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Skeletal Muscle Lipid Metabolism And Markers Of Insulin Resistance In Young Male Low Birth Weight Offspring In Combination With A Postnatal Western Diet, Kristyn Pamela Dunlop

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Low birth weight offspring are at increased risk for developing metabolic syndrome in later life, specifically its precursor, insulin resistance (IR). Reduced mitochondrial lipid metabolism is implicated in IR pathogenesis, promoting accumulation of acylcarnitines, and potentiating alterations in phosphorylation status of insulin signaling intermediates. While high-energy Western diets are classically implicated in IR progression, the in utero environment was recently highlighted as a major programming mechanism of later life IR. Using a guinea pig model of placental insufficiency, we investigated how an adverse in utero environment impacts later life mitochondrial lipid metabolism and IR progression, as well as its interaction …