Low maternal care exacerbates adult stress susceptibility in the chronic mild stress rat model of depression
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Low maternal care exacerbates adult stress susceptibility in the chronic mild stress rat model of depression. / Henningsen, Kim; Dyrvig, Mads; Bouzinova, Elena V; Christiansen, Sofie; Christensen, Trine; Andreasen, Jesper T; Palme, Rupert; Lichota, Jacek; Wiborg, Ove.
I: Behavioural Pharmacology, Bind 23, Nr. 8, 12.2012, s. 735-43.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Low maternal care exacerbates adult stress susceptibility in the chronic mild stress rat model of depression
AU - Henningsen, Kim
AU - Dyrvig, Mads
AU - Bouzinova, Elena V
AU - Christiansen, Sofie
AU - Christensen, Trine
AU - Andreasen, Jesper T
AU - Palme, Rupert
AU - Lichota, Jacek
AU - Wiborg, Ove
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - In the present study we report the finding that the quality of maternal care, in early life, increased the susceptibility to stress exposure in adulthood, when rats were exposed to the chronic mild stress paradigm. Our results indicate that high, as opposed to low maternal care, predisposed rats to a differential stress-coping ability. Thus rats fostered by low maternal care dams became more prone to adopt a stress-susceptible phenotype developing an anhedonic-like condition. Moreover, low maternal care offspring had lower weight gain and lower locomotion, with no additive effect of stress. Subchronic exposure to chronic mild stress induced an increase in faecal corticosterone metabolites, which was only significant in rats from low maternal care dams. Examination of glucocorticoid receptor exon 17 promoter methylation in unchallenged adult, maternally characterized rats, showed an insignificant tendency towards higher total cytosine methylation in rats from low maternal care dams. Assessment of methylation in the resilient versus anhedonic-like rat phenotypes, revealed only minor differences. Thus, maternal care status seems to be a strong predictor or trait marker for the behavioural phenotype.
AB - In the present study we report the finding that the quality of maternal care, in early life, increased the susceptibility to stress exposure in adulthood, when rats were exposed to the chronic mild stress paradigm. Our results indicate that high, as opposed to low maternal care, predisposed rats to a differential stress-coping ability. Thus rats fostered by low maternal care dams became more prone to adopt a stress-susceptible phenotype developing an anhedonic-like condition. Moreover, low maternal care offspring had lower weight gain and lower locomotion, with no additive effect of stress. Subchronic exposure to chronic mild stress induced an increase in faecal corticosterone metabolites, which was only significant in rats from low maternal care dams. Examination of glucocorticoid receptor exon 17 promoter methylation in unchallenged adult, maternally characterized rats, showed an insignificant tendency towards higher total cytosine methylation in rats from low maternal care dams. Assessment of methylation in the resilient versus anhedonic-like rat phenotypes, revealed only minor differences. Thus, maternal care status seems to be a strong predictor or trait marker for the behavioural phenotype.
KW - Animals
KW - Behavior, Animal
KW - Corticosterone
KW - DNA Methylation
KW - Depression
KW - Disease Models, Animal
KW - Disease Susceptibility
KW - Female
KW - Locomotion
KW - Male
KW - Maternal Behavior
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Promoter Regions, Genetic
KW - Rats
KW - Rats, Wistar
KW - Receptors, Glucocorticoid
KW - Stress, Physiological
KW - Weight Gain
U2 - 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32835a5184
DO - 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32835a5184
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23075705
VL - 23
SP - 735
EP - 743
JO - Behavioural Pharmacology
JF - Behavioural Pharmacology
SN - 0955-8810
IS - 8
ER -
ID: 140627916