing brain. J. Neurochem. 21, 877-881
33. 33 Norkus, E.P. and Rosso, P. (1975). Changes in ascorbic acid metabolism of the offspring following high maternal intake of this vitamin in the pregnant guinea pig. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 257, 401-409