Objective To observe the effect of taurine on the expression of blood hormones and IGF gene in pregnant rats with intrauterine growth restriction.
Methods Healthy SD rats were fed in a 2:1 cage. The pregnant rats were randomly selected according to the order of pregnancy and divided into normal diet group (C), low protein diet group (M), low protein diet + taurine group (MT) , Normal feed + taurine group (T). There were 10 pregnant rats in each group. The M and MT groups were fed with low-protein feed during pregnancy to build a model. On the 12th day of pregnancy, the pregnant rats in C and M groups were gavage with drinking water, and the MT and T groups were gavage with taurine 300 mg / ( kg·d). The weight gain of pregnant rats was detected weekly, and samples were taken on the 21st day of pregnancy, and the weight, number, and number of fetal rats were recorded; the Elisa method was used to detect the serum growth hormone (GH), insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin (INS) of pregnant rats. ), thyroxine (T3 and T4) levels, fluorescence quantitative PCR method to detect pregnant mouse liver growth hormone receptor (GHR), insulin growth factor 1 (IGF-1), insulin growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1) and insulin The mRNA expression of growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3).
Results The weight, number and teratogenicity of fetal rats in the taurine group were significantly improved, the weight of pregnant rats increased significantly (P<0.05), blood INS and T4 increased significantly (P<0.05), liver IGF-1 , IGFBP-3 mRNA expression increased significantly (P<0.05), and IGFBP-1 mRNA expression decreased significantly (P<0.01).
Conclusion Adding taurine can improve thyroid function and GH/IGF-1 axis disorders in low-protein pregnant mice, which may play an important role in alleviating fetal uterine growth restriction.