Why the study?
Does maternal high-salt diet during pregnancy alter fetal cardiac development and the renin-angiotensin system?
Population
Fetal and adult offspring exposed to maternal high-salt diet during pregnancy (preclinical model)
Design
Preclinical
Key result
Maternal high-salt diet during pregnancy was associated with disorganized myofibrillae, mitochondria cristae loss, enhanced S-phase for cardiac cells, and increased cardiac AT1 receptor expression.
Authors
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May warrant caution on high-salt diets in pregnancy; leaves open human translation of fetal cardiac effects.
Does maternal high-salt diet during pregnancy alter fetal cardiac development and the renin-angiotensin system?
Maternal high-salt diet during pregnancy induces developmental changes in fetal cardiac cells and the renin-angiotensin system, which persist into adulthood.
Ding et al. (2010) studied High-salt diet during pregnancy. High-salt diet was evaluated on Fetal cardiac structures, cell cycle, renin-angiotensin system, and epigenetic alternations. Maternal high-salt diet during pregnancy was associated with disorganized myofibrillae, mitochondria cristae loss, enhanced S-phase for cardiac cells, and increased cardiac AT1 receptor expression.