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Čečmanová V, Houdek P, Šuchmanová K, Sládek M, Sumová A. Development and Entrainment of the Fetal Clock in the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei: The Role of Glucocorticoids. J Biol Rhythms 2019; 34:307-322. [PMID: 30854919 DOI: 10.1177/0748730419835360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The adult circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is resilient to glucocorticoids (GCs). The fetal rodent SCN resembles that of the adult in its organization of GC-sensitive peripheral tissues. We tested the hypothesis that the fetal SCN clock is sensitive to changes in GC levels. Maternal GCs must pass through the placenta to reach the fetal SCN. We show that the maternal but not the fetal part of the placenta harbors the autonomous circadian clock, which is reset by dexamethasone (DEX) and rhythmically expresses Hsd11b2. The results suggest the presence of a mechanism for rhythmic GC passage through the placental barrier, which is adjusted according to actual GC levels. GC receptors are expressed rhythmically in the laser-dissected fetal SCN samples. We demonstrate that hypothalamic explants containing the SCN of the mPer2 Luc mouse prepared at embryonic day (E)15 spontaneously develop rhythmicity within several days of culture, with dynamics varying among fetuses from the same litter. Culturing these explants in media enriched with DEX accelerates the development. At E17, treatment of the explants with DEX induces phase advances and phase delays of the rhythms depending on the timing of treatments, and the shifts are completely blocked by the GC receptor antagonist, mifepristone. The DEX-induced phase-response curve differs from that induced by the vehicle. The fetal SCN is sensitive to GCs in vivo because DEX administration to pregnant rats acutely downregulates c-fos expression specifically in the laser-dissected fetal SCN. Our results provide evidence that the rodent fetal SCN clock may respond to changes in GC levels.
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- Vendula Čečmanová
- Department of Neurohumoral Regulations, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurohumoral Regulations, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurohumoral Regulations, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurohumoral Regulations, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurohumoral Regulations, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Kay HH, Bird IM, Coe CL, Dudley DJ. Antenatal Steroid Treatment and Adverse Fetal Effects: What Is the Evidence? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/107155760000700501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Helen H. Kay
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin, the Harlow Primate Laboratory, University of Wisconsin; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Harlow Primate Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas
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Coe CL, Lubach GR. Vital and vulnerable functions of the primate placenta critical for infant health and brain development. Front Neuroendocrinol 2014; 35:439-46. [PMID: 24699357 PMCID: PMC4175171 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The placenta is essential to mammalian pregnancy with many roles beyond just nutrient supply, including both endocrine and immune functions. During the course of evolution, the placenta of higher primates has acquired some unique features, including the capacity to secrete corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). In addition, a placental receptor for IgG enables particularly high levels of protective maternal antibody to reach the fetus before birth. This paper reviews the placental biology of primates, and discusses its involvement in adrenocortical hormone activity during pregnancy, the transfer of maternal antibody, and finally the delivery of maternal iron to the fetus, which is needed for normal brain development. An understanding of these vital functions during a full-term, healthy pregnancy provides insights into the consequences of gestational disturbances, such as maternal stress, illness, and undernutrition, which have even larger ramifications if the infant is born premature.
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- Christopher L Coe
- Harlow Center for Biology Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States.
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- Harlow Center for Biology Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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Coe CL, Lubach GR. Developmental consequences of antenatal dexamethasone treatment in nonhuman primates. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2005; 29:227-35. [PMID: 15811495 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Research assessing fetal exposure to dexamethasone and betamethasone in animals has raised concerns about the potential for adverse side effects following antenatal treatments, not withstanding the beneficial and desired improvement in lung function. Some of the inhibitory effects on physical growth and the long-term alterations in endocrine, immune and neural physiology may reflect species differences in the fetal sensitivity of rodents and monkeys to corticosteroids or perhaps could be attributed to the higher drug doses often used in animal studies. However, since steroidal drugs can be administered for extended periods in clinical practice, and also are occasionally given in the range found to cause significant effects on the brain and immune responses of infant monkeys, the simian studies have important cautionary implications for obstetrical and pediatric practice.
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- Christopher L Coe
- Harlow Center for Biological Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 22 North Charter Street, Madison, WI 53715, USA.
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Coe CL, Kramer M, Kirschbaum C, Netter P, Fuchs E. Prenatal stress diminishes the cytokine response of leukocytes to endotoxin stimulation in juvenile rhesus monkeys. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002; 87:675-81. [PMID: 11836303 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.2.8233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This study investigated whether exposing the fetal primate to repeated episodes of maternal stress would have long-lasting effects on the endotoxin-induced cytokine response and corticosteroid sensitivity of peripheral blood cells in juvenile animals. Pregnant rhesus monkeys were acutely aroused on a daily basis for 6 wk using an acoustical startle protocol, either early or late in the 24-wk pregnancy. To quantify cytokine responses and corticosteroid sensitivity in their offspring at 2 yr of age, whole blood cultures were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and incubated with dexamethasone (DEX). TNFalpha and IL-6 levels were determined in the culture supernatants. The blood samples were collected from undisturbed monkeys under baseline conditions, as well as in an aroused state induced by a 2 h social separation. Juvenile monkeys from stressed pregnancies had significantly lower cellular cytokine responses compared with the undisturbed controls. When DEX was added to the cell cultures, it systematically inhibited TNFalpha and IL-6 production, bringing the values for control animals down into the range of the prenatally stressed animals. Lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine production was also markedly suppressed by the experience of acute stress, reducing cytokine responses of controls to the levels found for prenatally disturbed monkeys under baseline conditions. Therefore, this study has demonstrated that prenatal disturbance can induce a lasting change in cytokine biology, which persists well beyond the fetal and infant stage. Further, these effects may be due to elevated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in the prenatally stressed animals, because both DEX and acute arousal made the cells from control monkeys appear more similar to those from disturbed pregnancies.
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- Christopher L Coe
- Division of Neurobiology, German Primate Center, Göttingen D-37077, Germany
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Arcuri F, Monder C, Battistini S, Hausknecht V, Lockwood CJ, Schatz F. Potential role of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in human trophoblast-endometrial interactions. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 784:433-8. [PMID: 8651593 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb16258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- F Arcuri
- Population Council Center for Biomedical Research, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Affiliation(s)
- G C Liggins
- Research Centre in Reproductive Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Hansen DK, Grafton TF. Comparison of dexamethasone-induced embryotoxicity in vitro in mouse and rat embryos. TERATOGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, AND MUTAGENESIS 1994; 14:281-9. [PMID: 7709365 DOI: 10.1002/tcm.1770140605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Previous work demonstrated that rat embryos were more susceptible to the growth retardation effect of the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX) in vivo than were mouse embryos. The purpose of this study was to examine this species difference using an in vitro system. Embryos of CD rats and CD-1 mice were cultured in a whole embryo culture system with concentrations of DEX from 5 to 250 micrograms/ml. Rat embryos were explanted on day 9 of gestation (GD 9: plug day = GD 0), while mouse embryos were removed on GD 8. After 48 h in culture, each viable embryo was evaluated for morphological score, and the number of somite pairs, crown-rump, and head lengths, as well as DNA and protein concentrations were determined. A reduced morphological score was observed for mouse embryos at 5 micrograms DEX/ml, but a significant decrease in this parameter was only observed at DEX concentrations of > or = 100 micrograms/ml in rat embryos. Significant reductions in the number of somite pairs were observed at 25 micrograms/ml for mouse embryos and 100 micrograms/ml for rat embryos. Crown-rump and head lengths as well as DNA and protein concentrations were significantly decreased at 100 micrograms/ml in mouse embryos and 150 micrograms/ml in rat embryos. Therefore, in vitro mouse embryos were adversely affected by lower concentrations of DEX than were rat embryos for each of the six end points examined in this study. This species sensitivity in vitro could be due to inherent genetic differences or to the slightly different developmental stages evaluated using the culture system.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D K Hansen
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas
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11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(08)60447-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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- A.G. Hendrickx
- California Primale Research CenterUniversity of California, DavisDavisCA
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- California Primale Research CenterUniversity of California, DavisDavisCA
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Smith MA, Thomford PJ, Mattison DR, Slikker W. Transport and metabolism of dexamethasone in the dually perfused human placenta. Reprod Toxicol 1988; 2:37-43. [PMID: 2980400 DOI: 10.1016/s0890-6238(88)80007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Dexamethasone (DEX), a synthetic glucocorticoid, has been suggested to accelerate fetal lung maturation and is sometimes used clinically during premature labor for this purpose. These experiments were initiated to measure the rate of transfer and metabolism of DEX by the human placenta. Lobules from full term (38-41 weeks) human placentas, obtained immediately after delivery, were perfused on both maternal and fetal sides. Radiolabeled (14C) DEX and tritiated water were infused into the maternal artery. Samples were taken at timed intervals throughout the perfusion period from the maternal artery (MA), maternal vein (MV), fetal artery (FA) and fetal vein (FV). Transport was determined by liquid scintillation spectroscopy and metabolism of DEX was determined by reversed phase HPLC. Tritiated water reached equilibrium between the maternal and fetal circulations within 75 min of perfusion, while total 14C-labeled radioactivity attained equilibrium after 180 min. HPLC revealed one metabolite of DEX which co-migrated with an 11-ketobetamethasone standard. The concentration of metabolite at 10, 30, 120, and 240 min in the FV were 9, 22, 40, and 41 ng/ml, respectively, and in the MV were 15, 28, 46, and 48 ng/ml, respectively. However, the ratio of metabolite/DEX was greater at 10 min in the FV (0.39) than in the MV (0.08). These data suggest that DEX crosses the human term placenta, that an enzyme in the placenta metabolizes DEX into an 11-keto-metabolite, and that a greater metabolite:DEX ratio is found at earlier times in the fetal circulation than in the maternal circulation.
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- M A Smith
- Division of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079
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The delivery of potential developmental toxicants to the conceptus is dependent on several metabolic and pharmacokinetic factors. Within the maternal-embryo/fetal unit, maternal, placental, and embryo/fetal factors must be considered. These factors include blood flow, permeability, biotransformation, and elimination. Pharmacokinetic models based on data gathered from appropriate in vivo and in vitro studies may be used to describe the effect of these factors on toxicant delivery to the conceptus. Several known human developmental toxicants are discussed in terms of the metabolic and pharmacokinetic factors controlling their delivery to the conceptus. Metabolic events, including activation and/or detoxification, have been reported for the majority of the toxicants examined. Thus it would appear that the role of metabolism should be considered during the testing of potential developmental toxicants.
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- W Slikker
- Division of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079
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Leal M, Carson S, Bidanset JH, Balkon J, Barletta M, Hyland MD. A method to obtain maternal-fetal plasma samples using a microsampling technique in the rat: transplacental passage of cefoxitin. Reprod Toxicol 1987; 1:111-6. [PMID: 2980368 DOI: 10.1016/0890-6238(87)90005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A microsampling technique that allows taking blood samples from the umbilical vein of the pregnant rat is described. Such techniques are needed in order to allow pharmacokinetic and embryo exposure to be correlated with teratogenic endpoints. Cefoxitin was administered intravenously (300 mg/kg) into tracheotomized, pentobarbital anesthetized dams on day 21 in gestation. Blood samples were collected via the carotid artery from the dam and the umbilical vein of the fetus at designated times. Up to three samples of 20 to 30 microliters each, were taken from individual fetuses at 20-min intervals. With few exceptions, fetal cefoxitin concentrations were homogeneous at each sampling period. Fetal concentrations were low compared to maternal concentrations as seen by the small fetal/maternal area under the curve ratio (0.053 +/- 0.006).
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- M Leal
- Department Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York 11439
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