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Leptin administration affects growth and skeletal development in a rat intrauterine growth restriction model: Preliminary study.

Authors: Bar-El Dadon, S  Shahar, R  Katalan, V  Monsonego-Ornan, E  Reifen, R 
Citation: Bar-El Dadon S, etal., Nutrition. 2011 Feb 23.
RGD ID: 5128507
Pubmed: PMID:21353474   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.nut.2010.10.020   (Journal Full-text)

OBJECTIVE: Skeletal abnormalities are one of the hallmarks of growth delay during gestation. The aim of this study was to determine changes induced by leptin in skeletal growth and development in a rat model of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and to elucidate the possible underlying mechanisms. METHODS: Intrauterine growth retardation was induced prepartum and the effects of leptin to mothers prenatally or to offspring postnatally were studied. Radii were harvested and tested mechanically and structurally. Tibias were evaluated for growth-plate morphometry. RESULTS: On day 40 postpartum, total bone length and mineral density and tibial growth-plate width and numbers of cells within its zones of offspring treated with leptin were significantly greater than in the control group. CONCLUSION: Postnatal leptin administration in an IUGR model improves the structural properties and elongation rate of bone. These findings could pave the way to preventing some phenotypic presentations of IUGR.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Fetal Growth Retardation  ISOLep (Rattus norvegicus)5128507; 5128507 RGD 
Fetal Growth Retardation  IDA 5128507 RGD 

Gene Ontology Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
bone mineralization involved in bone maturation  IDA 5128507 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Lep  (leptin)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Lep  (leptin)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
LEP  (leptin)


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