PMID- 36501173 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221216 LR - 20221222 IS - 2072-6643 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6643 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 23 DP - 2022 Dec 3 TI - Maternal Supplementation with a Cocoa Extract during Lactation Deeply Modulates Dams' Metabolism, Increases Adiponectin Circulating Levels and Improves the Inflammatory Profile in Obese Rat Offspring. LID - 10.3390/nu14235134 [doi] LID - 5134 AB - High-flavonoid cocoa consumption has been associated with beneficial properties. However, there are scarce data concerning the effects of maternal cocoa intake on dams and in their progeny. Here, we evaluated in rats whether maternal supplementation with a high-flavan-3-ol cocoa extract (CCX) during lactation (200 mg.kg(-1).day(-1)) produced beneficial effects on dams and in their normoweight (STD-CCX group) and cafeteria-fed obese (CAF-CCX group) adult male offspring. Maternal intake of CCX significantly increased the circulating levels of adiponectin and decreased the mammary gland lipid content of dams. These effects were accompanied by increased energy expenditure and circulating free fatty acids, as well as by a higher expression of lipogenic and adiponectin-related genes in their mammary glands, which could be related to a compensatory mechanism to ensure enough lipid supply to the pups. CCX consumption programmed both offspring groups towards increased plasma total adiponectin levels, and decreased liver weight and lean/fat ratio. Furthermore, CAF-CCX progeny showed an improvement of the inflammatory profile, evidenced by the significant decrease of the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) circulating levels and the mRNA levels of the gene encoding the major histocompatibility complex, class II invariant chain (Cd74), a marker of M1 macrophage phenotype, in the epididymal white adipose tissue. Although further studies are needed, these findings can pave the way for using CCX as a nutraceutical supplement during lactation. FAU - Marine-Casado, Roger AU - Marine-Casado R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0924-4920 AD - Eurecat, Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Technological Unit of Nutrition and Health, 43204 Reus, Spain. FAU - Domenech-Coca, Cristina AU - Domenech-Coca C AD - Eurecat, Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Technological Unit of Nutrition and Health, 43204 Reus, Spain. FAU - Crescenti, Anna AU - Crescenti A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8581-0616 AD - Eurecat, Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Technological Unit of Nutrition and Health, 43204 Reus, Spain. FAU - Rodriguez Gomez, Miguel Angel AU - Rodriguez Gomez MA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9568-9821 AD - Eurecat, Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Centre for Omic Sciences (COS), Joint Unit Universitat Rovira i Virgili-EURECAT, 43204 Reus, Spain. FAU - Del Bas, Josep Maria AU - Del Bas JM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0700-2004 AD - Eurecat, Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Biotechnology Area, 43204 Reus, Spain. FAU - Arola, Lluis AU - Arola L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2767-1974 AD - Nutrigenomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain. FAU - Boque, Noemi AU - Boque N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7173-5512 AD - Eurecat, Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Technological Unit of Nutrition and Health, 43204 Reus, Spain. FAU - Caimari, Antoni AU - Caimari A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6144-0294 AD - Eurecat, Centre Tecnologic de Catalunya, Biotechnology Area, 43204 Reus, Spain. LA - eng GR - AGL2010-19585/Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness/ GR - CER-2019101/Centre for Industrial Technological Development/ GR - TECCT11-1-0012/Agencia per a la Competitivitat de l'Empresa/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221203 PL - Switzerland TA - Nutrients JT - Nutrients JID - 101521595 RN - 0 (Adiponectin) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Nonesterified) SB - IM MH - Female MH - Rats MH - Male MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - *Adiponectin MH - Lactation/metabolism MH - Obesity/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Adipose Tissue, White/metabolism MH - Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/metabolism MH - *Cacao MH - Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena PMC - PMC9738144 OTO - NOTNLM OT - MCP-1 OT - adiponectin OT - cocoa OT - inflammatory profile OT - lactation OT - maternal metabolism OT - metabolic programming OT - offspring COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2022/12/03 CRDT- 2022/12/11 01:32 PHST- 2022/11/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/11 01:32 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nu14235134 [pii] AID - nutrients-14-05134 [pii] AID - 10.3390/nu14235134 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nutrients. 2022 Dec 3;14(23):5134. doi: 10.3390/nu14235134.