Mavrenkova Polina V, Khlebnikova Nadezhda N, Alchinova Irina B, Demorzhi Marina S, Shoibonov Batozhab B, Karganov Mikhail Yu
Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, 8 Baltiyskaya St., 125315 Moscow, Russia.
P. K. Anokhin Institute of Normal Physiology, 8 Baltiyskaya St., 125315 Moscow, Russia.
Brain Sci. 2023 Jun 15;13(6):956. doi: 10.3390/brainsci13060956.
Childhood adversity can induce maladaptive behaviors and increase risk for affective disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, and vulnerability to stress in adulthood. Deprivation of maternal care interrupts brain development through the disturbance of various neurotransmitters, however, the details remain unclear. The features of the symptoms of disorders are largely determined by early stress protocol, genetic characteristics (line), and the sex of the animals. The purpose of current study was (1) to assess behavioral changes in adult Wistar rats of both sexes after early life stress; (2) to determine the levels of monoamines in brain structures involved in the motor, emotional, and social reactions in rats aged 1 and 2 months; and (3) to determine the level of monoamines after physical or emotional stress in adult rats. The rat pups were separated from their dams and isolated from siblings in tight boxes at a temperature of 22-23 °C for 6 h during postnatal days 2-18. The data were processed predominantly using two-way analysis of variance and the Newman-Keys test as the post hoc analysis. The adult rats demonstrated an increase in motor activity and aggressiveness and a decrease in levels of anxiety and sociability. Behavioral disturbances were accompanied by region-, sex-, and age-dependent changes in the levels of monoamines and their metabolites. The dopaminergic and noradrenergic systems were found to be sensitive to psycho-emotional stress.
童年逆境可诱发适应不良行为,并增加成年后患情感障碍、创伤后应激障碍、人格障碍以及应激易感性的风险。母婴分离通过干扰多种神经递质而中断大脑发育,然而,具体细节仍不清楚。疾病症状的特征很大程度上由早期应激方案、遗传特征(品系)以及动物的性别决定。本研究的目的是:(1)评估早年应激后成年Wistar大鼠(雌雄均有)的行为变化;(2)测定1月龄和2月龄大鼠参与运动、情绪和社交反应的脑结构中的单胺水平;(3)测定成年大鼠在身体或情绪应激后的单胺水平。在出生后第2至18天,将幼鼠与其母鼠分离,并在温度为22 - 23°C的密闭箱中与同窝幼崽隔离6小时。数据主要采用双向方差分析和Newman-Keys检验作为事后分析进行处理。成年大鼠表现出运动活动增加和攻击性增强,焦虑水平和社交能力下降。行为障碍伴随着单胺及其代谢产物水平在区域、性别和年龄上的依赖性变化。发现多巴胺能和去甲肾上腺素能系统对心理情绪应激敏感。