Are early-life events associated with gut microbiota composition and metabolic in young women from the Nutritionists' Health Study?

• Grant number: 18/11401-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira Vivolo
• Grantee: Renata Germano Borges de Oliveira Nascimento Freitas
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

There is evidence that gestational and early post-natal conditions like lactation can induces metabolic programming that would predispose to chronic diseases later in life. Among those, obesity, diabetes and hypertension have been associated with birth weight, type of delivery and lactation. The latter events have impacted on the composition of gut microbiota, a mediator of systemic metabolic effects, which may predispose to those diseases. It is questionable whether gestational exposures and early-life events could influence further energy expenditure. Studies in this field are rare but necessary to deep knowledge on the pathways and biomarkers involved. Our hypothesis is that pre- and post-natal conditions could induce programming toward effects on energy metabolism, expressed in adult life by distinct metabolic phenotypes. This project aims to examine whether the gut microbiota composition and metabolic profile of young women intestinal, participants of the NutriHS, varies according to conditions during gestation and lactation. This is a cross-sectional analysis of a convenience sample of 120 women (18-45 years), distributed into 2 groups, normal and weight excess (Body mass index e 25 kg/m²), subdivided by the presence of disturbed cardiometabolic profile. Assessments will be: exposures during gestational period, lactation type, current lifestyle, DXA-measured body composition, indirect calorimetry-measured metabolic flexibility, biomarkers of energy balance (visfatin, myostatin and obestatin), gut microbiota and cardiometabolic profile. Indirect calorimetry will be combined to a standardized meal test in which glucose, insulin and short chain fatty acids will be determined. DAG will be employed to define covariables to be included in multiple regression models to test associations with metabolic outcomes.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FREITAS, RENATA GERMANO BORGES DE OLIVEIRA NASCIMENTO; VASQUES, ANA CAROLINA JUNQUEIRA; RIBEIRO, FRANCIELI BARREIRO; SOLAR, ISABELA; HANADA, ALFREDO SHIGUEO; BARBOSA, MARINA GOMES; VALENTE, ANGELICA MARQUES MARTINS; PITITTO, BIANCA DE ALMEIDA; ESHRIQUI, ILANA; LOPES, TITO LIVIO DA CUNHA; et al. Parental body mass index and maternal gestational weight gain associations with offspring body composition in young women from the Nutritionists' Health Study. ARCHIVES OF ENDOCRINOLOGY METABOLISM, v. 67, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2023-01-01. (18/11401-0, 18/11433-9)

FREITAS, RENATA G. BORGES DE OLIVEIRA NASCIMENTO; VASQUES, ANA CAROLINA J.; FERNANDES, GABRIEL DA ROCHA; RIBEIRO, FRANCIELI B.; SOLAR, ISABELA; BARBOSA, MARINA G.; DE ALMEIDA-PITITTO, BIANCA; GELONEZE, BRUNO; FERREIRA, SANDRA ROBERTA G.. Associations of Blautia Genus With Early-Life Events and Later Phenotype in the NutriHS. FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY, v. 12, p. 13-pg., 2022-05-12. (18/11433-9, 18/11401-0)

DE OLIVEIRA NASCIMENTO FREITAS, RENATA GERMANO BORGES; JUNQUEIRA VASQUES, ANA CAROLINA; RIBEIRO, FRANCIELI BARREIRO; SOLAR, ISABELA; HANADA, ALFREDO SHIGUEO; BARBOSA, MARINA GOMES; MARTINS VALENTE, ANGELICA MARQUES; PITITTO, BIANCA DE ALMEIDA; DA CUNHA LOPES, TITO LIVIO; GELONEZE, BRUNO; et al. Maternal and paternal obesity are associated with offspring obestatin levels in the Nutritionists' Health Study. NUTRITION, v. 83, MAR 2021. (18/11401-0, 18/11433-9)

RENATA GERMANO BORGES DE OLIVEIRA NASCIMENTO FREITAS; ANA CAROLINA JUNQUEIRA VASQUES; FRANCIELI BARREIRO RIBEIRO; ISABELA SOLAR; ALFREDO SHIGUEO HANADA; MARINA GOMES BARBOSA; ANGÉLICA MARQUES MARTINS VALENTE; BIANCA DE ALMEIDA PITITTO; ILANA ESHRIQUI; TITO LÍVIO DA CUNHA LOPES; et al. Parental body mass index and maternal gestational weight gain associations with offspring body composition in young women from the Nutritionists’ Health Study. ARCHIVES OF ENDOCRINOLOGY METABOLISM, 2022-10-03. (18/11401-0, 18/11433-9)

FREITAS, R. G. B. O. N.; VASQUES, A. C. J.; FERNANDES, G. R.; RIBEIRO, F. B.; SOLAR, I; BARBOSA, M. G.; ALMEIDA-PITITTO, B.; GELONEZE, B.; FERREIRA, S. R. G.. Gestational weight gain and visceral adiposity in adult offspring: Is there a link with the fecal abundance of Acidaminococcus genus?. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, v. 76, n. 12, p. 8-pg., 2022-07-29. (18/11401-0, 18/11433-9)

FREITAS, RENATA G.; VASQUES, ANA CAROLINA J.; RIBEIRO, FRANCIELI B.; SOLAR, ISABELA; BARBOSA, MARINA G.; HANADA, ALFREDO S.; VALENTE, ANGELICA M.; ALMEIDA-PITITTO, BIANCA; NETO, BRUNO G.; FERREIRA-VIVOLO, SANDRA ROBERTA G.. Paternal Obesity Is Associated with Offspring Obestatin Levels in Young Participants of the Nutritionists' Health Study. Diabetes, v. 69, p. 2-pg., 2020-06-01. (18/11401-0, 18/11433-9)