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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
Our previous work demonstrated that the hormone response to stress and the negative feedback inhibition to these hormones are sex-dependently altered by prenatal morphine exposure in adult rats. An alteration in the glucocorticoid negative feedback inhibition is mediated by glucocorticoid receptors (GR) that are distributed throughout the brain, and mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) localized mainly in the hippocampus and involved in a tonic influence of brain functions. Therefore, the present study examined the binding characteristics of MR and GR in young adult male and female rats exposed prenatally (E11-E18) to morphine (10 mg/kg/2 x /day), saline or no treatment at all (controls). At 60-90 days of age, animals were adrenalectomized (ADX) 24 h prior to decapitation. The hippocampus and hypothalamus were dissected for saturation binding assays. The data demonstrate that prenatal stress due to maternal saline injections up-regulates MR and GR binding in the hippocampus of adult male rats and this effect is prevented by prenatal morphine exposure. There is no effect of prenatal morphine exposure on GR binding in the hypothalamus of males. In female rats, prenatal morphine exposure does not affect the binding of MR and GR in the hippocampus or GR in the hypothalamus relative to controls; however, they are affected by ovarian hormone fluctuation. Moreover, prenatal stress decreases MR binding in the hippocampus of diestrous females and GR binding in the hypothalamus of estrous females. Both decreases are prevented by prenatal morphine exposure. Thus, the present study demonstrates that: (1) prenatal stress due to maternal saline injections alters MR and GR binding of adult male and female rats and is prevented by prenatal morphine exposure; (2) the MR and GR binding in adult female rats are affected by ovarian hormone fluctuations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0736-5748
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
241-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Adrenalectomy, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Estrous Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Morphine, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Narcotics, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Receptors, Glucocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Receptors, Mineralocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:16698219-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Morphine exposure prevents up-regulation of MR and GR binding sites in the brain of adult male and female rats due to prenatal stress.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Ull. 111, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural