Fetal erythrocyte membrane lipids modification: preliminary observation of an early sign of compromised insulin sensitivity in offspring of gestational diabetic women
Aims Intrauterine exposure to diabetes is a significant determinant of the development of obesity and early onset of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the offspring. Both conditions are characterized by insulin resistance and the latter is associated with reduced membrane arachidonic and docosahexaenoic...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Diabetic medicine 2005-07, Vol.22 (7), p.914-920 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Aims Intrauterine exposure to diabetes is a significant determinant of the development of obesity and early onset of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the offspring. Both conditions are characterized by insulin resistance and the latter is associated with reduced membrane arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids. Hence, we investigated if the membrane arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids are depressed in the cord blood of babies born to women with gestational diabetes.
Methods Cord (fetal) and maternal blood were obtained at delivery from control subjects (n = 33) and women with gestational diabetes (n = 40) and analysed for plasma triglycerides and cholinephosphoglycerides, and erythrocyte choline‐ and ethanolaminephosphoglycerides fatty acids.
Results Babies of gestational diabetic mothers had reduced docosahexaenoic acid in the plasma (5.9 ± 1.4 vs. 7.1 ± 2.0, P |
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ISSN: | 0742-3071 1464-5491 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01556.x |