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Mouihate A, Kalakh S, AlMutairi R, Alashqar A. Prenatal Inflammation Dampens Neurogenesis and Enhances Serotonin Transporter Expression in the Hippocampus of Adult Female Rats. Med Princ Pract 2019; 28:352-360. [PMID: 30884483 PMCID: PMC6639577 DOI: 10.1159/000499658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Prenatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) dampens hippocampal neurogenesis. This effect is associated with increased anxiety-like behavior in adult offspring. Furthermore, blocking serotonin transporters (SERT) promotes adult neurogenesis. Previous studies were performed largely in males. Therefore, we explored the impact of prenatal LPS on neurogenesis, SERT expression in the hippocampus, and anxiety-like behavior in female rats during prepubertal and adulthood stages. MATERIALS AND METHODS Timed pregnant rats were injected with either saline or LPS (100 µg/kg, i.p.) on gestational days 15, 17, and 19. Newly born neurons were monitored by immunohistochemistry, and anxiety-like behavior was monitored using the elevated plus maze and open-field test. SERT expression in the hippocampus was assessed by Western blot and immunofluorescence. RESULTS Prenatal LPS led to reduced hippocampal neurogenesis in adult but not in prepubertal female offspring. This reduced neurogenesis was associated with enhanced hippocampal expression of SERT protein. However, there was no significant impact of prenatal LPS on anxiety-like behavior. CONCLUSIONS Prenatal LPS-induced reduction in neurogenesis was dissociated from anxiety-like behavior in adult female rats. Furthermore, the long-lasting impact of prenatal LPS on neurogenesis in female offspring was age-dependent.
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- Abdeslam Mouihate
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait,
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Zazara DE, Arck PC. Developmental origin and sex-specific risk for infections and immune diseases later in life. Semin Immunopathol 2018; 41:137-151. [DOI: 10.1007/s00281-018-0713-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Jouda J, Wöhr M, Del Rey A. Immunity and ultrasonic vocalization in rodents. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018; 1437:68-82. [PMID: 30062701 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) serve important communicative functions in rodents. Different types of USVs can be triggered in the sender, for example, by maternal separation, social interactions, or exposure to predators, and they evoke affiliative or alarming behaviors in recipients. This review focusses on studies evaluating possible links between immunity and USVs. Most studies have been performed in a murine model of maternal immune activation and subsequent evaluation of effects in the offspring. This model has received large attention in recent years because it mimics behavioral abnormalities observed in certain human neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder. Although there is still some controversy, the results indicate that stimulation of the immune system of mice and rats during pregnancy affects ultrasonic calling in pups. Few studies are available on immunization during adulthood and USVs. In most cases, immune stimulation led to disease, complicating conclusions about a possible direct link between vocalization and immunity. Although much work is still needed, this is certainly a rather new and promising aspect of interactions between the immune system and behavior.
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- Jamela Jouda
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental and Biological Psychology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.,Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Immunophysiology, Division of Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Iwasa T, Matsuzaki T, Yano K, Mayila Y, Irahara M. Prenatal undernutrition decreases the anorectic response to septic doses of lipopolysaccharides in adulthood in male rats. Int J Dev Neurosci 2018; 69:39-43. [PMID: 29966741 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Prenatal undernutrition affects some physiological functions after birth, and such changes are associated with the pathogenesis of various diseases. Recently, we have reported that prenatally undernourished male rats exhibited stronger febrile and anorectic responses to immune stress induced by moderate-dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment in adulthood. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of prenatal undernutrition on stress responses to the administration of a septic dose (3 mg/kg) of LPS in later life, mainly focusing on changes in hypothalamic proinflammatory cytokine expression. We also evaluated the expression of hypothalamic and peripheral reproductive factors because it has been suggested that the stress responses of reproductive functions are affected by prenatal and neonatal stress and nutritional conditions. As a result, we found that prenatal undernutrition attenuated the anorectic response to septic-dose LPS treatment in adulthood in male rats. In addition, it attenuated the LPS-induced suppression of serum testosterone levels and the changes in hypothalamic proinflammatory cytokine (interleukin (IL)-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α, and IL-6) expression induced by septic-dose LPS treatment in adulthood. These results suggest that prenatal undernutrition attenuates stress and reproductive responses under severe immune stress conditions. The downregulation of hypothalamic stress-related factor expression might be involved in such attenuated stress responses, which could be one of the protective mechanisms used to prevent excessive immune responses and aid survival.
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- Takeshi Iwasa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-Cho, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan
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Mouihate A, Al-Hashash H, Rakhshani-Moghadam S, Kalakh S. Impact of prenatal immune challenge on the demyelination injury during adulthood. CNS Neurosci Ther 2017; 23:724-735. [PMID: 28718218 DOI: 10.1111/cns.12718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Revised: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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AIM Brain inflammation is associated with several brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease characterized by demyelination. Whether prenatal immune challenge affects demyelination-induced inflammation in the white matter during adulthood is unclear. In the present study, we used a well-established experimental model of focal demyelination to assess whether prenatal immune challenge affects demyelination-induced inflammation. METHODS Pregnant rats were injected with either lipopolysaccharide (100 μg/kg, ip) or pyrogen-free saline. A 2 μL solution of the gliotoxin ethidium bromide (0.04%) was stereotaxically infused into the corpus callosum of adult male offspring. The extent of demyelination lesion was assessed using Luxol fast blue (LFB) staining. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells, mature oligodendrocytes, markers of cellular gliosis, and inflammation were monitored in the vicinity of the demyelination lesion area. RESULTS Prenatal lipopolysaccharide reduced the size of the demyelination lesion during adulthood. This reduced lesion was associated with enhanced density of mature oligodendrocytes and reduced density of microglial cells in the vicinity of the demyelination lesion. Such reduction in microglial cell density was accompanied by a reduced activation of the nuclear factor κB signaling pathway. CONCLUSION These data strongly suggest that prenatal immune challenge dampens the extent of demyelination during adulthood likely by reprogramming the local brain inflammatory response to demyelinating insults.
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- Abdeslam Mouihate
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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Carroll JA, Burdick Sanchez NC, Arthingon JD, Nelson CD, Benjamin AL, Korkmaz FT, Kerr DE, Lancaster PA. In utero exposure to LPS alters the postnatal acute-phase response in beef heifers. Innate Immun 2016; 23:97-108. [PMID: 27872382 DOI: 10.1177/1753425916678472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The potential effect of prenatal LPS exposure on the postnatal acute phase response (APR) to an LPS challenge in heifers was determined. Pregnant crossbred cows were separated into prenatal immune stimulation (PIS) and saline groups (Control). From these treatments, heifer calves were identified at weaning to subsequently receive an exogenous LPS challenge. Sickness behavior scores (SBS) were recorded and blood samples were collected at 30-min intervals from -2 to 8 h and again at 24 h relative to the LPS challenge. There was a treatment × time interaction for the change in vaginal temperature (VT) such that the change in VT was greater in Control than PIS from 150 to 250 min, yet it was greater in PIS than Control from 355 to 440 min and from 570 to 1145 min. There was also a treatment × time interaction for SBS such that scores were greater in Control than PIS at 0.5 h, yet were greater in PIS than Control from 2.5 to 4 h post-LPS. There was a tendency for a treatment × time interaction for serum concentrations of IL-6, which were greater in PIS than Control heifers from 5.5 to 6 h and from 7 to 8 h post-challenge. Thus, a single exposure to LPS during gestation can alter the postnatal APR to LPS in heifer calves.
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- 2 University of Florida, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL, USA
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- 3 University of Florida, Department of Animal Sciences, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- 4 University of Florida, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL, USA
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- 4 University of Florida, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL, USA
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- 4 University of Florida, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL, USA
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- 2 University of Florida, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL, USA
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Mouihate A. Prenatal Activation of Toll-Like Receptor-4 Dampens Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in An IL-6 Dependent Manner. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:173. [PMID: 27445700 PMCID: PMC4927660 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Prenatal immune challenge has been associated with alteration in brain development and plasticity that last into adulthood. We have previously shown that prenatal activation of toll-like receptor 4 by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces IL-6-dependent STAT-3 signaling pathway in the fetal brain. Whether this IL-6-dependent activation of fetal brain results in long lasting impact in brain plasticity is still unknown. Furthermore, it has been shown that prenatal LPS heightens the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) response in adulthood. In the present study we tested whether LPS administration during pregnancy affects neurogenesis in adult male offspring. Because corticosterone, the end-product of HPA axis activity in rats, alters neurogenesis we tested whether this enhanced HPA axis responsiveness in adult male offspring played a role in the long lasting impact of LPS on neurogenesis during adulthood. Pregnant rats were given either LPS, or LPS and an IL-6 neutralizing antibody (IL-6Ab). The newly born neurons were monitored in the subventricular zone (SVZ) and the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus of adult male offspring by monitoring doublecortin and T-box brain protein-2 expression: two well-established markers of newly born neurons. Prenatal LPS decreased the number of newly born neurons in the DG, but not in the SVZ of adult offspring. This decreased number of newly born neurons in the DG was absent when IL-6Ab was co-injected with LPS during pregnancy. Furthermore, administration of a corticosterone receptor blocker, RU-486, to adult offspring blunted the prenatal LPS induced decrease in newly born neurons in the DG. These data suggest that maternally triggered IL-6 plays a crucial role in the long lasting impact of LPS on adult neurogenesis.
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- Abdeslam Mouihate
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University Kuwait City, Kuwait
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Toll-like receptor 4-mediated immune stress in pregnant rats activates STAT3 in the fetal brain: role of interleukin-6. Pediatr Res 2016; 79:781-7. [PMID: 25938734 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2015.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prenatal exposure to pathogens induces long lasting effect on brain function and plasticity. It is unclear how maternal immune stress impacts fetal brain development. Immune challenged pregnant rats induce the production of inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α, interleukin (IL)1β, and IL-6. IL-6 crosses the placenta but its mechanism of action on fetal brain is unclear. METHODS Gestation day 15 (GD15) rats were given a single injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (100 µg/kg) in the presence or the absence of an IL-6 neutralizing antibody (IL-6Ab, 10 µg/kg). The activation of the intracellular signal of IL-6; signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT3) and levels of glucocorticoids (GCs) were monitored in fetal brains. RESULTS LPS administration to GD15 rats significantly increased the phosphorylation levels of STAT3 in fetal brains. Such activation was blunted by IL-6Ab. LPS induced a significant rise in GCs in the plasma of dams but not in fetal brains. IL-6Ab significantly reduced LPS-induced GCs in maternal plasma. CONCLUSION Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-induced activation of the maternal innate immune system affects fetal brains likely via the mobilization of IL-6/STAT3 pathway. In contrast, TLR4-stimulated maternal GCs release is less likely to play a significant role in fetal brain development.
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Harden LM, Kent S, Pittman QJ, Roth J. Fever and sickness behavior: Friend or foe? Brain Behav Immun 2015; 50:322-333. [PMID: 26187566 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Revised: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Fever has been recognized as an important symptom of disease since ancient times. For many years, fever was treated as a putative life-threatening phenomenon. More recently, it has been recognized as an important part of the body's defense mechanisms; indeed at times it has even been used as a therapeutic agent. The knowledge of the functional role of the central nervous system in the genesis of fever has greatly improved over the last decade. It is clear that the febrile process, which develops in the sick individual, is just one of many brain-controlled sickness symptoms. Not only will the sick individual appear "feverish" but they may also display a range of behavioral changes, such as anorexia, fatigue, loss of interest in usual daily activities, social withdrawal, listlessness or malaise, hyperalgesia, sleep disturbances and cognitive dysfunction, collectively termed "sickness behavior". In this review we consider the issue of whether fever and sickness behaviors are friend or foe during: a critical illness, the common cold or influenza, in pregnancy and in the newborn. Deciding whether these sickness responses are beneficial or harmful will very much shape our approach to the use of antipyretics during illness.
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- L M Harden
- Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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- Institute of Veterinary-Physiology and -Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 100, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Roth J, Blatteis CM. Mechanisms of fever production and lysis: lessons from experimental LPS fever. Compr Physiol 2015; 4:1563-604. [PMID: 25428854 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c130033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fever is a cardinal symptom of infectious or inflammatory insults, but it can also arise from noninfectious causes. The fever-inducing agent that has been used most frequently in experimental studies designed to characterize the physiological, immunological and neuroendocrine processes and to identify the neuronal circuits that underlie the manifestation of the febrile response is lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Our knowledge of the mechanisms of fever production and lysis is largely based on this model. Fever is usually initiated in the periphery of the challenged host by the immediate activation of the innate immune system by LPS, specifically of the complement (C) cascade and Toll-like receptors. The first results in the immediate generation of the C component C5a and the subsequent rapid production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). The second, occurring after some delay, induces the further production of PGE2 by induction of its synthesizing enzymes and transcription and translation of proinflammatory cytokines. The Kupffer cells (Kc) of the liver seem to be essential for these initial processes. The subsequent transfer of the pyrogenic message from the periphery to the brain is achieved by neuronal and humoral mechanisms. These pathways subserve the genesis of early (neuronal signals) and late (humoral signals) phases of the characteristically biphasic febrile response to LPS. During the course of fever, counterinflammatory factors, "endogenous antipyretics," are elaborated peripherally and centrally to limit fever in strength and duration. The multiple interacting pro- and antipyretic signals and their mechanistic effects that underlie endotoxic fever are the subjects of this review.
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- Joachim Roth
- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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Iwasa T, Matsuzaki T, Tungalagsuvd A, Munkhzaya M, Kuwahara A, Yasui T, Irahara M. Prenatal undernutrition increases the febrile response to lipopolysaccharides in adulthood in male rats. Int J Dev Neurosci 2015; 44:1-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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- Takeshi Iwasa
- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyThe University of Tokushima Graduate SchoolInstitute of Health Biosciences3‐18‐15 Kuramoto‐ChoTokushima770‐8503Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyThe University of Tokushima Graduate SchoolInstitute of Health Biosciences3‐18‐15 Kuramoto‐ChoTokushima770‐8503Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyThe University of Tokushima Graduate SchoolInstitute of Health Biosciences3‐18‐15 Kuramoto‐ChoTokushima770‐8503Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyThe University of Tokushima Graduate SchoolInstitute of Health Biosciences3‐18‐15 Kuramoto‐ChoTokushima770‐8503Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyThe University of Tokushima Graduate SchoolInstitute of Health Biosciences3‐18‐15 Kuramoto‐ChoTokushima770‐8503Japan
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- Department of Reproductive TechnologyInstitute of Health BiosciencesThe University of Tokushima Graduate SchoolJapan
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- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyThe University of Tokushima Graduate SchoolInstitute of Health Biosciences3‐18‐15 Kuramoto‐ChoTokushima770‐8503Japan
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Cai Z, Fan LW, Kaizaki A, Tien LT, Ma T, Pang Y, Lin S, Lin RCS, Simpson KL. Neonatal systemic exposure to lipopolysaccharide enhances susceptibility of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons to rotenone neurotoxicity in later life. Dev Neurosci 2013; 35:155-71. [PMID: 23446007 PMCID: PMC3777222 DOI: 10.1159/000346156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Brain inflammation via intracerebral injection with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in early life has been shown to increase risks for the development of neurodegenerative disorders in adult rats. To determine if neonatal systemic LPS exposure has the same effects on enhancement of adult dopaminergic neuron susceptibility to rotenone neurotoxicity as centrally injected LPS does, LPS (2 μg/g body weight) was administered intraperitoneally into postnatal day 5 (P5) rats and when grown to P70, rats were challenged with rotenone, a commonly used pesticide, through subcutaneous minipump infusion at a dose of 1.25 mg/kg/day for 14 days. Systemically administered LPS can penetrate into the neonatal rat brain and cause acute and chronic brain inflammation, as evidenced by persistent increases in IL-1β levels, cyclooxygenase-2 expression and microglial activation in the substantia nigra (SN) of P70 rats. Neonatal LPS exposure resulted in suppression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression, but not actual death of dopaminergic neurons in the SN, as indicated by the reduced number of TH+ cells and unchanged total number of neurons (NeuN+) in the SN. Neonatal LPS exposure also caused motor function deficits, which were spontaneously recoverable by P70. A small dose of rotenone at P70 induced loss of dopaminergic neurons, as indicated by reduced numbers of both TH+ and NeuN+ cells in the SN, and Parkinson's disease (PD)-like motor impairment in P98 rats that had experienced neonatal LPS exposure, but not in those without the LPS exposure. These results indicate that although neonatal systemic LPS exposure may not necessarily lead to death of dopaminergic neurons in the SN, such an exposure could cause persistent functional alterations in the dopaminergic system and indirectly predispose the nigrostriatal system in the adult brain to be damaged by environmental toxins at an ordinarily nontoxic or subtoxic dose and develop PD-like pathological features and motor dysfunction.
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- Zhengwei Cai
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4504, USA.
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Mouihate A. Long-lasting impact of early life immune stress on neuroimmune functions. Med Princ Pract 2013; 22 Suppl 1:3-7. [PMID: 23949239 PMCID: PMC5586809 DOI: 10.1159/000354199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Fever is one major cardinal sign of disease. It results from an intricate interplay between the immune system and the central nervous system. Bacterial or viral infections activate peripheral immune competent organs which send inflammatory signals to the brain and lead to an increase in body temperature. The increased body temperature creates a conducive environment to optimize the body's fight against the infection. A large body of experimental evidence suggests that early life bacterial or viral infections can lead to a long-lasting impact on this natural febrile response. The early life pathogenic encounter heightens the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response, dampens the innate immune system, and consequently reduces the febrile response to a subsequent immune challenge during adulthood. This 'programming' effect operates only when such early life immune challenges occur during a critical window of either prenatal or postnatal development. In this review, the mechanisms underlying the long-lasting impact of perinatal immune challenge on adult fever are addressed.
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- Abdeslam Mouihate
- *Abdeslam Mouihate, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat 13110 (Kuwait), E-Mail
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Ravi A, Alvala M, Sama V, Kalle AM, Irlapati VK, Reddy BM. Anticancer activity of Pupalia lappacea on chronic myeloid leukemia K562 cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 20:86. [PMID: 23351440 PMCID: PMC3559012 DOI: 10.1186/2008-2231-20-86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Cancer is one of the most prominent human diseases which has enthused scientific and commercial interest in the discovery of newer anticancer agents from natural sources. Here we demonstrated the anticancer activity of ethanolic extract of aerial parts of Pupalia lappacea (L) Juss (Amaranthaceae) (EAPL) on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia K562 cells. METHODS Antiproliferative activity of EAPL was determined by MTT assay using carvacrol as a positive control. Induction of apoptosis was studied by annexin V, mitochondrial membrane potential, caspase activation and cell cycle analysis using flow cytometer and modulation in protein levels of p53, PCNA, Bax and Bcl2 ratio, cytochrome c and cleavage of PARP were studied by Western blot analysis. The standardization of the extract was performed through reverse phase-HPLC using Rutin as biomarker. RESULTS The results showed dose dependent decrease in growth of K562 cells with an IC50 of 40 ± 0.01 μg/ml by EAPL. Induction of apoptosis by EAPL was dose dependent with the activation of p53, inhibition of PCNA, decrease in Bcl2/Bax ratio, decrease in the mitochondrial membrane potential resulting in release of cytochrome c, activation of multicaspase and cleavage of PARP. Further HPLC standardization of EAPL showed presence 0.024% of Rutin. CONCLUSION Present study significantly demonstrates anticancer activity of EAPL on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (K562) cells which can lead to potential therapeutic agent in treating cancer. Rutin, a known anti cancer compound is being reported and quantified for the first time from EAPL.
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- Alvala Ravi
- G,Pulla Reddy College of Pharmacy, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, 500 028, AP, India.
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