Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bioscience Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235 Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil.
Graduate Program of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2023 Oct;273(7):1501-1512. doi: 10.1007/s00406-023-01629-3. Epub 2023 May 30.
Infections during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of neuropsychiatric disorders with developmental etiologies, such as schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Studies have shown that the animal model of maternal immune activation (MIA) reproduces a wide range of phenotypes relevant to the study of neurodevelopmental disorders. Emerging evidence shows that (R)-ketamine attenuates behavioral, cellular, and molecular changes observed in animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders. Here, we investigate whether (R)-ketamine administration during adolescence attenuates some of the phenotypes related to neurodevelopmental disorders in an animal model of MIA. For MIA, pregnant Swiss mice received intraperitoneally (i.p.) lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 100 µg/kg/day) or saline on gestational days 15 and 16. The two MIA-based groups of male offspring received (R)-ketamine (20 mg/kg/day; i.p.) or saline from postnatal day (PND) 36 to 50. At PND 62, the animals were examined for anxiety-like behavior and locomotor activity in the open-field test (OFT), as well as in the social interaction test (SIT). At PND 63, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) was collected for analysis of oxidative balance and gene expression of the cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TGF-β1. We show that (R)-ketamine abolishes anxiety-related behavior and social interaction deficits induced by MIA. Additionally, (R)-ketamine attenuated the increase in lipid peroxidation and the cytokines in the PFC of the offspring exposed to MIA. The present work suggests that (R)-ketamine administration may have a long-lasting attenuation in deficits in emotional behavior induced by MIA, and that these effects may be attributed to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity in the PFC.
怀孕期间的感染与神经精神疾病风险增加有关,这些疾病具有发育病因,如精神分裂症和自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD)。研究表明,母体免疫激活 (MIA) 的动物模型再现了与神经发育障碍研究相关的广泛表型。新出现的证据表明,(R)-氯胺酮可减轻神经精神疾病动物模型中观察到的行为、细胞和分子变化。在这里,我们研究了在 MIA 动物模型中,青春期给予 (R)-氯胺酮是否能减轻一些与神经发育障碍相关的表型。对于 MIA,怀孕的瑞士小鼠在妊娠第 15 天和第 16 天接受腹腔内 (i.p.) 脂多糖 (LPS;100 µg/kg/天)或生理盐水。两组基于 MIA 的雄性后代从出生后第 36 天到第 50 天接受 (R)-氯胺酮 (20 mg/kg/天;i.p.) 或生理盐水。在 PND62 时,对动物进行开放式场测试 (OFT) 和社交互动测试 (SIT) 中的焦虑样行为和运动活动检查。在 PND63 时,采集前额叶皮层 (PFC) 进行氧化平衡分析和细胞因子 IL-1β、IL-6 和 TGF-β1 的基因表达分析。我们表明,(R)-氯胺酮消除了 MIA 引起的焦虑相关行为和社交互动缺陷。此外,(R)-氯胺酮减轻了暴露于 MIA 的后代 PFC 中脂质过氧化和细胞因子的增加。本工作表明,(R)-氯胺酮给药可能对 MIA 引起的情绪行为缺陷具有持久的减轻作用,并且这些作用可能归因于其在 PFC 中的抗氧化和抗炎活性。
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