PMID- 34076145 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210603 LR - 20220531 IS - 1414-431X (Electronic) IS - 0100-879X (Print) IS - 0100-879X (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 9 DP - 2021 TI - Paternal obesity and its transgenerational effects on gastrointestinal function in male rat offspring. PG - e11116 LID - S0100-879X2021000900602 [pii] LID - 10.1590/1414-431X2020e11116 [doi] LID - e11116 AB - The interplay between obesity and gastrointestinal (GI) motility is contradictory, and the transgenerational influence on this parameter is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the GI function in a model of paternal obesity and two subsequent generations of their male offspring. Newborn male rats were treated with monosodium glutamate (MSG) and composed the F1 generation, while control rats (CONT) received saline. At 90 days, male F1 were mated with non-obese females to obtain male offspring (F2), which later mated with non-obese females for obtaining male offspring of F3 generation. Lee Index analysis was adopted to set up the obesity groups. Alternating current biosusceptometry (ACB) technique was employed to calculate GI transit parameters: mean gastric emptying time (MGET), mean cecum arrival time (MCAT), mean small intestinal transit time (MSITT), and gastric frequency and amplitude of contractions. Glucose, insulin, and leptin levels and duodenal morphometry were measured. F1 obese rats showed a decrease in the frequency and amplitude of gastric contractions, while obese rats from the F2 generation showed accelerated MGET and delayed MCAT and MSITT. Glucose and leptin levels were increased in F1 and F2 generations. Insulin levels decreased in F1, F2, and F3 generations. Duodenal morphometry was altered in all three generations. Obesity may have paternal transgenerational transmission, and it provoked disturbances in the gastrointestinal function of three generations. FAU - Machado, M P R AU - Machado MPR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8412-2483 AD - Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. FAU - Gama, L A AU - Gama LA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8118-1047 AD - Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garcas, MT, Brasil. FAU - Beckmann, A P S AU - Beckmann APS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6268-639X AD - Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garcas, MT, Brasil. FAU - Hauschildt, A T AU - Hauschildt AT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3058-0504 AD - Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. FAU - Dall'Agnol, D J R AU - Dall'Agnol DJR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2551-2382 AD - Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias, Biologicas, Engenharia e da Saude, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangara da Serra, MT, Brasil. FAU - Miranda, J R A AU - Miranda JRA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8306-8056 AD - Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. FAU - Cora, L A AU - Cora LA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8242-3653 AD - Nucleo de Ciencias Biologicas, NUCIB, Universidade Estadual de Ciencias da Saude de Alagoas (UNCISAL), Maceio, AL, Brasil. FAU - Americo, M F AU - Americo MF AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8474-3765 AD - Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garcas, MT, Brasil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210531 PL - Brazil TA - Braz J Med Biol Res JT - Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas JID - 8112917 RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (Leptin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Gastrointestinal Motility MH - Gastrointestinal Transit MH - Insulin MH - Leptin MH - Male MH - *Obesity/etiology MH - *Paternal Exposure MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats PMC - PMC8186378 EDAT- 2021/06/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/04 06:00 PMCR- 2021/05/31 CRDT- 2021/06/02 09:17 PHST- 2020/12/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/02 09:17 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0100-879X2021000900602 [pii] AID - 10.1590/1414-431X2020e11116 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Braz J Med Biol Res. 2021 May 31;54(9):e11116. doi: 10.1590/1414-431X2020e11116. eCollection 2021.