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Anxiety- and depression-like behaviors are accompanied by an increase in oxidative stress in a rat model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Protective effects of voluntary physical exercise

Brocardo, Patricia S., Boehme, Fanny, Patten, Anna, Cox, Adrian, Gil-Mohapel, Joana, Christie, Brian R.·2012·Neuropharmacology

Abstract

Prenatal ethanol exposure can damage the developing nervous system, producing long-lasting impairments in both brain structure and function. In this study we analyzed how exposure to this teratogen during the period of brain development affects the intracellular redox state in the brain as well as the development of anxiety- and depressive-like phenotypes. Furthermore, we also tested whether aerobic exercise might have therapeutic potential for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) by increasing neuronal antioxidant capacity and/or by alleviating ethanol-induced behavioral deficits. Sprague-Dawley rats were administered ethanol across all three-trimester equivalents (i.e., throughout gestation and during the first 10 days of postnatal life). Ethanol-exposed and control animals were assigned to either sedentary or running groups at postnatal day (PND) 48. Runners had free access to a running wheel for 12 days and at PND 60 anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors were assessed. Perinatal ethanol exposure resulted in the occurrence of depressive and anxiety-like behaviors in adult rats without affecting their locomotor activity. Voluntary wheel running reversed the depressive-like behaviors in ethanol-exposed males, but not in ethanol-exposed females. Levels of lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation were significantly increased in the hippocampus and cerebellum of ethanol-exposed rats, and there was a concomitant reduction in the levels of the endogenous antioxidant glutathione. Voluntary exercise was able to reverse the deficits in glutathione both in ethanol-exposed males and females. Thus, while voluntary physical exercise increased glutathione levels in both sexes, its effects at the behavioral level were sex dependent, with only ethanol-exposed male runners showing a decrease in depressive-like behaviors.

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Authors
Brocardo, P. S., Boehme, F., Patten, A., Cox, A., Gil-Mohapel, J., & Christie, B. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Victoria (CA)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Christie, Brian R.
Venue
Neuropharmacology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-03
Volume
62
Issue
4
Pages
1607-1618
ISSN
0028-3908 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2073811030
Cited by
186
References
107
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FWCI
13.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuropharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
  • Canadian Bureau for International Education
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • University of Victoria
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, prenatal alcohol exposure, anxiety-like behavior, depression-like behavior, oxidative stress, voluntary wheel running, aerobic exercise, glutathione, lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, hippocampus, cerebellum, sex differences, redox state, neuroprotection
MeSH terms
Ethanol, Animals, Anxiety, Behavior, Animal, Depression, Female, Male, Physical Conditioning, Animal, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Sex Factors, Lipid Peroxidation, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Oxidative Stress, Rats, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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