Trans-generational neurochemical modulation of methamphetamine in the adult brain of the Wistar rat

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Beitragende

  • Michaela Fujáková-Lipski - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví, Karlsuniversität Prag (Autor:in)
  • Daniel Kaping - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie (Autor:in)
  • Jana Šírová - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví, Karlsuniversität Prag, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie (Autor:in)
  • Jiří Horáček - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví (Autor:in)
  • Tomáš Páleníček - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví (Autor:in)
  • Petr Zach - , Karlsuniversität Prag (Autor:in)
  • Jan Klaschka - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Petr Kačer - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví (Autor:in)
  • Kamila Syslová - , University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (Autor:in)
  • Monika Vrajová - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví (Autor:in)
  • Věra Bubenikova-Valešová - , Národní ústav duševního zdraví (Autor:in)
  • Christian Beste - , Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Národní ústav duševního zdraví (Autor:in)
  • Romana Šlamberová - , Karlsuniversität Prag (Autor:in)

Abstract

Chronic methamphetamine (METH) abuse has been shown to elicit strong neurotoxic effects. Yet, with an increasing number of children born to METH abusing mothers maturing into adulthood, one important question is how far do the neurotoxic effects of METH alter various neurotransmitter systems in the adult METH-exposed offspring. The purpose of this study was to investigate long-term trans-generational neurochemical changes, following prenatal METH exposure, in the adult Wistar rat brain. METH or saline (SAL—control animals) was administered to pregnant dams throughout the entire gestation period (G0-G22). At postnatal day 90, dopamine, serotonin, glutamate and GABA were measured in the adult brain before (baseline) and after a METH re-administration using in vivo microdialysis and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. The results show that METH-exposure increased basal levels of monoamines and glutamate, but decreased GABA levels in all measured brain regions. Acute challenge with METH injection in the METH-exposed group induced a lower increase in the monoamine system relative to the increase in the GABAergic and glutamatergic system. The data show that prenatal METH exposure has strong effects on the monoaminergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic system even when exposure to METH was limited to the prenatal phase. Toxicological effects of METH have therefore longer lasting effects as currently considered and seem to affect the excitatory-inhibitory balance in the brain having strong implications for cognitive and behavioral functioning.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)3373-3384
Seitenumfang12
FachzeitschriftArchives of toxicology
Jahrgang91
Ausgabenummer10
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Okt. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 28477265
ORCID /0000-0002-2989-9561/work/160952487

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • In-vivo microdialysis, Methamphetamine, Neurotransmitters, Prenatal drug exposure, Rats