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Resume Objectifs Selon le concept des « origines developpementales de la sante et des maladies », l’obesite maternelle predispose la descendance aux maladies chroniques. Pour de multiples raisons, une perte de poids preconceptionnelle est recommandee aux femmes obeses. Cependant, les avantages et les potentiels inconvenients pour l’enfant a naitre sont encore mal etudies. Methodes Nous avons evalue le developpement fœtal et analyse l’expression de modificateurs epigenetiques et de genes metaboliques dans le foie et le placenta. Les descendants nes de mere « controle », « obese » ou « perte de poids » ont ete soumis apres le sevrage a un regime controle ou hyperlipidique. Nous avons suivi les parametres metaboliques et les comportements olfactifs jusqu’a l’âge adulte. Resultats Les fœtus de mere obese presentent une restriction de croissance et une alteration de l’expression de modificateurs epigenetiques de la voie d’acetylation des histones. Les phenotypes metaboliques et olfactifs (obesite, dyslipidemie, intolerance au glucose et faible motivation et capacite a trouver une recompense alimentaire) s’expliquent principalement par le regime post-sevrage, mais l’obesite maternelle a un effet notable de conditionnement dependant du sexe : les mâles nes de mere obese developpent une obesite accrue par rapport a leurs congeneres. La perte de poids preconceptionnelle normalise les phenotypes fœtaux et metaboliques decrits ci-dessus, mais certains genes restent differentiels. De plus, elle a des effets inattendus sur les performances olfactives : la sensibilite olfactive peripherique et la motivation induite par le jeune sont reduites. Conclusions Nos resultats confirment les avantages d’une perte de poids preconceptionnelle pour la sante metabolique des descendants, mais revelent de potentiels effets indesirables tels qu’observes pour le comportement olfactif.

Children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) now account for a noteworthy proportion (-2.4%) of births in France. Considerable attention is being paid to the outcome of ART pregnancies. The vast majority of these children are apparently normal. However, they are at an increased risk of minor birth defects, low birth weight, and rare imprinting disorders such as Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), Angelman syndrome (AS) and Silver Russel syndrome (SRS). Animal models are important for investigating the possible role of each step of ART (ovarian stimulation, gamete manipulation, in vitro fertilization, embryo culture and embryo transfer) in epigenetic reprogramming This review discusses these issues in the context of epigenetic and developmental abnormalities observed in animals following ART More research is needed on ART-induced errors, focusing not only on genomic imprinting but also on non-imprinted loci, which may help explain some of the more subtle longer-term health effects emerging from studies with animal models.

Children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) now account for a noteworthy proportion (-2.4%) of births in France. Considerable attention is being paid to the outcome of ART pregnancies. The vast majority of these children are apparently normal. However, they are at an increased risk of minor birth defects, low birth weight, and rare imprinting disorders such as Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), Angelman syndrome (AS) and Silver Russel syndrome (SRS). Animal models are important for investigating the possible role of each step of ART (ovarian stimulation, gamete manipulation, in vitro fertilization, embryo culture and embryo transfer) in epigenetic reprogramming This review discusses these issues in the context of epigenetic and developmental abnormalities observed in animals following ART More research is needed on ART-induced errors, focusing not only on genomic imprinting but also on non-imprinted loci, which may help explain some of the more subtle longer-term health effects emerging from studies with animal models.