Overweight and CpG methylation of the Pomc promoter in offspring of high-fat-diet-fed dams are not "reprogrammed" by regular chow diet in rats

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4148-4157

  Marco, Asaf ^a   Kisliouk, Tatiana ^b   Tabachnik, Tzlil ^a   Meiri, Noam ^b   Weller, Aron ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; GADD45B PROTEIN, RAT; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LACTATION; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POMC GENE; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EATING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BODY WEIGHT; CPG ISLANDS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DNA METHYLATION; EATING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LACTATION; LEPTIN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; WEANING;

EID: 84907195323     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-255620     Document Type: Article

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