TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chu, AHY
AU  - Tint, MT
AU  - Chang, HF
AU  - Wong, G
AU  - Yuan, WL
AU  - Tull, D
AU  - Nijagal, B
AU  - Narayana, VK
AU  - Meikle, PJ
AU  - Chang, KTE
AU  - Lewis, RM
AU  - Chi, C
AU  - Yap, FKP
AU  - Tan, KH
AU  - Shek, LP
AU  - Chong, Y-S
AU  - Gluckman, PD
AU  - Lee, YS
AU  - Fortier, M
AU  - Godfrey, KM
AU  - Eriksson, JG
AU  - Karnani, N
AU  - Chan, S-Y
Y2  - 2020/11/26
Y1  - 2021/01/01
SN  - 0307-0565
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/252062
AB  - Background/Objectives
Maternal glycaemia promotes fetal adiposity. Inositol, an insulin sensitizer, has been trialled for gestational diabetes prevention. The placenta has been implicated in how maternal hyperglycaemia generates fetal pathophysiology, but no studies have examined whether placental inositol biology is altered with maternal hyperglycaemia, nor whether such alterations impact fetal physiology. We aimed to investigate whether the effects of maternal glycaemia on offspring birthweight and adiposity at birth differed across placental inositol levels.

Methods
Using longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes cohort, maternal fasting glucose (FPG) and 2-hour plasma glucose (2hPG) were obtained in pregnant women by a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test around 26 weeks’ gestation. Relative placental inositol was quantified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Primary outcomes were birthweight (n = 884) and abdominal adipose tissue (AAT) volumes measured by neonatal MRI scanning in a subset (n = 262) of term singleton pregnancies. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed.

Results
Placental inositol was lower in those with higher 2hPG, no exposure to tobacco smoke antenatally, with vaginal delivery and shorter gestation. Positive associations of FPG with birthweight (adjusted β [95% CI] 164.8 g [109.1, 220.5]) and AAT (17.3 ml [11.9, 22.6] per mmol glucose) were observed, with significant interactions between inositol tertiles and FPG in relation to these outcomes (p < 0.05). Stratification by inositol tertiles showed that each mmol/L increase in FPG was associated with increased birthweight and AAT volume among cases within the lowest (birthweight = 174.2 g [81.2, 267.2], AAT = 21.0 ml [13.1, 28.8]) and middle inositol tertiles (birthweight = 202.0 g [103.8, 300.1], AAT = 19.7 ml [9.7, 29.7]). However, no significant association was found among cases within the highest tertile (birthweight = 81.0 g [−21.2, 183.2], AAT = 0.8 ml [−8.4, 10.0]).

Conclusions
High placental inositol may protect the fetus from the pro-adipogenic effects of maternal glycaemia. Studies are warranted to investigate whether prenatal inositol supplementation can increase placental inositol and reduce fetal adiposity.
LA  - English
PB  - SPRINGERNATURE
T1  - High placental inositol content associated with suppressed pro-adipogenic effects of maternal glycaemia in offspring: the GUSTO cohort
DO  - 10.1038/s41366-020-0596-5
IS  - International Journal of Obesity
VL  - 45
IS  - 1
SP  - 247-257
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