Influence of intranasally administered insulin on metabolic and hormonal parameters in adult male rats, impaired due to three-day fasting in the early postnatal period

   
Derkach K.V.1 , Bondareva V.M.1, Shpakov A.O.2

1. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; Faculty of Medicine, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Section: Experimental Study
DOI: 10.18097/PBMC20226804263      PubMed Id: 36005844
Year: 2022  Volume: 68  Issue: 4  Pages: 263-271
Temporary cessation or restriction of breastfeeding can lead to metabolic disorders in adulthood. However, data on the effect of fasting in the early postnatal period on the functions of the endocrine system in adulthood are rare and contradictory. Approaches for the correction of metabolic and hormonal disorders caused by premature cessation of breastfeeding have not been developed yet. The aim of the work was to study the metabolic and hormonal parameters and changes in the hormonal status of the gonadal and thyroid systems in 10-month-old male rats with interruption of breastfeeding on days P19-P21, as well as to evaluate the restorative effect on them of four weeks of treatment with intranasal insulin (II) administered in the postnatal period (P28-P55) or in adulthood (P183-P210). Lactation interruption has been induced by treatment of lactating females with bromocriptine (10 mg/day/rat, P19-P21). Male rats with temporary cessation of breastfeeding developed characteristic signs of the metabolic syndrome (obesity, dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperleptinemia), decreased levels of testosterone and thyroid hormones (fT4, tT3) and weakened the synthesis of testosterone and thyroxine, stimulated respectively by GnRH and thyroliberin. This was due to a decrease in the sensitivity of the testes to luteinizing hormone (LH) and the thyroid gland to thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Treatment with II in early ontogenesis reduced body weight and fat, improved lipid profile, sensitivity to insulin, leptin, LH and TSH, restored the levels of testosterone and thyroid hormones and their stimulation by releasing factors. Treatment with II in adulthood normalized the levels of testosterone, thyroid hormones, their stimulation by releasing factors, but had a little effect on metabolic and hormonal parameters. The obtained data point to a wide range of metabolic and hormonal disorders in adult male rats with the “neonatal” model of metabolic syndrome and to the effectiveness of various strategies for their correction using long-term II treatment.
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Keywords: lactation, metabolic syndrome, intranasally administered insulin, testosterone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroid hormone, hyperleptinemia
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Derkach, K. V., Bondareva, V. M., Shpakov, A. O. (2022). Influence of intranasally administered insulin on metabolic and hormonal parameters in adult male rats, impaired due to three-day fasting in the early postnatal period. Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya, 68(4), 263-271.
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