Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 47, Issue 3, Pages 275-282Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.04.026
Keywords
Oxidative stress; Newborn; Glutathione; Programming; Plasma triglycerides; Blood glucose; Energy metabolism; Free radicals
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Newborn infants are at risk for oxidative stress leading to metabolic syndrome features. Oxidative stress car) be induced by oxidant load Such as oxygen Supplementation, peroxides from intravenous nutrition, or low antioxidant defenses. We hypothesize that a modulation of antioxidant defenses during the neonatal period, without external oxidant challenge, will have a long-term influence oil energy metabolism. Guinea pigs were fed between their third and their seventh day of life a regular chow leading to mature antioxidant defenses or a deficient chow leading to lower antioxidant defenses. Between weeks I and 14, the animals were fed regular chow. The hepatic oxidized redox Status Of glutathione associated with the deficient diet (-221 +/- 2 vs -228 +/- 1 mV, p<0.01) was maintained until 14 weeks. At 13-14 weeks, animals fed the deficient diet presented lower plasma TG (479 +/- 57 vs 853 +/- 32 mu M, p<0.01), lower blood glucose (5.8 +/- 0.3 vs 6.9 +/- 0.3 mK p<0.05), and better tolerance to glucose (p<0.05). Blood glucose correlated negatively with the redox status (r(2)=0.47, p<0.01). Low antioxidant defenses during the neonatal period induce a better energy substrate profile associated with an oxidized redox status later in life. These findings suggest being aware of negative consequences when adopting aggressive antioxidant therapies in newborn infants. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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