母鼠孕前慢性应激对成年雄性子代行为学和脑区单胺递质的影响

目的 研究母鼠孕前慢性应激对成年雄性子代行为学和脑内单胺类神经递质的影响.方法 16只成年雌性SD大鼠随机分为正常对照组和慢性不可预见性应激组(CUS),CUS组大鼠每天接受一种应激,共21d,正常对照组不接受任何应激.应激结束后10 d,2组大鼠均与同种SD雄性大鼠合笼,以成年2月龄雄性子代作为研究对象.用糖水消耗实验测量快感缺失,Morris水迷宫检测空间记忆能力,高效液相色谱法测量海马、下丘脑和前额皮质单胺递质的含量.结果 糖水消耗实验示正常对照组子代的糖水消耗量和糖水消耗百分比均显著高于CUS组子代糖水消耗量:(10.23±4.12)g,(6.48±3.19)g;糖水消耗百分比:(85.43±20.15)%,(60.98±24.65)%](P＜0.05).Morris水迷宫检测示2组的逃避潜伏期无差异,但空间探索测试中正常对照组子代(4.17±2.29)次]穿越平台的次数明显多CUS组子代(1.64±1.69)次](P＜0.05).CUS组子代(500.17±80.94)ng/g脑组织]下丘脑5-羟色胺的含量低于正常对照组子代(569.63±50.91)ng/g脑组织](P＜0.05),而CUS组子代(2315.01±1397.12)ng/g脑组织]海马去甲肾上腺素的含量却要高于正常对照组子代(907.56±207.27)ng/g脑组织](P＜0.05).结论 母鼠孕前慢性应激或抑郁会造成成年雄性子代的快感缺失和空间记忆力下降,以及脑内单胺类神经递质异常.

Effects of maternal rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress before pregnancy on the behaviors and brain monamine of their adult male offspring

Objective To examine the effects of maternal rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress before pregnancy on the behaviors and brain monamine of their adult male offspring.Methods Sixteen SD rats were divided into chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) group and controls.CUS rats were exposed to 21 days chronic unpredictable stressors ,and the controls were stress-free.Ten days after the last stressor, all the female rats were caged with sexually experienced males of the same strain.Then we performed the following experiments on the two months male progeny, sucrose consumption measuring anhedonia, Morris water maze measuring cognitive function and high performance liquid chromatography detecting the contents of monoamine.Results The sucrose consumption showed that both sucrose intake and sucrose consumption percentage of the control progeny were higher than those of the CUS progeny ( sucrose consumption: ( 10.23 ± 4.12 ) g vs ( 6.48 ± 3.19 ) g; sucrose consumption percentage: ( 85.43 ± 20.15 ) % vs (60.98 ± 24.65 ) % ) (P ＜ 0.05 ).The number of times crossing the removed hidden platform in the CUS progeny ( 1.64 ± 1.69) was significantly fewer than that in the control progeny (4.17±2.29 ) in Morris water maze (P ＜ 0.05 ).The contents of serotonin in the hypothalamus of CUS progeny ( ( 500.17 ± 80.94 ) ng/g tissue) was lower than that of the control progeny ( ( 569.63 ± 50.91 ) ng/g tissue) (P ＜0.05) ,while the norepinephrine in the hippocampus of CUS progeny( (2315.01 ± 1397.12) ng/g tissue) was higher than that of the control progeny( (907.56 ± 207.27) ng/g tissue) (P＜0.05) by high performance liquid chromatography.Conclusions Depression or stressful events before pregnancy of dams result in anhedonia, decreased spatial memory and abnormalities in brain monoamine of their adult male progeny.