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Altieri MA, da Silva AS, da Silva Moreira S, Zapaterini JR, Arena AC, Barbisan LF. Safety of lactational exposure to venlafaxine on the rat mammary gland development and carcinogenesis in F1 female offspring. Reprod Toxicol 2023; 120:108451. [PMID: 37532207 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2023.108451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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The chronic use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) may result in human gynecomastia, mammoplasia, galactorrhea, and elevated breast cancer risk. As antidepressants are frequently used for postpartum depression (PPD) treatment, this study investigated the adverse effects of lactational exposure to venlafaxine (VENL, a selective SNRI) on mammary gland development and carcinogenesis in F1 female offspring. Thus, lactating Wistar rats (F0) received VENL by oral gavage at daily doses of 3.85, 7.7, or 15.4 mg/kg (N = 9, each group) from lactational day (LD 1) until the weaning of the offspring (LD 21). F1 female offspring were euthanized for mammary gland, and ovary histological analyses on the post-natal day (PND) 22 and 30 (1 pup/litter/period, N = 9, each group). At PND 22, other females (2 pups/litter, N = 18, each group) received a single dose of carcinogen N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU, 50 mg/kg) intraperitoneally (i.p.) for tumor susceptibility assay until PND 250. Tumor incidence and latency were recorded and representative tumor samples were collected for histopathology. The results indicate that lactational exposure to VENL did not alter the development of the mammary gland (epithelial ductal tree or the mean number of terminal end buds), or the ovary (weight and primary, secondary, tertiary, and Graafian follicles) in prepubertal F1 female offspring. In addition, VENL exposure did not influence tumor incidence or tumor latency in adult female offspring that received MNU. Thus, the findings of this animal study indicated that lactational VENL exposure, a period similar to human PPD, did not exert an adverse effect on the mammary gland development at the prepubertal phase or on chemically induced mammary tumorigenesis in adult F1 female rats.
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- Marcelo Augusto Altieri
- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil; São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
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Moura MS, Lozano AFQ, Tavares BM, Figueiredo TM, Franco de Barros JW, Valencise L, de Grava Kempinas W. Prenatal exposure to sertraline, associated or not with stress, can negatively program somatic and neurobehavioral development of female rats, and dysregulate reproductive function in adulthood. Reprod Toxicol 2023; 116:108336. [PMID: 36669626 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2023.108336] [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: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are prescribed to pregnant women for treating mental illnesses. Among the drugs of this class, sertraline (ST) is the antidepressant therapy recommended most frequently. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of gestational ST treatment on reproductive parameters and toxicological target organs of rat female offspring, as well as on somatic, reflex and neurobehavioral development, in a model of maternal adversity. Pregnant Wistar rats received vehicle (filtered water) or ST hydrochloride (20 mg/Kg/day diluted in vehicle) by oral gavage, associated or not with restraint stress for 1 h/day from gestational days 13-20. F1 female offspring was evaluated on reproductive parameters, body weight and somatic and reflex milestones from postnatal day (PND) 1. On PNDs 25 and 72, the elevated-plus-maze test was performed, while toxicological target organs were evaluated on PNDs 42 and 80. In utero exposure to ST, regardless of exposure to stress, reduced body weight at birth and affected the somatic development and estrous cycle. The absolute and relative thyroid weights were increased in Stress/ST group during puberty and adulthood, while the percentage of ovarian structures and the absolute uterine weight were altered in this group on PND 80. Prenatal exposure only to ST reduced initial body weight gain, delayed fur development and increased anxiety-like behavior on PND 25. Thus, this experimental study suggests that intrauterine exposure to ST disrupts the fetal environment and can negatively program serotonin-regulated processes. Furthermore, it impacts thyroid weight when associated with stress.
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- Mayara Silva Moura
- Graduate Program in General and Applied Biology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Botucatu, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
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- Graduate Program in General and Applied Biology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Botucatu, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in General and Applied Biology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Botucatu, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in General and Applied Biology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Botucatu, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in General and Applied Biology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences, Botucatu, SP, Brazil; Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Alyoshina NM, Tkachenko MD, Malchenko LA, Shmukler YB, Nikishin DA. Uptake and Metabolization of Serotonin by Granulosa Cells Form a Functional Barrier in the Mouse Ovary. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232314828. [PMID: 36499156 PMCID: PMC9739058 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Serotonin (5-HT) plays an essential role in regulating female reproductive function in many animals. 5-HT accumulates in the mammalian ovary with the involvement of membrane serotonin transporter SERT and is functionally active in the oocytes of growing follicles, but shows almost no activity in follicular cells. In this study, we clarified the interplay between 5-HT membrane transport and its degradation by monoamine oxidase (MAO) in the mammalian ovary. Using pharmacologic agents and immunohistochemical staining of the cryosections of ovaries after serotonin administration in vitro, we demonstrated the activity of transport and degradation systems in ovarian follicles. The MAO inhibitor pargyline increased serotonin accumulation in the granulosa cells of growing follicles, indicating the activity of both serotonin uptake and degradation by MAO in these cells. The activity of MAO and the specificity of the membrane transport of serotonin was confirmed in primary granulosa cell culture treated with pargyline and fluoxetine. Moreover, the accumulation of serotonin is more effective in the denuded oocytes and occurs at lower concentrations than in the oocytes within the follicles. This confirms that the activity of SERT and MAO in the granulosa cells surrounding the oocytes impedes the accumulation of serotonin in the oocytes and forms a functional barrier to serotonin.
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- Nina M. Alyoshina
- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Street, 26, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, bld. 12, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Street, 26, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Street, 26, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Street, 26, 119334 Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, bld. 12, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Hegstad J, Huijgens PT, Houwing DJ, Olivier JDA, Heijkoop R, Snoeren EMS. Female rat sexual behavior is unaffected by perinatal fluoxetine exposure. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2020; 120:104796. [PMID: 32711369 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Serotonin plays an important role in adult female sexual behavior, however little is known about the influence of serotonin during early development on sexual functioning in adulthood. During early development, serotonin acts as neurotrophic factor, while it functions as a modulatory neurotransmitter in adulthood. The occurrence of serotonin release, could thus have different effects on behavioral outcomes, depending on the developmental period in which serotonin is released. Because serotonin is involved in the development of the HPG axis which is required for puberty establishment, serotonin could also alter expression patterns of for instance the estrogen receptor ɑ (ERɑ). The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of increased serotonin levels during early development on adult female rat sexual behavior during the full behavioral estrus in a seminatural environment. To do so, rats were perinatally exposed with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) fluoxetine (10 mg/kg FLX) and sexual performance was tested during adulthood. All facets of female sexual behavior between the first and last lordosis (behavioral estrus), and within each copulation bout of the behavioral estrus were analyzed. Besides the length and onset of the behavioral estrus and the sexual behaviors patterns, other social and conflict behavior were also investigated. In addition, we studied the effects of perinatal FLX exposure on ERɑ expression patterns in the medial preoptic nucleus, ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus, medial amygdala, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and the dorsal raphé nucleus. The results showed that perinatal fluoxetine exposure has no effect on adult female sexual behavior. The behavioral estrus of FLX-females had the same length and pattern as CTR-females. In addition, FLX- and CTR-females showed the same amount of paracopulatory behavior and lordosis, both during the full behavioral estrus and the "most active bout". Furthermore, no differences were found in the display of social and conflict behaviors, nor in ERɑ expression patterns in the brain. We conclude that increases in serotonin levels during early development do not have long-term consequences for female sexual behavior in adulthood.
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- Jan Hegstad
- Department of Psychology, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurobiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Regional Health Authority of North Norway, Norway.
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Ulker N, Yardimci A, Kaya Tektemur N, Colakoglu N, Ozcan M, Canpolat S, Kelestimur H. Chronic exposure to paroxetine or bupropion modulates the pubertal maturation and the reproductive system in female rats. Reprod Biol 2020; 20:154-163. [PMID: 32299777 DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2020.03.009] [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: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Antidepressant drugs are globally used to treat several psychiatric disorders in pediatric patients and their prescription has continued to increase in recent years, especially among girls. In addition to its well-known metabolic and gastrointestinal side effects, antidepressants can cause sexual dysfunction in adults. However, the effects of the antidepressants on puberty onset and reproductive system remain unclear in children and adolescents. Therefore, the goal of this study is to examine the effects of chronic postnatal antidepressant drugs, paroxetine or bupropion, treatments on puberty onset and reproductive system components in female rats weaned at postnatal day (PND) 21. Female rats (n = 10 for each group) were exposed to vehicle (0.2 mL of saline), paroxetine (3.6 mg/kg in 0.2 mL of saline) or bupropion (17 mg/kg in 0.2 mL of saline) daily by oral gavage from the PND 21 to PND 90-93. Chronic paroxetine or bupropion treatments advanced the puberty onset, but the difference was statistically significant in only the paroxetine group. The exposure to bupropion significantly decreased the serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels. There were increases in serum estradiol levels by both antidepressant treatments and the significance was found in only the paroxetine group. Consistent with these results, histopathologic changes were observed in the ovary and uterus tissues taken from both antidepressant-treated rats. The obtained results of chronic postnatal exposure to paroxetine or bupropion may change the timing of puberty onset and lead to disruption of reproductive functions in females.
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- Nazife Ulker
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
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Pavlicev M, Zupan AM, Barry A, Walters S, Milano KM, Kliman HJ, Wagner GP. An experimental test of the ovulatory homolog model of female orgasm. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:20267-20273. [PMID: 31570579 PMCID: PMC6789565 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1910295116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The ovulatory homolog model of female orgasm posits that the neuro-endocrine mechanisms underlying female orgasm evolved from and are homologous to the mechanisms mediating copulation-induced ovulation in some mammals. This model predicts that pharmacological agents that affect human orgasm, such as fluoxetine, should also affect ovulation in animals with copulation-induced ovulation, such as rabbits. We tested this prediction by treating rabbits with daily doses of fluoxetine for 2 wk and found that fluoxetine treatment reduces the number of ovulations postcopulation by 30%. In a second experiment we tested whether this result was mediated by an effect on the brain or via peripheral serotonin functions. We treated animals with fluoxetine and induced ovulation with a single injection of human chorionic gonadotropin. In this experiment ovulation rate was nominally reduced by only 8%, which is statistically not significant. We conclude that the effect of fluoxetine on copulation-induced ovulation rate supports the ovulatory homolog model of female orgasm, suggesting that female orgasm has very deep evolutionary roots among the early eutherian mammals.
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- Mihaela Pavlicev
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267
- Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
- Center for Preterm Birth, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229
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- Center for Preterm Birth, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267
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- Veterinary Services Surgical Core, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT 06510
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT 06510
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT 06510;
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
- Yale Systems Biology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516
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Yardimci A, Ulker N, Bulmus O, Kaya N, Colakoglu N, Ozcan M, Canpolat S, Kelestimur H. Effects of long‐term paroxetine or bupropion treatment on puberty onset, reproductive and feeding parameters in adolescent male rats. Andrologia 2019; 51:e13268. [DOI: 10.1111/and.13268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Ahmet Yardimci
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine Firat University Elazig Turkey
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Benevides ROA, Vale CC, Fontelles JLL, França LM, Teófilo TS, Silva SN, Paes AMA, Gaspar RS. Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels improves metabolic and ovarian parameters in female obese rats with malfunctioning hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis. J Ovarian Res 2019; 12:13. [PMID: 30717749 PMCID: PMC6360653 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-019-0490-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Obesity is a chronic and multifactorial disease characterized by increased adipose tissue. In females, obesity leads to reduced ovulation and lower chances of conception in diseases like polycystic ovary syndrome, making it important to characterize complementary medicine to attenuate such deleterious effects. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effects of a hydroethanolic extract from Syzigium cumini leaves in female reproductive impairments present in the obesity model of neonatal L-monosodium glutamate injection. Methods Newborn Wistar rats received saline (CTRL) or L-monosodium glutamate 4 mg/g BW (MSG). At 90 days of age, CTRL and some MSG rats received saline, while others received hydroethanolic extract of S. cumini leaves (HESc 500 mg/kg/day, MSG-Syz group) for 30 consecutive days. Estrous cycle was determined by daily vaginal washes. On days 26 and 28 of treatment, oral glucose tolerance test and blood collection were performed for biochemical assessment. At the end, animals were euthanized during estrous phase; blood was collected to measure sex hormones and organs collected for weighing and histological evaluation. Results MSG-Syz showed reduced Lee Index, retroperitoneal fat pads and restored gluco-insulin axis. Moreover, HESc treatment reduced serum cholesterol levels when compared to MSG. Treatment with HESc did not restore the oligociclicity observed in obese animals, though MSG-Syz reestablished ovarian follicle health back to CTRL levels, with proliferating primordial follicles – these effects were followed by a decrease on periovarian adipocyte area. Conclusions This is the first report to show the reversibility of the reproductive dysfunctions seen in MSG female rats through ethnopharmacological treatment. Moreover, it expands the use of HESc as a prominent tool to treat metabolic and reproductive disorders. Finally, we provide novel evidence that, without a functioning hypothalamus-pituitary-gonads axis, metabolic improvement is ineffective for estrous cyclicity, but critical for ovarian follicle health.
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- R O A Benevides
- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Animais, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. .,Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Harborne Building, Reading, UK.
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Nikishin DA, Khramova YV, Bagayeva TS, Semenova ML, Shmukler YB. Expression of Components of the Serotonergic System in Folliculogenesis and Preimplantation Development in Mice. Russ J Dev Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062360418030062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Molina-Jiménez T, Limón-Morales O, Bonilla-Jaime H. Early postnatal treatment with clomipramine induces female sexual behavior and estrous cycle impairment. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2018; 166:27-34. [PMID: 29407872 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2018.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Revised: 01/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Administration of clomipramine (CMI), a tricyclic antidepressant, in early stages of development in rats, is considered an animal model for the study of depression. This pharmacological manipulation has induced behavioral and physiological alterations, i.e., less pleasure-seeking behaviors, despair, hyperactivity, cognitive dysfunction, alterations in neurotransmitter systems and in HPA axis. These abnormalities in adult male rats are similar to the symptoms observed in major depressive disorders. One of the main pleasure-seeking behaviors affected in male rats treated with CMI is sexual behavior. However, to date, no effects of early postnatal CMI treatment have been reported on female reproductive cyclicity and sexual behavior. Therefore, we explored CMI administration in early life (8-21 PN) on the estrous cycle and sexual behavior of adult female rats. Compared to the rats in the early postnatal saline treatment (CTRL group), the CMI rats had fewer estrous cycles, fewer days in the estrous stage, and longer cycles during a 20-day period of vaginal cytology analysis. On the behavioral test, the CMI rats displayed fewer proceptive behaviors (hopping, darting) and had lower lordosis quotients. Also, they usually failed to display lordosis and only rarely manifested marginal or normal lordosis. In contrast, the CTRL rats tended to display normal lordosis. These results suggest that early postnatal CMI treatment caused long-term disruptions of the estrous cycle and female sexual behavior, perhaps by alteration in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axes and in neuronal circuits involved in the regulation of the performance and motivational of sexual behavior as the noradrenergic and serotonergic systems.
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- Tania Molina-Jiménez
- Posgrado en Biología Experimental, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado, Postal 55 535, C.P. 09340 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av Universidad 3000, Cd. Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Apartado Postal 55 535, C.P. 09340 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Hudon Thibeault AA, Laurent L, Vo Duy S, Sauvé S, Caron P, Guillemette C, Sanderson JT, Vaillancourt C. Fluoxetine and its active metabolite norfluoxetine disrupt estrogen synthesis in a co-culture model of the feto-placental unit. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 442:32-39. [PMID: 27890559 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The effects of fluoxetine, one of the most prescribed selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy, and its active metabolite norfluoxetine were studied on placental aromatase (CYP19) and feto-placental steroidogenesis. Fluoxetine did not alter estrogen secretion in co-culture of fetal-like adrenocortical (H295R) and trophoblast-like (BeWo) cells used as a model of the feto-placental unit, although it induced CYP19 activity, apparently mediated by the serotonin (5-HT)2A receptor/PKC signaling pathway. Norfluoxetine decreased estrogen secretion in the feto-placental co-culture and competitively inhibited catalytic CYP19 activity in BeWo cells. Decreased serotonin transporter (SERT) activity in the co-culture was comparable to 17β-estradiol treatment of BeWo cells. This work shows that the complex interaction of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine with placental estrogen production, involves 5-HT-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Considering the crucial role of estrogens during pregnancy, our results raise concern about the impact of SSRI treatment on placental function and fetal health.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrée-Anne Hudon Thibeault
- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531, Boul. des Prairies, Laval, QC, H7V 1B7, Canada; BioMed Research Centre, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Well-Being, Health, Society and Environment (CINBIOSE), Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada
| | - Laetitia Laurent
- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531, Boul. des Prairies, Laval, QC, H7V 1B7, Canada; BioMed Research Centre, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Well-Being, Health, Society and Environment (CINBIOSE), Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada
| | - Sung Vo Duy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
| | - Sébastien Sauvé
- Department of Chemistry, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
| | - Patrick Caron
- Laboratoire de Pharmacogénomique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, 2705 Boul. Laurier, Local T3-48, Québec, QC, G1V 4G2, Canada
| | - Chantal Guillemette
- Laboratoire de Pharmacogénomique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, 2705 Boul. Laurier, Local T3-48, Québec, QC, G1V 4G2, Canada
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- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531, Boul. des Prairies, Laval, QC, H7V 1B7, Canada.
| | - Cathy Vaillancourt
- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, 531, Boul. des Prairies, Laval, QC, H7V 1B7, Canada; BioMed Research Centre, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Well-Being, Health, Society and Environment (CINBIOSE), Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada.
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