CHANGES IN FOLLICULAR GROWTH OF THE OFFSPRING CAUSED BY MATERNAL OVERWEIGHT

GALARZA, ROCÍO ALEJANDRA; RHON CALDERÓN, ERIC ALEJANDRO; CORTEZ, ANALÍA ELIZABETH; FALETTI, ALICIA GRACIELA

Chascomús, Buenos Aires

Jornada; XVI Jornadas de la Sociedad Argentina de Biología; 2014

Sociedad Argentina de Biología

Obesity and overweight are associated with increased likelihood of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. The aim of this work was to study the changes on the follicular growth of female offspring caused by maternal overweight. Adult rat were fed with either a standard laboratory diet or a high-fat palatable (cafeteria) diet ad libitum from the time of weaning to adulthood. When these animals exhibited 20% overweight compared with controls, all rats were mated and offspring from control (C) and overweight maternal (D) were used. Both diets were also used during pregnancy and lactation. Compared with C, D exhibited advanced vaginal opening (1-3 days, p