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International Journal of Endocrinology
Volume 2016, Article ID 9242319, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9242319
Research Article

Maternal Diet Supplementation with n-6/n-3 Essential Fatty Acids in a 1.2 : 1.0 Ratio Attenuates Metabolic Dysfunction in MSG-Induced Obese Mice

Josiane Morais Martin,1 Rosiane Aparecida Miranda,1 Luiz Felipe Barella,1 Kesia Palma-Rigo,1 Vander Silva Alves,1 Gabriel Sergio Fabricio,1 Audrei Pavanello,1 Claudinéia Conationi da Silva Franco,1 Tatiane Aparecida Ribeiro,1 Jesuí Vergílio Visentainer,2 Elton Guntendeorfer Banafé,2 Clayton Antunes Martin,3 Paulo Cezar de Freitas Mathias,1 and Júlio Cezar de Oliveira1,4

1Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
2Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil
3Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 85902-490 Toledo, PR, Brazil
4Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, 78557-267 Sinop, MT, Brazil

Received 28 June 2016; Revised 19 September 2016; Accepted 4 October 2016

Academic Editor: Ludwik K. Malendowicz

Copyright © 2016 Josiane Morais Martin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Supplementary Material

In the supplementary material, are shown data about the amount and/or ration of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) present in the maternal diet (Table S1), as well as the global incorporation of n-3 and n-6 PUFAs in the brain (Table S2) and pancreas (Table S3) from weaned mice.

  1. Supplementary Material