1. Sex-dependent effects of in utero cannabinoid exposure on cortical function
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Michela Serviado, Olivier J. Manzoni, Michelle Murphy, Jim Wager-Miller, Viviana Trezza, Anissa Bara, Anne-Laure Pelissier-Alicot, Olivier Lassalle, Antonia Manduca, Milene Borsoi, Ken Mackie, Axel Bernabeu, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée [Aix-Marseille Université] (INMED - INSERM U1249), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Molinari, Florence, Bara, A., Manduca, A., Bernabeu, A., Borsoi, M., Serviado, M., Lassalle, O., Murphy, M., Wager-Miller, J., Mackie, K., Pelissier-Alicot, A. -L., Trezza, V., and Manzoni, O. J.
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,cannabis ,Nucleus Accumben ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Long-Term Potentiation ,Anxiety ,neuroscience ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1 ,Pregnancy ,rat ,Biology (General) ,Prefrontal cortex ,Sex Characteristics ,Arachidonic Acid ,Neuronal Plasticity ,Behavior, Animal ,TRPV Cation Channel ,General Neuroscience ,Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ,General Medicine ,Anandamide ,Endocannabinoid system ,3. Good health ,in-utero ,Social Isolation ,Metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 ,Medicine ,Female ,[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,medicine.medical_specialty ,cannabi ,QH301-705.5 ,Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5 ,sex difference ,Science ,Prefrontal Cortex ,Polyunsaturated Alkamide ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effect ,social behavior ,03 medical and health sciences ,Allosteric Regulation ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,RNA, Messenger ,[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,Rats, Wistar ,Cannabinoid ,Endocannabinoid ,Fetus ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,business.industry ,Animal ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Metabotropic glutamate receptor ,Synaptic plasticity ,Pyramidal Cell ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
International audience; Cannabinoids can cross the placenta, thus may interfere with fetal endocannabinoid signaling during neurodevelopment, causing long-lasting deficits. Despite increasing reports of cannabis consumption during pregnancy, the protracted consequences of prenatal cannabinoid exposure (PCE) remain incompletely understood. Here, we report sex-specific differences in behavioral and neuronal deficits in the adult progeny of rat dams exposed to low doses of cannabinoids during gestation. In males, PCE reduced social interaction, ablated endocannabinoid long-term depression (LTD) and heightened excitability of prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons, while females were spared. Group 1 mGluR and endocannabinoid signaling regulate emotional behavior and synaptic plasticity. Notably, sex-differences following PCE included levels of mGluR1/ 5 and TRPV1R mRNA. Finally, positive allosteric modulation of mGlu5 and enhancement of anandamide levels restored LTD and social interaction in PCE adult males. Together, these results highlight marked sexual differences in the effects of PCE and introduce strategies for reversing detrimental effects of PCE.
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- 2018