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NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
卷 18, 期 7, 页码 307-315出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1179/1476830514Y.0000000128
关键词
Lectin; ConA; Brain electrophysiology; Nutritional state; Microglia
资金
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior [CAPES-PDSE 1648-12-8]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [014/2010, 474126/2010-2]
- Instituto Brasileiro de Neurociencias (IBN-Net/Finep) [4191]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [BFU2011-27400]
- Instituto Nacional de Neurociencia Translacional (INCT) [573604/2008-8]
Objective: To evaluate in adult rats, previously suckled under favorable and unfavorable conditions, the brain electrophysiological and microglial effects of the treatment early in life with the lectin (ConA) from Canavalia ensiformis. Methods: Male Wistar newborn rats (n= 89) were suckled under favorable or unfavorable conditions, represented by litters with 6-7 pups or 12-14 pups (groups N6 and N12, respectively). From postnatal days 5-24, they were treated intraperitoneally with 1 or 10 mg/kg ConA (groups L1 and L10, respectively), or with saline solution (group Sal), or no treatment (group Naive). At 90-120 days of age, cortical spreading depression (CSD) was recorded at two parietal points for 4 hours, and CSD parameters (velocity of propagation and amplitude and duration of the DC slow potential change) were measured. Fixative-perfused brain sections were reacted with anti-Iba1 antibodies to quantify immunolabeled microglia. Results: Compared with the control groups, ConA-treated animals dose-dependently presented with reduced CSD propagation velocities and increased amplitude and duration of the CSD slow potential change. Microglia Iba-1 immunoreactivity was lower in both nutritional groups treated with ConA, in comparison with the control groups. The CSD hemisphere presented with higher immunoreactivity compared with the CSD-free hemisphere. Discussion: Attenuation in CSD propagation and microglia reaction was associated in adulthood with ConA treatment during brain development, indicating that the lectin can affect the electrophysiological and microglial development, and suggesting long-lasting protective action of the lectin on the rat brain, which is not impeded by the unfavorable suckling condition.
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