机构:[1]Medical Faculty, Kunming University of Science and Technology, #727 South Jingming Road, Kunming 650550, Yunnan, China[2]First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, Yunnan, China
Advanced maternal or paternal age is associated with increased risks of cognitive and emotional disorders. Chronic stress is also a common experience in human life that causes psychiatric diseases. However, the synergistic effects of these two factors on offspring are rarely studied. In the present study, the offspring of both young (3-4 months) and old (12-14 months) rat parents were given CUMS for 21 days at the age of 4 weeks. The effects of advanced parental age and chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) on emotional and cognitive behaviors and the related cellular mechanisms were investigated by using behavioral and electrophysiological techniques. We found that CUMS decreased sucrose consumption, increased anxiety, and impaired learning and memory in offspring from both old and young breeders. However, advanced parental age impaired fear memory and spatial memory mainly in female offspring. The serum corticosterone of female offspring was lower than males, but advanced parental age significantly elevated serum corticosterone in female offspring in response to electrical foot shocks. In addition, hippocampal LTD was severely impaired in female offspring from older parents. Our results indicated that female offspring from older breeders might be more sensitive to stress, and the hippocampal function was more vulnerable. These results might provide experimental basis for the prevention and treatment of advanced parental age related psychiatric disorders in future.
基金:
National Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 31460262, 81560234]; Yunnan Applied Basic Research Projects [2014FB137, 2015HA036]
第一作者机构:[1]Medical Faculty, Kunming University of Science and Technology, #727 South Jingming Road, Kunming 650550, Yunnan, China
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Luo Lilu,Sun Tingting,Guan Xin,et al.Advanced Parental Age Impaired Fear Conditioning and Hippocampal LTD in Adult Female Rat Offspring[J].NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH.2017,42(10):2869-2880.doi:10.1007/s11064-017-2306-9.
APA:
Luo, Lilu,Sun, Tingting,Guan, Xin,Ni, Yiling,Yang, Liqiang...&Zhang, Jichuan.(2017).Advanced Parental Age Impaired Fear Conditioning and Hippocampal LTD in Adult Female Rat Offspring.NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH,42,(10)
MLA:
Luo, Lilu,et al."Advanced Parental Age Impaired Fear Conditioning and Hippocampal LTD in Adult Female Rat Offspring".NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH 42..10(2017):2869-2880