title: [Aspects of prenatal development of muscle and adipose tissue: principles, regulation, and influence of maternal nutrition].
abstract: During pregnancy the developing embryo/foetus is completely dependent on the supply with nutrients and the removal of metabolic by-products through the maternal organism. Therefore, each lasting inadequate nutrient supply may have serious consequences for foetal development. As a kind of "nutritional programming" resulting adaptive changes may be maintained until or manifested at adult age. Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) may cause problems in animal health and result in poor animal performance. The relationships between prenatal development and the postnatal phenotypic appearance of muscle and fat are insufficiently investigated. The present paper provides selected aspects of the prenatal development of skeletal muscle (myogenesis) and adipose tissue (adipogenesis), refers to the importance of interactions between both tissues and is focussed on the influence of maternal nutrition on these processes.
authors.affiliation: Forschungsbereich Muskelbiologie und Wachstum, Forschungsinstitut für die Biologie landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere, Dummerstorf.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kalbe
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rehfeldt
mesh_terms: D050156:Adipogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D024510:Muscle Development / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000196:embryology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D039401:Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology