JOEL CLAUDIO HEIMANN
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Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/16 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Renal, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
LIM/16 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Renal, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder
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- High maternal sodium intake alters sex-specific renal renin-angiotensin system components in newborn Wistar offspring(2016) MAIA, D. R. R.; LOPES, K. L.; HEIMANN, J. C.; FURUKAWA, L. N. S.This study aimed to evaluate the systemic and renal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) at birth in male and female offspring and in mothers fed a high sodium diet (HSD) before and during gestation. Female Wistar rats were fed a HSD (8.0% NaCl) or a normal sodium diet (1.3% NaCl) from 8 weeks of age until delivery of their first litter. Maternal body weight, tail blood pressure, and food and water intake were evaluated. The litter sizes were assessed, and the body and kidney weights of the offspring were measured. Both mothers and offspring were euthanized immediately following the birth of the pups to evaluate plasma renin activity (PRA), renal renin content (RRC), renal angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity, renal angiotensin (Ang) II content, serum aldosterone (ALDO) levels, and renal cortical and medullary renin messenger RNA expression. In mothers in the HSD group, water intake and kidney mass were higher, whereas renal ACE activity, Ang II, PRA, ALDO and RRC were decreased. In the offspring of HSD-fed dams, the body and kidney mass were lower in both genders, renal ACE activity was lower in females and renal Ang II was lower in males. PRA, RRC, renin gene expression and ALDO levels did not differ between the groups of offspring. The data presented herein showed that a maternal HSD during pregnancy induces low birth weight and a sex-specific response in the RAAS in offspring.
conferenceObject Transgenerational Effects of High Salt Diet During Gestation(2016) PERES, Maria Angelica; OLIVEIRA, Ivone Braga de; FURUKAWA, Luzia Naoko Shinohara; HEIMANN, Joel- Glucose metabolism and hepatic Igf1 DNA methylation are altered in the offspring of dams fed a low-salt diet during pregnancy(2016) SIQUEIRA, Flavia R.; FURUKAWA, Luzia N. S.; OLIVEIRA, Ivone B.; HEIMANN, Joel C.A low-salt (LS) diet during pregnancy has been linked to insulin resistance in adult offspring, at least in the experimental setting. However, it remains unclear if this effect is due to salt restriction during early or late pregnancy. To better understand this phenomenon, 12-week-old female Wistar rats were fed a LS or normal-salt (NS) diet during gestation or a LS diet during either the first (LS10) or second (LS20) half of gestation. Glucose tolerance test, HOMA-IR, gene expression analysis and DNA methylation measurements were conducted for the Insr, Igf1, Igf1r, Ins1 and Ins2 genes in the livers of neonates and in the liver, white adipose tissue and muscle of 20-week-old male offspring. Birth weight was lower in the IS20 and IS animals compared with the NS and LS10 rats. In the liver, the Igf1 levels in the LS10, LS20 and IS neonates were lower than those in the NS neonates. Methylation of the Insr, Igf1r, Ins1 and Ins2 genes was influenced in a variable manner by low salt intake during pregnancy. Increased liver Igf1 methylation was observed in the LS and LS20 neonates compared with their NS and LS10 counterparts. Glucose intolerance was observed in adult offspring as an effect of low salt intake over the duration of pregnancy. Compared to the NS animals, the HOMA-IR was higher in the 12-week-old IS and 20-week-old LS-10 rats. Based on these results, it appears that the reason a LS diet during pregnancy induces a low birth weight is its negative correlation with Igf1 DNA methylation in neonates.
conferenceObject LOW-SALT DIET INDUCES ATHEROSCLEROSIS INDEPENDENT OF LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE MICE(2016) CATANOZI, S.; FUSCO, F.; GOMES, D.; BISPO, K.; TOLEDO, V.; BARBEIRO, D.; CAPELOZZI, V.; FURUKAWA, L.; VELOSA, A. P.; TEODORO, W.; HEIMANN, J.; QUINTAO, E.; PASSARELLI, M.; NAKANDAKARE, E.conferenceObject Compound 21 Prevents Salt Induced Myocardial Hypertrophy(2016) DOPONA, Ellen Priscila Brito; FAVONI, Veronica; OLIVEIRA, Ivone Braga de; HEIMANN, Joel ClaudioconferenceObject Newborn cardiac structural alterations in response to salt restriction or overload during pregnancy(2016) SERAVALLI, Priscila; ZAGO, Breno Calazans; OLIVEIRA, Ivone Braga de; VERAS, Mariana Matera; HEIMANN, Joel- High and Low Salt Intake during Pregnancy: Impact on Cardiac and Renal Structure in Newborns(2016) SERAVALLI, Priscila; OLIVEIRA, Ivone Braga de; ZAGO, Breno Calazans; CASTRO, Isac de; VERAS, Mariana Matera; ALVES-RODRIGUES, Edson Nogueira; HEIMANN, Joel C.Introduction Previous studies from our laboratory demonstrated that dietary salt overload and salt restriction during pregnancy were associated with cardiac and renal structural and/or functional alterations in adult offspring. The present study evaluated renal and cardiac structure and the local renin-angiotensin system in newborns from dams fed high-, normal-or low-salt diets during pregnancy. Methods Female Wistar rats were fed low-(LS, 0.15% NaCl), normal-(NS, 1.3% NaCl) or high-(HS, 8% NaCl) salt diets during pregnancy. Kidneys and hearts were collected from newborns (n = 6-8/group) during the first 24 hours after birth to evaluate possible changes in structure using stereology. Protein expression of renin-angiotensin system components was evaluated using an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results No differences between groups were observed in total renal volume, volume of renal compartments or number of glomeruli. The transverse diameter of the nuclei of cardiomyocytes was greater in HS than NS males in the left and right ventricles. Protein expression of the AT1 receptor was lower in the kidneys of the LS than in those of the NS and HS males but not females. Protein expression of the AT2 receptor was lower in the kidneys of the LS males and females than in those of the NS males and females. Conclusion High salt intake during pregnancy induced left and right ventricular hypertrophy in male newborns. Salt restriction during pregnancy reduced the expression of renal angiotensin II receptors in newborns.