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Xu Y, Alves-Wagner AB, Inada H, Firouzjah SD, Osana S, Amir MS, Conlin RH, Hirshman MF, Nozik ES, Goodyear LJ, Nagatomi R, Kusuyama J. Placenta-derived SOD3 deletion impairs maternal behavior via alterations in FGF/FGFR-prolactin signaling axis. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114789. [PMID: 39325622 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114789] [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: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2024] [Accepted: 09/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Offspring growth requires establishing maternal behavior associated with the maternal endocrine profile. Placentae support the adaptations of the mother, producing bioactive molecules that affect maternal organs. We recently reported that placentae produce superoxide dismutase 3 (SOD3) that exerts sustained effects on the offspring liver via epigenetic modifications. Here, we demonstrate that placenta-specific Sod3 knockout (Sod3-/-) dams exhibited impaired maternal behavior and decreased prolactin levels. Most fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-regulated pathways were downregulated in the pituitary tissues from Sod3-/- dams. FGF1-, FGF2-, and FGF4-induced prolactin expression and signaling via the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)-phospholipase C-γ1 (PLCγ1)-protein kinase-Cδ (PKC)δ axis were reduced in primary pituitary cells from Sod3-/- dams. Mechanistically, FGF1/FGF receptor (FGFR)2 expressions were inhibited by the suppression of the ten-eleven translocation (TET)/isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)/α-ketoglutarate pathway and DNA demethylation levels at the zinc finger and BTB domain containing 18 (ZBTB18)-targeted promoters of Fgf1/Fgfr2. Importantly, offspring from Sod3-/- dams also showed impaired nurturing behavior to their grandoffspring. Collectively, placenta-derived SOD3 promotes maternal behavior via epigenetic programming of the FGF/FGFR-prolactin axis.
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- Yidan Xu
- Department of Biosignals and Inheritance, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; Department of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Biosignals and Inheritance, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; Division of Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Airlangga University, Surabaya 60132, Indonesia; Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Laboratories and Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Biosignals and Inheritance, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; Department of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; Division of Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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Mogi K, Akiyama U, Futagawa N, Tamura K, Kamiya M, Mizuta M, Yamaoka M, Kamimura I, Kuze-Arata S, Kikusui T. Intergenerational transmission of maternal behavioral traits in mice: involvement of the gut microbiota. Front Neurosci 2024; 17:1302841. [PMID: 38260015 PMCID: PMC10800389 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1302841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
The matrilineal transmission of maternal behavior has been reported in several species. Studies, primarily on rats, have suggested the importance of postnatal experience and the involvement of epigenetic mechanisms in mediating these transmissions. This study aims to determine whether the matrilineal transmission of maternal behavior occurs in mice and whether the microbiota is involved. We first observed that early weaned (EW) female mice showed lower levels of maternal behavior, particularly licking/grooming (LG) of their own pups, than normally weaned (NW) female mice. This difference in maternal behavioral traits was also observed in the second generation, even though all mice were weaned normally. In the subsequent cross-fostering experiment, the levels of LG were influenced by the nurturing mother but not the biological mother. Finally, we transplanted the fecal microbiota from EW or NW mice into germ-free (GF) mice raising pups. The maternal behaviors that the pups exhibited toward their own offspring after growth were analyzed, and the levels of LG in GF mice colonized with microbiota from EW mice were lower than those in GF mice colonized with microbiota from NW mice. These results clearly indicate that, among maternal behavioral traits, LG is intergenerationally transmitted in mice and suggest that the vertical transmission of microbiota is involved in this process. This study demonstrates the universality of the intergenerational transmission of maternal behavioral traits and provides new insights into the role of microbiota.
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- Kazutaka Mogi
- Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan
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Sur D, Agranyoni O, Kirby M, Cohen N, Bagaev A, Karandasheva K, Shmerkin E, Gorobets D, Savita BK, Avneri R, Divon MS, Lax E, Michaelevski I, Pinhasov A. Nurture outpaces nature: fostering with an attentive mother alters social dominance in a mouse model of stress sensitivity. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:3816-3828. [PMID: 37845494 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02273-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Maternal care is critical for epigenetic programming during postnatal brain development. Stress is recognized as a critical factor that may affect maternal behavior, yet owing to high heterogeneity in stress response, its impact varies among individuals. We aimed here to understand the connection between inborn stress vulnerability, maternal care, and early epigenetic programming using mouse populations that exhibit opposite poles of the behavioral spectrum (social dominance [Dom] and submissiveness [Sub]) and differential response to stress. In contrast to stress-resilient Dom dams, stress-vulnerable Sub dams exhibit significantly lower maternal attachment, serum oxytocin, and colonic Lactobacillus reuteri populations. Sub offspring showed a reduced hippocampal expression of key methylation genes at postnatal day (PND) 7 and a lack of developmentally-dependent increase in 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) at PND 21. In addition, Sub pups exhibit significant hypermethylation of gene promoters connected with glutamatergic synapses and behavioral responses. We were able to reverse the submissive endophenotype through cross-fostering Sub pups with Dom dams (Sub/D). Thus, Sub/D pups exhibited elevated hippocampal expression of DNMT3A at PND 7 and increased 5-mC levels at PND 21. Furthermore, adult Sub/D offspring exhibited increased sociability, social dominance, and hippocampal glutamate and monoamine levels resembling the neurochemical profile of Dom mice. We postulate that maternal inborn stress vulnerability governs epigenetic patterning sculpted by maternal care and intestinal microbiome diversity during early developmental stages and shapes the array of gene expression patterns that may dictate neuronal architecture with a long-lasting impact on stress sensitivity and the social behavior of offspring.
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- Debpali Sur
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
- Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ariel University, Ramat HaGolan St 65, 4077625, Ariel, Israel.
- Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
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Hirota I, Koyama Y, Shimada S. Histochemical analysis of the biphasic properties of formalin pain-induced behavior. Biochem Biophys Rep 2023; 34:101467. [PMID: 37125080 PMCID: PMC10139972 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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The formalin test has been established as a method for evaluating mouse models of pain. Although there have been numerous reports of formalin-pain-induced behavior, few reports of a detailed histochemical analysis of the central nervous system focus on behavioral biphasic properties. To investigate the alternation of spinal neuronal activity with formalin-induced pain, we performed immunofluorescent staining with c-Fos antibodies as neuronal activity markers using acute pain model mice induced by 2% formalin stimulation. As a result, phase-specific expression patterns were observed. In the spinal dorsal horn region, there were many neural activities in the deep region (layers V-VII) in the behavioral first phase and those in the surface region (layers I-III) in the behavioral second phase. Furthermore, we conducted comparative studies using low concentrations (0.25%) of formalin and capsaicin, which did not show distinct behavioral biphasic properties. Neural activity was observed only in the spinal dorsal horn surface region for both stimuli. Our study suggested that the histochemical biphasic nature of formalin-induced pain was attributable to the activity of the deep region of the spinal cord. In the future, treatment strategies focusing on the deep region neuron will lead to the development of effective treatments for allodynia and intractable chronic pain.
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- Ikuei Hirota
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
- Addiction Research Unit, Osaka Psychiatric Research Center, Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Osaka, 541-8567, Japan
- Corresponding author. Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
- Addiction Research Unit, Osaka Psychiatric Research Center, Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Osaka, 541-8567, Japan
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Kozlova T, Rudnitskaya E, Burnyasheva A, Stefanova N, Peunov D, Kolosova N. Delayed Formation of Neonatal Reflexes and of Locomotor Skills Is Associated with Poor Maternal Behavior in OXYS Rats Prone to Alzheimer's Disease-like Pathology. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10112910. [PMID: 36428477 PMCID: PMC9687320 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10112910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Postnatal brain development is characterized by high plasticity with critical windows of opportunity where any intervention may positively or adversely influence postnatal growth and lead to long-lasting consequences later in life. Poor maternal care is among these interventions. Here, we found that senescence-accelerated OXYS rats prone to an Alzheimer's disease-like pathology are characterized by more passive maternal behavior and insufficient care for pups as compared to control (Wistar) rats. OXYS pups demonstrated a delay in physical development (of auricle detachment, of emergence of pelage and incisors, of eye opening, and of vaginal opening in females) and late manifestation of reflexes and locomotor skills. All observed behavioral abnormalities are connected either with poor coordination of limbs' movements or with a decrease in motivation and development of depression-like behavior. It is possible that their manifestations can be promoted by the features of maternal behavior of OXYS rats. Overall, these early-life events may have long-lasting consequences and contribute to neurodegeneration and development of the Alzheimer's disease-like pathology later in life.
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- Tatiana Kozlova
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (ICG SB RAS), 10 Akad. Lavrentyeva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (ICG SB RAS), 10 Akad. Lavrentyeva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (ICG SB RAS), 10 Akad. Lavrentyeva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (ICG SB RAS), 10 Akad. Lavrentyeva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (ICG SB RAS), 10 Akad. Lavrentyeva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova Str., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (ICG SB RAS), 10 Akad. Lavrentyeva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Shimizu K, Tanaka-Yachi R, Nakamura K. Difference in infantile mother preference is associated with adult anxiety/object recognition in C57BL/6 mice. Neurosci Res 2022; 182:60-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2022.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Jackson EE, McGlone FP, Haggarty CJ. The social brain has a nerve: insights from attachment and autistic phenotypes. Curr Opin Behav Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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