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The maternal vaginal microbiome partially mediates the effects of prenatal stress on offspring gut and hypothalamus

Jašarević, Eldin, Howard, Christopher D., Morrison, Kathleen, Misic, Ana, Weinkopff, Tiffany, Scott, Phillip, Hunter, Christopher, Beiting, Daniel +1 more·2018·Nature Neuroscience

Abstract

Early prenatal stress disrupts maternal-to-offspring microbiota transmission and has lasting effects on metabolism, physiology, cognition, and behavior in male mice. Here we show that transplantation of maternal vaginal microbiota from stressed dams into naive pups delivered by cesarean section had effects that partly resembled those seen in prenatally stressed males. However, transplantation of control maternal vaginal microbiota into prenatally stressed pups delivered by cesarean section did not rescue the prenatal-stress phenotype. Prenatal stress was associated with alterations in the fetal intestinal transcriptome and niche, as well as with changes in the adult gut that were altered by additional stress exposure in adulthood. Further, maternal vaginal transfer also partially mediated the effects of prenatal stress on hypothalamic gene expression, as observed after chronic stress in adulthood. These findings suggest that the maternal vaginal microbiota contribute to the lasting effects of prenatal stress on gut and hypothalamus in male mice.

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  • Fecal microbiota transplantation from stressed dams into stress-naïve germ-free mice was sufficient to instill the phenotype observed in stress-exposed offspring.

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Authors
Jašarević, E., Howard, C. D., Morrison, K., Misic, A., Weinkopff, T., Scott, P., Hunter, C., Beiting, D., & Bale, T. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Bale, Tracy L.
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2018-07-09
Volume
21
Issue
8
Pages
1061-1071
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2840355095
Cited by
189
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 4
FWCI
6.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (F32AI114080)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Keywords
prenatal stress, microbiota transfer, gut microbiota, hypothalamus, chronic stress, neurodevelopmental disorders, cesarean section, male offspring
MeSH terms
Animals, Body Weight, Cesarean Section, Female, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Hypothalamus, Intestinal Absorption, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus, Phenotype, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Stress, Psychological, Vagina, Gene Expression, Gastrointestinal Tract, Mice, Transcriptome, Microbiota

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