Early Onset of Reproductive Function in Female Rats Treated with High Fat Diet
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論文ID: 12-0276
The puberty onset in mammals is tightly coupled to the animal’s nutritional and metabolic state. In present study, we evaluated the effects of high fat diet on leptin, adiponectin levels, leptin mRNA expression and puberty onset in female rats. On day 21, female rats were divided into 2 groups; Normal food (NF) and High fat food (HF). HF group shows significantly earlier (P<0.001) date of vaginal opening and lower body weight (P<0.001) than NF group. The rats with HF had a significantly heavier uterus (P<0.05) than NF, whereas serum leptin and adiponectin levels and leptin mRNA expression were not significant differences between NF and HF. We speculate that the fat-induced nutritional imbalance in young females may lead to neuroendocrine dysfunction during adolescence.
