Mild Prenatal Stress Exposure Contributed to Behavioral Changes Induced by Postnatal Injections and Blocked The Effects of Olanzapine
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State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China,State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China,State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China,State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

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This work was supported by grants from The State Major Research Project: What is a fundamental constituent of cognition (2012CB825500), the State Major Research Project: Brainnetome based on multimodal magnetic resonance imaging and its clinic application (2011CB707800), The National Natural Science Foundation of China (91132302), The Major Research Project of The National Natural Science Foundation of China: New methods and technologies for labeling the memory-related neural circuits (91132307)

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    Exposure of pregnant females to strong prenatal stress generally induces psychotic-like behavioral impairments in their offspring. In contrast to strong stress exposure, mild prenatal stress exposure (MPSE) has been reported to increase the vulnerability of the nervous system to adverse environmental stimuli. However, the impacts of MPSE on treatment with antipsychotic medication have not been well investigated. In addition, although commonly utilized in animal experiments, the potential influences of injections per se on animal behavior have not been evaluated. Here, we investigated how MPSE, postnatal injections and olanzapine (OLZ) treatment might interact to affect the behavior of rats. Pregnant female rats were exposed to mild stress or left undisturbed during the last week of gestation. Their offspring were divided into three sub-groups and subjected to injections with saline or OLZ (2 mg/kg) on postnatal days (PDs) 7, 9 and 11 or were left undisturbed without injection. Social and olfactory discrimination tests were performed during adolescent (PD 35) and adult (PD 60) periods. Total exploratory time and the degree of preference in the discrimination tests were measured. We found that postnatal injections changed the degree of preference in adolescent prenatally stressed rats but had no effect on the degree of preference in the non-stressed rats. OLZ treatment increased the social exploratory time in the non-stressed rats during the adolescent and adult periods. However, these enhancing effects were diminished in the prenatally stressed rats. Our results indicate that MPSE could contribute to the behavioral changes induced by adverse stimuli such as postnatal injections and could reduce the treatment effects of antipsychotic medication.

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SHAN Liang, LIU Tian-E, ZHAO Xu-Dong, MA Yuan-Ye. Mild Prenatal Stress Exposure Contributed to Behavioral Changes Induced by Postnatal Injections and Blocked The Effects of Olanzapine[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2015,42(6):543-550

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  • Received:March 27,2015
  • Revised:May 06,2015
  • Accepted:May 07,2015
  • Online: June 24,2015
  • Published: June 20,2015