Publication: Fetal exposure to high levels of maternal glucocorticoids alters reelin signaling in the prefrontal cortex of rat pups
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2019-11-01
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1873474X
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07365748
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Mahidol University
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International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. Vol.78, (2019), 185-190
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Ratirat Kolaka, Charoonroj Chotwiwatthanakun, Nuanchan Chutabhakdikul Fetal exposure to high levels of maternal glucocorticoids alters reelin signaling in the prefrontal cortex of rat pups. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. Vol.78, (2019), 185-190. doi:10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2019.04.004 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/50039
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Fetal exposure to high levels of maternal glucocorticoids alters reelin signaling in the prefrontal cortex of rat pups
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© 2019 ISDN Maternal stress (MS) is associated with various neuropsychiatric disorders and cognitive impairment in the offspring. However, it is unclear how early life stress alters the pup's brain development and how it contributes to the pathology of neuropsychiatric disorders later in life. Reelin is a large extracellular matrix glycoprotein that plays essential roles in early brain development such as neural migration, synaptic development, and maturation. Dysregulation of reelin and its signaling proteins is associated with the emergence of neuropsychiatric disorders in adulthood. This study examined the effect of repeated maternal Carbenoxolone (CBX) injection during late gestation on reelin signaling in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of rat pups. CBX is a selective 11β-HSD2 enzyme inhibitor that promotes the direct transfer of maternal corticosteroids (CORT) to the fetus. Therefore, treatment with CBX can mimic the animal model of early life exposure to high levels of maternal stress hormone. In this study, pregnant rats were injected daily with either saline or CBX during gestation day (GD) 14–21, and the levels of reelin and its signaling proteins were examined in the PFC of rat pups at different postnatal age from P0-P21. The main result of this study is the repeated maternal CBX injections during GD14-21 acutely increase reln mRNA and protein expression in the PFC of rat pups at birth (P0) and follow by a significant decrease during P7-P14. The treatment also causes long term decreases in the amount of VLDLR and Dab1 which are the downstream signaling proteins for the reelin pathway, at least until P21. Our results indicated that fetal exposure to high levels of maternal CORT interferes with reelin signaling which might have profound effects on cortical development associated with neuropsychiatric disorders later in life.