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1 Clore Laboratory, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, United Kingdom
2 Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
3 Clore Laboratory for Life Sciences, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, United Kingdom
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: claire.stocker{at}buckingham.ac.uk.
Absence of leptin is known to disrupt the development of energy balance regulatory mechanisms. We investigated whether administration of leptin to normally-nourished rats affects energy balance in their offspring. Leptin (2 mg/kg/d) was administered from day 14 of pregnancy and throughout lactation. Male and female offspring were fed either on chow or on high fat diets that elicited similar levels of obesity in the sexes from 6 weeks to 15 months of age. Treatment of the dams with leptin prevented diet-induced increases in the rate of weight gain, retroperitoneal fat pad weight, area under the intraperitoneal glucose tolerance curve and fasting plasma insulin concentration in female offspring. In the male offspring, the diet-induced increase in weight gain was prevented and increased fat pad weight reduced. Energy intake per rat was higher in response to the obesogenic diet in male offspring of saline-treated but not leptin-treated dams. A similar trend was seen in 3-month-old female offspring. Energy expenditure at three months of age was higher for a given body weight in female offspring of leptin-treated compared to saline-treated dams when these animals were fed on the high energy diet. A similar trend was seen for male rats fed on the high fat diet. Thus leptin levels during pregnancy and lactation can affect the development of energy balance regulatory systems in their offspring.
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