PMID- 34405464 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210909 LR - 20210909 IS - 1530-6860 (Electronic) IS - 0892-6638 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Sep TI - Paternal high protein diet modulates body composition, insulin sensitivity, epigenetics, and gut microbiota intergenerationally in rats. PG - e21847 LID - 10.1096/fj.202100198RR [doi] AB - Mounting evidence demonstrates that paternal diet programs offspring metabolism. However, the contribution of a pre-conception paternal high protein (HP) diet to offspring metabolism, gut microbiota, and epigenetic changes remains unclear. Here we show that paternal HP intake in Sprague Dawley rats programs protective metabolic outcomes in offspring. Compared to paternal high fat/sucrose (HF/S), HP diet improved body composition and insulin sensitivity and improved circulating satiety hormones and cecal short-chain fatty acids compared to HF/S and control diet (P < .05). Further, using 16S rRNA gene sequencing to assess gut microbial composition, we observed increased alpha diversity, distinct bacterial clustering, and increased abundance of Bifidobacterium, Akkermansia, Bacteroides, and Marvinbryantia in HP fathers and/or male and female adult offspring. At the epigenetic level, DNMT1and 3b expression was altered intergenerationally. Our study identifies paternal HP diet as a modulator of gut microbial composition, epigenetic markers, and metabolic function intergenerationally. CI - (c) 2021 The Authors. The FASEB Journal published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. FAU - Chleilat, Faye AU - Chleilat F AD - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Schick, Alana AU - Schick A AD - International Microbiome Centre, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Deleemans, Julie M AU - Deleemans JM AD - Division of Medical Science and Psychosocial Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Ma, Kyle AU - Ma K AD - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Alukic, Erna AU - Alukic E AD - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Wong, Jolene AU - Wong J AD - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Noye Tuplin, Erin W AU - Noye Tuplin EW AD - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Nettleton, Jodi E AU - Nettleton JE AD - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. FAU - Reimer, Raylene A AU - Reimer RA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5088-7947 AD - Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - FASEB J JT - FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JID - 8804484 RN - 0 (Dietary Sucrose) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids) RN - 0 (Hormones) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Untranslated) RN - EC 2.1.1.37 (DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/metabolism MH - Adiposity MH - Aging MH - Animals MH - *Body Composition MH - Body Weight MH - DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/metabolism MH - Diet, High-Fat MH - *Diet, High-Protein MH - Dietary Sucrose MH - Energy Intake MH - Energy Metabolism MH - *Epigenesis, Genetic MH - *Fathers MH - Fatty Acids/metabolism MH - Female MH - Fertility MH - *Gastrointestinal Microbiome MH - Glucose Tolerance Test MH - Hormones/metabolism MH - Insulin/*metabolism MH - Insulin Resistance MH - Liver/metabolism MH - Male MH - Organ Size MH - *Paternal Exposure MH - Pregnancy MH - RNA, Small Untranslated/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Satiety Response MH - Weaning OTO - NOTNLM OT - 16S rRNA sequencing OT - DNA methyltransferase OT - body composition OT - epigenetics OT - gut microbiota OT - high protein diet OT - insulin sensitivity OT - paternal nutrition EDAT- 2021/08/19 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/10 06:00 CRDT- 2021/08/18 06:46 PHST- 2021/07/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/02/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/18 06:46 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/10 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1096/fj.202100198RR [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FASEB J. 2021 Sep;35(9):e21847. doi: 10.1096/fj.202100198RR.