Effects of diabetes between generations on the pre-embryos of rats

An Acad Bras Cienc. 2022 Dec 9;94(suppl 4):e20220717. doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202220220717. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Pregestational hyperglycemia cause adverse effects on mothers and their offspring. We aimed to evaluate the maternal hyperglycemia influence on pre-embryos from diabetic rats and on their generations (daughters and granddaughters). Diabetes was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats. The mothers and their female pups were submitted to oral glucose tolerance test in adulthood. In day 4 of pregnancy, pre-embryos were collected for morphological analysis. The diabetic mother, daughter and granddaughter rats showed glucose intolerance and their pre-embryos presented developmental delay, degeneration and losses compared to the nondiabetic group. Thus, maternal diabetes transgenerationally affects embryos at early development, which contributes for embryofetal losses.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental*
  • Diabetes, Gestational*
  • Female
  • Glucose Intolerance*
  • Humans
  • Hyperglycemia*
  • Pregnancy
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley