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Exposure of mother rats to chronic unpredictable stress before pregnancy alters the metabolism of gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate in the right hippocampus of offspring in early adolescence in a sexually dimorphic manner

Huang, Yuejun, Shen, Zhiwei, Hu, Liu, Xia, Fang, Li, Yuewa, Zhuang, Jingwen, Chen, Peishan, Huang, Qingjun·2016·Psychiatry Research

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There is increasing evidence that mothers' exposure to stress before or during pregnancy is linked to an incidence of psychiatric disorders in offspring. However, a few studies have estimated the role of sex in the detrimental effects of pre-gestational stress on the offspring rats at early adolescence. Sex differences regarding the metabolism of gamma-aminobutyric acid and glutamate in the right hippocampus were investigated by MRS when the offspring rats reached 30 days. Additionally, the impact of pre-gestational stress exposed on an additional short-term acute stressor, such as forced swim, was examined in the male and female offspring rats. Our findings showed female offspring rats were more vulnerable to stressful conditions for either pre-gestational stress or acute stress in early adolescence, and had decreased GABA/Cr+PCr and Glu/Cr+PCr in the right hippocampus. Interestingly, in response to forced swim, male offspring rats whose mothers were exposed to pre-gestational stress were more affected by the short-term acute stressor and this was manifested by change of Glu/GABA and Glu/Gln in the right hippocampus. These data indicated that although female offspring rats were more vulnerable to pre-gestational stress from their mothers than males, in response to an additional acute stressor they showed better response. Therefore, both sexually dimorphic manner and combination of stressful procedures should be carefully considered in the study of stress-related psychiatric disorders in early adolescence.

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Authors
Huang, Y., Shen, Z., Hu, L., Xia, F., Li, Y., Zhuang, J., Chen, P., & Huang, Q.
Affiliations
Shantou University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhuang, Jingwen
  • Chen, Peishan
  • Huang, Qingjun
Venue
Psychiatry Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
246
Pages
236-245
ISSN
0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2527788373
Cited by
22
References
65
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2
FWCI
1.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (31300927)
  • Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province (A2014452)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
Keywords
maternal stress exposure, chronic unpredictable mild stress, GABA metabolism, glutamate metabolism, hippocampus, early adolescence, forced swim stress, stress-related psychiatric disorders, rat offspring
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, Hippocampus, Male, Mothers, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Sex Factors, Stress, Psychological, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Glutamic Acid, Rats

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