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Impacts of passive smoking on learning and memory ability of mouse offsprings and intervention by antioxidants
Authors:Yang Jie  Jiang Li-Na  Yuan Zhen-Li  Zheng Yu-Fei  Wang Lu  Ji Min  Shen Zhi-Qiang  Wang Xin-Wei  Ma Qiang  Xi Zhu-Ge  Li Jun-Wen
Affiliation:[1]Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China [2]School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin, China [3]Medical Institute ofEnvironment and Health, Tianjin 300050, China
Abstract:Objective To determine the impact of passive smoking and the protective effect of antioxidants such as vitamin E and quercetin on learning and memory ability of mouse offsprings. Methods A passive smoking model of pregnant mice wasestablished.Learning and memory ability was evaluated by the water maze test and long term potentiation (LTP).Nitric oxide (No),content, nitric oxide synthase(NOS),acetylcholinesteras(Ache)activity in brain,vitamin E concentration,and reactive oxygen species(ROS)in seruln were determined.The latency period(the time during which the mice swim from the starting position to the ending position)and errors(the number of mice entering the blind end)in control and antioxidant intervention groups were compared with those in the smoke exposure group after6 days.Results The latency period as well as errors in the air,control diet,tobacco smoke(TS),and vitaminE diet groups were decreased significantlyas compared with the TS and control diet groups (P<0.05).LTP was restrained in the TS and control diet groups.LTP in all the antioxidant diet groups was significantly increased compared with the TS and control diet groups.In addition,NOS and acetylcholinesteras(Ache)activitiy was significantly higher in the TS and control diet groups than in the air and control diet group.NO content was not significantly different amongthedifferent groups,and significantly lower in the TS and vitamin E diet groups than in the TS group,control diet group,quercetin diet group,and mixture diet group(P<0.05).Vitamin E concentration and ROS activity in serum were correlated with the outcome of water maze and LTP.Conclusion Passive smoking reduces LTP formation by disturbing the hippocampus function of mice.by decreasing NOS and Ache activity and increasing NO content.Antioxidants (especially vitamin E)partially improve the learning and memory ability of offsprings whose mothers are exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy.
Keywords:Passive smoking  Mice offspring,Learning and memory ability  Long term potentiation  Antioxidant intervention
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