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Repeated and single maternal separation specifically alter microglial morphology in the prefrontal cortex and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of 15-day-old male mice. / Reshetnikov, Vasiliy; Ryabushkina, Yulia; Kovner, Anna et al.
In: NeuroReport, Vol. 31, No. 18, 16.12.2020, p. 1256-1264.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Repeated and single maternal separation specifically alter microglial morphology in the prefrontal cortex and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of 15-day-old male mice
AU - Reshetnikov, Vasiliy
AU - Ryabushkina, Yulia
AU - Kovner, Anna
AU - Lepeshko, Arina
AU - Bondar, Natalia
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12/16
Y1 - 2020/12/16
N2 - Early-life adversity impairs neuronal plasticity of the developing brain. In rodents, brain maturation processes, including neuro- and synaptogenesis, myelination, microglial maturation, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis development continue in the postnatal period. In our study, two models of early-life stress were used: repeated maternal separation (MS) from postnatal day (PND) 2 to PND14 for 3 h daily and single maternal deprivation (MD) on PND9 for 24 h. Effects of each type of early-life stress on neuron density, neurogenesis, microglial morphology, and HPA axis programming were studied in 15-day-old male mice. Neither early-life stress paradigm affected the expression of stress-related genes (Crh, Avp, Crhr1, Crhr2, Nr3c1, and Nr3c2) and the serum level of corticosterone on PND15. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on slices of the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (PFC) with antibodies against a marker of mature neurons (NeuN), of microglia (Iba1), proliferating cells (Ki67), and immature neurons (DCX). We found higher density of ameboid microglia and intermediate microglia in the PFC in groups MS and MD, respectively, than in a control group. In both stressed groups, a higher number of Ki67-positive cells was noted in the dentate gyrus. Thus, in mice, the process of transformation of ameboid microglia into ramified ones as well as a neurogenesis reduction take place during the second postnatal week, whereas early-life stress can disturb these processes in a stress- and region-dependent manner.
AB - Early-life adversity impairs neuronal plasticity of the developing brain. In rodents, brain maturation processes, including neuro- and synaptogenesis, myelination, microglial maturation, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis development continue in the postnatal period. In our study, two models of early-life stress were used: repeated maternal separation (MS) from postnatal day (PND) 2 to PND14 for 3 h daily and single maternal deprivation (MD) on PND9 for 24 h. Effects of each type of early-life stress on neuron density, neurogenesis, microglial morphology, and HPA axis programming were studied in 15-day-old male mice. Neither early-life stress paradigm affected the expression of stress-related genes (Crh, Avp, Crhr1, Crhr2, Nr3c1, and Nr3c2) and the serum level of corticosterone on PND15. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on slices of the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (PFC) with antibodies against a marker of mature neurons (NeuN), of microglia (Iba1), proliferating cells (Ki67), and immature neurons (DCX). We found higher density of ameboid microglia and intermediate microglia in the PFC in groups MS and MD, respectively, than in a control group. In both stressed groups, a higher number of Ki67-positive cells was noted in the dentate gyrus. Thus, in mice, the process of transformation of ameboid microglia into ramified ones as well as a neurogenesis reduction take place during the second postnatal week, whereas early-life stress can disturb these processes in a stress- and region-dependent manner.
KW - early-life stress
KW - hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
KW - maternal deprivation
KW - maternal separation
KW - microglia
KW - neurogenesis
KW - PND15
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096203269&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001544
DO - 10.1097/WNR.0000000000001544
M3 - Article
C2 - 33165192
AN - SCOPUS:85096203269
VL - 31
SP - 1256
EP - 1264
JO - NeuroReport
JF - NeuroReport
SN - 0959-4965
IS - 18
ER -
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