Effect of Seizure During Pregnancy on Cognitive and Motor Coordination Performances in Adult Male Offspring of Female Mice: The Role of Serum Corticosterone Level

Ample evidence suggests that estrogens have strong influences on the occurrence of stress-related mood disorders, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Through multiple approaches, we demonstrate that the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) is widely distributed along the HPA axis and in brain structures critically involved in mood control. Genetic ablation of GPER in the rat resulted in significantly lower basal serum corticosterone level but enhanced ACTH release in response to acute restraint stress, especially in the female. GPER-/- rats of either sex displayed increased anxiety-like behaviors and deficits in learning and memory. Additionally, GPER deficiency led to aggravation of anxiety-like behaviors following single-prolonged stress (SPS). SPS caused significant decreases in serum corticosterone in WT but not in GPER-deficient rats. The results highlight an important role of GPER at multiple sites in regulation of the HPA axis and mood.

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Prenatal Hypoxia Causes a Sex-Dependent Increase in Heart Susceptibility to Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Adult Male Offspring: Role of Protein Kinase Cϵ

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ◽

10.1124/jpet.109.153239 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 330 (2) ◽

pp. 624-632 ◽

Cited By ~ 90

Author(s):

Qin Xue ◽

Lubo Zhang

Keyword(s):

Protein Kinase ◽

Reperfusion Injury ◽

Adult Male ◽

Male Offspring ◽

Prenatal Hypoxia ◽

Ischemia And Reperfusion ◽

Ischemia And Reperfusion Injury

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Role of the ovary in sexual differentiation of lactotrophs and somatotrophs in the mouse adenohypophysis: a stereological morphometric study by electron microscopy

Journal of Endocrinology ◽

10.1677/joe.0.0990355 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 99 (3) ◽

pp. 355-NP ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

F. Sasaki ◽

M. Sano

Keyword(s):

Adult Male ◽

Sexual Differentiation ◽

Morphometric Study ◽

Normal Male ◽

Corpora Lutea ◽

Male Mice ◽

Female Mice ◽

Pituitary Glands ◽

Normal Males

To study the effect of the ovary on sexual differentiation of somatotrophs and lactotrophs, the anterior pituitary glands of castrated adult male mice which had received an ovarian transplant during postnatal development were studied using a stereological morphometric technique with an electron microscope. In adult male mice which were castrated neonatally and given ovarian transplants at the age of puberty (NCT-males), the ovaries contained follicles and corpora lutea. The percentages (∼40) and numbers (∼2 × 105) of lactotrophs were similar in normal dioestrous females and NCT-males, but were higher than the percentage (9·3) and number (4·6 × 104) in normal males. Ovarian grafts in adult male mice which were simultaneously castrated and given an ovarian transplant just before puberty (PCT-males) contained numerous follicles of various sizes but no corpora lutea. The percentage (46·8) and number (3·9 × 105) of lactotrophs were greater in these mice than in dioestrous females. The percentage of somatotrophs in NCT-males (34·7) was less than in normal males (52·6), but was similar to that in dioestrous female mice (37·4). The percentage of somatotrophs in PCT-males (27·4) was less than in normal male and dioestrous female mice. These data indicate that lactotrophs and somatotrophs differentiate to the female phenotype when a cyclically functional ovary is present after puberty.

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Folic Acid Supplementation of Female Mice, with or without Vitamin B-12, before and during Pregnancy and Lactation Programs Adiposity and Vascular Health in Adult Male Offspring

Journal of Nutrition ◽

10.3945/jn.115.227629 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 146 (4) ◽

pp. 688-696 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Rika E Aleliunas ◽

Abeer M Aljaadi ◽

Ismail Laher ◽

Melissa B Glier ◽

Tim J Green ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Folic Acid ◽

Adult Male ◽

Folic Acid Supplementation ◽

Male Offspring ◽

Vitamin B ◽

Vascular Health ◽

Acid Supplementation ◽

Female Mice ◽

Pregnancy And Lactation ◽

Vitamin B 12

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Maternal High-Sucrose Diet Affects Phenotype Outcome in Adult Male Offspring: Role of Zbtb16

Frontiers in Genetics ◽

10.3389/fgene.2020.529421 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Elena Školníková ◽

Lucie Šedová ◽

Blanka Chylíková ◽

Adéla Kábelová ◽

František Liška ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Adult Male ◽

Male Offspring ◽

Sucrose Diet ◽

High Sucrose Diet ◽

High Sucrose

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Chemical adrenalectomy by aminoglutethimide and the pancreas in suckling rats

AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpgi.1984.247.4.g346 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 247 (4) ◽

pp. G346-G351 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Lerner ◽

P. C. Lee ◽

E. Lebenthal

Keyword(s):

Control Level ◽

Pancreatic Enzyme ◽

Corticosterone Level ◽

Suckling Rats ◽

Serum Corticosterone ◽

Dna Contents ◽

Enzyme Development ◽

Weight Protein ◽

Pancreatic Exocrine

The role of corticosterone in the development of pancreatic enzymes of suckling rats was studied through a partial and transient blockade of steroidogenesis by aminoglutethimide. Rats were injected with aminoglutethimide the night before their 14th day of age. Ten hours later they showed a transient decrease of serum total corticosterone level as compared with rats injected only with the vehicle. At 34 and 58 h after injection, their corticosterone levels returned to that of control rats. Pancreatic weight, protein, DNA contents, and total activities of amylase, lipase, and trypsinogen were depressed only in the aminoglutethimide-treated pups 34 h after injection. These pancreatic parameters returned to the control level 58 h after injection. Hydrocortisone given to another group of rats completely abolished the effect of aminoglutethimide on the pancreas. Thus, a transient suppression of serum corticosterone level caused a delay in the developmental accumulation of pancreatic exocrine enzymes that resumed only after the serum corticosterone returned to the control level. These results further confirm that corticosterone is an important modulator of pancreatic enzyme development in the rat.

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