Journal article
The Impact of Maternal Antioxidants on Prenatal Stress Effects on Offspring Neurobiology and Behavior
The Yale journal of biology & medicine, Vol.95(1), pp.87-104
03/2022
PMCID: PMC8961714
PMID: 35370489
Appears in Diamond Open Access
Abstract
Prenatal stress is a neuropsychiatric risk factor, and effects may be mediated by prenatal oxidative stress. Cell types in the brain sensitive to oxidative stress-cortical microglia and cortical and hippocampal interneurons-may be altered by oxidative stress generated during prenatal stress and may be neurobiological substrates for altered behavior. Our objective was to determine the critical nature of oxidative stress in prenatal stress effects by manipulating prenatal antioxidants. CD1 mouse dams underwent restraint embryonic day 12 to 18 three times daily or no stress and received intraperitoneal injections before each stress period of vehicle, N-acetylcysteine (200 mg/kg daily), or astaxanthin (30 mg/kg before first daily stress, 10 mg/kg before second/third stresses). Adult male and female offspring behavior, microglia, and interneurons were assessed. Results supported the hypothesis that prenatal stress-induced oxidative stress affects microglia; microglia ramification increased after prenatal stress, and both antioxidants prevented these effects. In addition, N-acetylcysteine or astaxanthin was effective in preventing distinct male and female interneuron changes; decreased female medial frontal cortical parvalbumin interneurons was prevented by either antioxidant; increased male medial frontal cortical parvalbumin interneurons was prevented by N-acetylcysteine and decreased male hippocampal GAD67GFP+ cells prevented by astaxanthin. Prenatal stress-induced increased anxiety-like behavior and decreased sociability were not prevented by prenatal antioxidants. Sensorimotor gating deficits in males was partially prevented by prenatal astaxanthin. This study demonstrates the importance of oxidative stress for persistent impacts on offspring cortical microglia and interneurons, but did not link these changes with anxiety-like, social, and sensorimotor gating behaviors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Impact of Maternal Antioxidants on Prenatal Stress Effects on Offspring Neurobiology and Behavior
- Creators
- Jada L-B Davis - Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAMara O'Connor - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAHannah Erlbacher - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USASarah L Schlichte - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAHanna E Stevens - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Yale journal of biology & medicine, Vol.95(1), pp.87-104
- PMID
- 35370489
- PMCID
- PMC8961714
- eISSN
- 1551-4056
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2022
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984240659702771
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