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2. Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System Promotes Blood Pressure Salt-Sensitivity in C57BL6/J Mice
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Hannah M. Costello, Jessica R. Ivy, Neeraj Dhaun, Celine Grenier, Ailsa F. Ralph, Kevin Stewart, and Matthew A. Bailey
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Sympathetic nervous system ,hypertension ,mice ,natriuresis ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Kidney ,Nervous System ,Hexamethonium ,Natriuresis ,C57bl6 j ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Heart Rate ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Salt intake ,Sodium Chloride, Dietary ,sympathetic nervous system ,Chemistry ,blood pressure ,Original Articles ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,030104 developmental biology ,Blood pressure ,Endocrinology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Salt sensitivity ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Dietary salt - Abstract
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text., Global salt intake averages >8 g/person per day, over twice the limit advocated by the American Heart Association. Dietary salt excess leads to hypertension, and this partly mediates its poor health outcomes. In ≈30% of people, the hypertensive response to salt is exaggerated. This salt-sensitivity increases cardiovascular risk. Mechanistic cardiovascular research relies heavily on rodent models and the C57BL6/J mouse is the most widely used reference strain. We examined the effects of high salt intake on blood pressure, renal, and vascular function in the most commonly used and commercially available C57BL6/J mouse strain. Changing from control (0.3% Na+) to high salt (3% Na+) diet increased systolic blood pressure in male mice by ≈10 mm Hg within 4 days of dietary switch. This hypertensive response was maintained over the 3-week study period. Returning to control diet gradually reduced blood pressure back to baseline. High-salt diet caused a rapid and sustained downregulation in mRNA encoding renal NHE3 (sodium-hydrogen-exchanger 3) and EnaC (epithelial sodium channel), although we did not observe a suppression in aldosterone until ≈7 days. During the development of salt-sensitivity, the acute pressure natriuresis relationship was augmented and neutral sodium balance was maintained throughout. High-salt diet increased ex vivo sensitivity of the renal artery to phenylephrine and increased urinary excretion of adrenaline, but not noradrenaline. The acute blood pressure–depressor effect of hexamethonium, a ganglionic blocker, was enhanced by high salt. Salt-sensitivity in commercially sourced C57BL6/J mice is attributable to sympathetic overactivity, increased adrenaline, and enhanced vascular sensitivity to alpha-adrenoreceptor activation and not sodium retention or attenuation of the acute pressure natriuresis response.
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- 2020
3. Empagliflozin Restores Cardiac Metabolic Flexibility in Diet-induced Obese C57BL6/J Mice
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Michael J. Jurczak, Lanping Guo, Christopher P. O'Donnell, Brydie R. Huckestein, B. Chuan, Wesley Ramirez, Amanda Mills, Iain Scott, Ian Sipula, Stacy G. Wendell, Steven J. Mullet, Moira Anderson, Bingxian Xie, Eric Y. Lang, and Martha M. Pangburn
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C57bl6 j ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Flexibility (anatomy) ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,Physiology ,business.industry ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,Empagliflozin ,medicine ,business ,Diet-induced obese - Abstract
BackgroundSodium-glucose co-transporter type 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor therapy to treat type 2 diabetes unexpectedly reduced all-cause mortality and hospitalization due to heart failure in several large-scale clinical trials, and has since been shown to produce similar cardiovascular disease-protective effects in patients without diabetes. How SGLT2 inhibitor therapy improves cardiovascular disease outcomes remains incompletely understood. Metabolic flexibility refers to the ability of a cell or organ to adjust its use of metabolic substrates, such as glucose or fatty acids, in response to physiological or pathophysiological conditions, and is a feature of a healthy heart that may be lost during diabetic cardiomyopathy and in the failing heart. While several studies have addressed metabolic changes in hearts in response to SGLT2 inhibitor therapy, none have specifically assessed metabolic flexibility in an in vivo system. We therefore undertook the described studies to determine the effects of SGLT2 inhibitor therapy on cardiac metabolic flexibility in vivo in obese, insulin resistant mice.MethodsDiet-induced obese mice were treated with the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (EMPA; 10 mg/kg/d) for four weeks prior to study and compared with untreated obese and lean controls. We assessed changes in body weight and composition, plasma metabolites in response to fasting/re-feeding, cardiac hypertrophy by echocardiography, the response to ischemic stress following coronary artery ligation, as well as cardiac-specific rates of relative glucose and fatty acid utilization using a [U13C]-glucose infusion during fasting and hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp.ResultsEMPA-treated mice presented with reduced cardiac hypertrophy and protection from ischemic stress compared with obese controls. In the fasted state, relative rates of cardiac glucose and fatty acid utilization were similar in control and EMPA-treated mice. During the hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp, rates of cardiac glucose utilization and metabolic flexibility were reduced in obese compared with lean mice, and EMPA-treatment partially restored both features. ConclusionsSGLT2 inhibitor therapy restored cardiac metabolic flexibility in obese, insulin resistant mice, and was associated with reduced cardiac hypertrophy and protection from ischemia. These observations suggest that the cardiovascular disease-protective effects of SGLT2 inhibitors may in part be explained by beneficial effects on cardiac metabolic substrate selection.
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- 2021
4. Deletion of Nrf2 Shortens Lifespan in C57BL6/J Male Mice but does not Alter the Health and Survival Benefits of Caloric Restriction
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Laura Corrales-Diaz Pomatto, Michel Bernier, Sophia R. Levan, Evi M. Mercken, Jonathan Kato, Kevin J. Pearson, Rafael de Cabo, Theresa Dill, and Bethany A. Carboneau
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,NF-E2-Related Factor 2 ,ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species ,Longevity ,Male mice ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,digestive system ,environment and public health ,Article ,C57bl6 j ,Fight-or-flight response ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Downregulation and upregulation ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Model organism ,Caloric Restriction ,Mitochondrial enzymes ,Mice, Knockout ,ved/biology ,Caloric theory ,respiratory system ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Tumor protection ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Caloric restriction (CR) is the leading non-pharmaceutical dietary intervention to improve health- and lifespan in most model organisms. A wide array of cellular pathways is induced in response to CR and CR-mimetics, including the transcriptional activator Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), which is essential in the upregulation of multiple stress-responsive and mitochondrial enzymes. Nrf2 is necessary in tumor protection but is not essential for the lifespan extending properties of CR in outbred mice. Here, we sought to study Nrf2-knockout (KO) mice and littermate controls in male C57BL6/J, an inbred mouse strain. Deletion of Nrf2 resulted in shortened lifespan compared to littermate controls only under ad libitum conditions. CR-mediated lifespan extension and physical performance improvements did not require Nrf2. Metabolic and protein homeostasis and activation of tissue-specific cytoprotective proteins were dependent on Nrf2 expression. These results highlight an important contribution of Nrf2 for normal lifespan and stress response.
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- 2020
5. Male C57BL6/N and C57BL6/J Mice Respond Differently to Constant Light and Running-Wheel Access
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Kimberly M. Capri, Marissa J. Maroni, Hannah V. Deane, Holly A. Concepcion, Holly DeCourcey, Ryan W. Logan, and Joseph A. Seggio
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Circadian disruption ,circadian rhythm ,medicine.medical_specialty ,mice ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Period (gene) ,mouse model ,Biology ,Locomotor activity ,lcsh:RC321-571 ,C57bl6 j ,03 medical and health sciences ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Circadian rhythm ,strain difference ,constant light ,lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,Constant light ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,Brief Research Report ,Physiological responses ,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology ,Endocrinology ,running wheel ,medicine.symptom ,Weight gain ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Previous studies have shown that exposure to circadian disruption produces negative effects on overall health and behavior. More recent studies illustrate that strain differences in the behavioral and physiological responses to circadian disruption exist, even if the strains have similar genetic backgrounds. As such, we investigated the effects of constant room-level light (LL) with running-wheel access on the behavior and physiology of male C57BL6/J from Jackson Laboratories and C57BL6/N from Charles River Laboratories mice. Mice were exposed to either a 12:12 light-dark (LD) cycle or LL and given either a standard home cage or a cage with a running-wheel. Following 6 weeks of LD or LL, their response to behavioral assays (open-field, light-dark box, novel object) and measures of metabolism were observed. Under standard LD, C57BL6/J mice exhibited increased locomotor activity and reduced exploratory behavior compared to C57BL6/N mice. In LL, C57BL6/J mice had greater period lengthening and increased anxiety, while C57BL6/N mice exhibited increased weight gain and no change in exploratory behavior. C57BL6/J mice also decreased exploration with running-wheel access while C57BL6/N mice did not. These results further demonstrate that C57BL/6 substrains exhibit different behavioral and physiological responses to circadian disruption and wheel-running access.
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- 2019
6. Voluntary Binge-like Ethanol Consumption Site-specifically Increases c-Fos Immunoexpression in Male C57BL6/J Mice
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Nathan W. Burnham and Todd E. Thiele
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Alcohol Drinking ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Intraperitoneal injection ,Stereotaxic surgery ,c-Fos ,Article ,Binge Drinking ,C57bl6 j ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Animals ,Medicine ,Premovement neuronal activity ,Ethanol ,biology ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,Brain ,Central Nervous System Depressants ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Gene Expression Regulation ,chemistry ,Turnover ,Anesthesia ,biology.protein ,Ethanol intake ,business ,Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
The assessment of binge ethanol-induced neuronal activation, using c-Fos immunoreactivity (IR) as a marker of neuronal activity, is typically accomplished via forced ethanol exposure, such as intraperitoneal injection or gavage. Neuronal activity using a voluntary binge-like drinking model, such as “drinking-in-the-dark” (DID), has not been thoroughly explored. Additionally, studies assessing ethanol-elicited neuronal activation may or may not involve stereotaxic surgery, which could impact c-Fos IR. The experiments detailed herein aimed to assess the effects of voluntary binge-like ethanol consumption on c-Fos IR in brain regions implicated in ethanol intake in animals with and without surgery experience. Age-matched male C57BL/6J mice underwent either stereotaxic surgery (Study 1) or no surgery (Study 2). Then, mice experienced one 4-day DID cycle, tail blood samples were collected immediately after test conclusion on day 4, and mice were subsequently sacrificed. In each study, mice that drink ethanol were sorted into those that achieved binge-equivalent blood ethanol concentrations (BECs ≥ 80 mg/dl) versus those that did not. Relative to water-consuming controls, mice with BECs ≥ 80 mg/dl showed significantly elevated c-Fos IR in several brain regions implicated in neurobiological responses to ethanol. In general, the brain regions exhibiting binge-induced c-Fos IR were the same between studies, though differences were noted, highlighting the need for caution when interpreting ethanol-induced c-Fos IR when subjects have a prior history of surgery. Altogether, these results provide insight into the brain regions that modulate binge-like ethanol intake stemming from DID procedures among animals with and without surgery experience.
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- 2017
7. A HIGH SALT DIET ALTERS THE DAILY RHYTHM OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN C57BL6/J MICE
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Neeraj Dhaun, Hannah M. Costello, Ailsa F. Ralph, Jessica R. Ivy, Kevin Stewart, Grenier Celine, and Matthew A. Bailey
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C57bl6 j ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Rhythm ,Endocrinology ,Blood pressure ,Physiology ,business.industry ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Salt diet - Published
- 2021
8. Differential Effects of Niacin on High-Fat Diet–Induced Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in C57BL6/J and B6129SF2/J Mice
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Zhuoyue Li, Robert L. Judd, Han Fang, and Emily C. Graff
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,food and beverages ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Adipose tissue ,Inflammation ,High fat diet ,medicine.disease ,Differential effects ,C57bl6 j ,Endocrinology ,Internal medicine ,Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Weight gain ,Niacin - Abstract
Pharmacological doses of niacin improve adipose tissue (AT) inflammation and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in rodents chronically fed a high-fat diet (HFD). However, recent mouse studies have demonstrated significant metabolic changes in different strains of mice fed a HFD. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the effect of niacin on both AT inflammation and liver steatosis in two mouse strains, C57BL6/J (B6) and B6129SF2/J (B6129), under HFD feeding. Thirty-two male B6 and 32 male B6129 mice were randomized into four groups: Chow/Vehicle (CV), Chow/Niacin (CN), HFD/Vehicle (HV), and HFD/Niacin (HN). They were fed either a chow (10% fat) or HFD (60% fat) for 20 weeks. Niacin (360 mg/kg/day) or vehicle was added to the drinking water from week 5 until the end of the study. As expected, HFD-fed mice gained more weight than chow-fed mice in both strains, with no difference in weight gain between strains. Crown-like structure (CLS) number, a hallmark of AT inflammation, was increased in HV mice of both strains compared to CV mice. In addition, HV B6 mice had higher CLS number than HV B6129 mice. In B6129 mice, niacin decreased CLS number in HN compared to HV mice, while this decrease was not observed in B6 mice. Liver weight to body weight (L/B) ratio, liver triglyceride (TG) content and NASH score was increased in HV compared to CV B6 mice. In contrast, in B6129 mice, only NASH score was increased in HV compared to CV controls. Niacin had no impact on L/B ratio, TG content, or NASH score in B6 mice. However, in B6129 mice, niacin increased all three parameters in HN compared to HV mice. In conclusion, there are strain differential effects on AT inflammation and NAFLD induced by HFD feeding. Interestingly, liver steatosis is significantly increased in HFD-fed B6129 mice treated with niacin. This increase is potentially due to methyl deficiency, as niacin is a potent hepatic methyl consumer and 129 mice are more sensitive to methyl deficiency. Disclosure H. Fang: None. E. Graff: None. Z. Li: None. R.L. Judd: None.
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- 2018
9. 6-h advances alter circadian activity patterns, fasting glucose, and insulin levels in C57BL6/J mice
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Aikaterini Hatzidis, Karen N. Carlson, Nara F. Nascimento, Jasmin A. Hicks, Joseph A. Seggio, and Danielle N. Amaral
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,Insulin ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Locomotor activity ,Shift work ,Fasting glucose ,C57bl6 j ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,Physiology (medical) ,Wheel running ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,medicine ,Circadian rhythm ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Chronobiological disruptions, including shift work, have been linked to a number of disorders such as fatigue and diabetes. Additionally, there is evidence to support that exercise cannot only counteract fatigue and the onset of diabetes, but also alleviate the other negative symptoms associated with shift work. Therefore, the present study investigated the effects of wheel running and monthly 6-h phase advances on the circadian locomotor activity patterns and glucose and insulin levels in C57BL6/J mice. 6-h phase advances produced decreases in fasting glucose and increases in insulin, and wheel-running was able to alleviate the spike in insulin secretion. Additionally, mice experiencing the shift increased their food intake, despite having no change in body mass. Circadian wheel-running activity was also altered in phase-advanced mice. These results provide further evidence that chronobiological disruptions can lead to alterations in physiology and behavior, and that exercise can alleviate some of those ...
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- 2015
10. Fluoxetine induces paradoxical effects in C57BL6/J mice: comparison with BALB/c mice
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Catherine Belzung, Frédéric Minier, Caroline Hommet, Bruno Brizard, Thomas Gosselin, and Anne-Marie Le Guisquet
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Motor Activity ,BALB/c ,C57bl6 j ,Toxicology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,Sniffing ,Mild stress ,Internal medicine ,Fluoxetine ,medicine ,Animals ,Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors ,Pharmacology ,Depressive Disorder, Major ,Mice, Inbred BALB C ,biology ,Behavior, Animal ,Depression ,Serotonin reuptake ,biology.organism_classification ,Antidepressive Agents ,Mice, Mutant Strains ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Disease Models, Animal ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Antidepressant ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ,Stress, Psychological ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The C57BL6/J mouse is the most commonly used strain in genetic investigations and behavioural tests. However, only a few studies have used C57BL6/J mice to assess the effects of antidepressant compounds. We carried out a study to compare the behavioural effects of fluoxetine (FLX) in a model of depression in two mice strains: C57BL6/J and BALB/c. We used an 8-week unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) protocol during which FLX was administered (15 mg/kg, oral) from the third week to the end of the protocol. We found that UCMS induced degradation of the coat state in the two strains. Moreover, as expected, we observed that FLX elicited antidepressant-like effects in the BALB/c mice by reducing the coat state deterioration and the latency of grooming in splash test. However, in the C57BL6/J mice, it did not induce this action, but instead triggered an opposite effect: an increased sniffing latency in the novelty suppression of feeding test. We conclude that FLX exerts a paradoxical effect in the C57Bl6/J strain. This observation is consistent with some clinical features of hyper-reactivity to FLX observed in humans. Therefore, the UCMS protocol used in C57Bl6/J mice could be a good model to study the mechanisms of the paradoxical effects caused by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
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- 2017
11. Effect of cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF) on the behavior and expression of the key genes of the brain serotonin system in C57Bl6/J mice
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A. S. Tsybko, Nikita V. Khotskin, Dmitriy Eremin, Tatiana V. Ilchibaeva, and Vladimir S. Naumenko
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C57bl6 j ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology ,Key genes ,General Neuroscience ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Serotonin ,Biology ,Cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor - Published
- 2019
12. Developmental delays and locomotor activity in the C57BL6/J mouse following neonatal exposure to the fully-brominated PBDE, decabromodiphenyl ether
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Deborah C. Rice, Aleece Herlihy, Vincent P. Markowski, Elizabeth A. Reeve, W. Douglas Thompson, and R. Thomas Zoeller
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ontogeny ,Polybrominated Biphenyls ,Administration, Oral ,Motor Activity ,Toxicology ,Locomotor activity ,Decabromodiphenyl ether ,C57bl6 j ,Mice ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Sex Factors ,Serum thyroxine ,Polybrominated diphenyl ethers ,Developmental Neuroscience ,Pregnancy ,Internal medicine ,Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers ,medicine ,Animals ,Postnatal day ,Analysis of Variance ,Behavior, Animal ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,Phenyl Ethers ,Age Factors ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Thyroxine ,Endocrinology ,Animals, Newborn ,chemistry ,Global distribution ,Female ,Psychomotor Disorders - Abstract
After several decades of commercial use, the flame retardant chemicals polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their metabolites have become pervasive environmental contaminants with a global distribution. PBDEs have entered the food chain and increasing levels can be detected in the human body. Decabrominated diphenyl ether (decaBDE) is currently the most widely used of the PBDEs in the United States. Despite its widespread use, little is known about the health effects of decaBDE. The current study examined the effects of neonatal exposure to decaBDE in the inbred C57BL6/J mouse. Neonatal male and female mice were exposed to a daily oral dose of 0, 6, or 20 mg/kg decaBDE from postnatal day 2 to 15. Three groups of endpoints were examined: the ontogeny of sensorimotor responses and serum thyroxine levels in immature animals, and locomotor activity in adult animals. In immature animals, 20 mg/kg/day produced developmental delays in the acquisition of the palpebral reflex. At this age, exposed males also showed a dose-related reduction of serum thyroxine levels. As adults, decaBDE exposure altered the normal sex- and age-specific characteristics of spontaneous locomotor activity. The most striking effect was an increase of activity during the first 1.5 h of the 2 h assessment in males exposed to 20 mg/kg/day decaBDE. These effects suggest that decaBDE is a developmental neurotoxicant that can produce long-term behavioral changes following a discrete period of neonatal exposure.
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- 2007
13. Impact of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on insulin action in the conscious mouse (C57BL6/j)
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Deanna P. Bracy, Yolanda F. Otero, Kimberly X. Mulligan, Owen P. McGuinness, and Carlo M. Malabanan
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Lipopolysaccharide ,business.industry ,Insulin ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Biochemistry ,C57bl6 j ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Endocrinology ,Action (philosophy) ,chemistry ,Internal medicine ,Genetics ,medicine ,business ,Molecular Biology ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2009
14. Repeated stress alters caffeine action on motor coordination in C57Bl6/J male mice
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L. Meyer and Jean Caston
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Male mice ,C57bl6 j ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Mice ,Internal medicine ,Caffeine ,medicine ,Animals ,Molecular Biology ,Saline ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,General Neuroscience ,Dopaminergic ,Motor coordination ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,Dose–response relationship ,Disease Models, Animal ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Motor Skills ,Anesthesia ,Chronic Disease ,GABAergic ,Central Nervous System Stimulants ,Neurology (clinical) ,Psychology ,Locomotion ,Stress, Psychological ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
This study was aimed to evaluate the effects of stress on caffeine action on motor coordination in mice. For 6 consecutive days, the mice were subjected to three different stressors. Saline or caffeine (30, 60 or 120 mg kg(-1)) was i.p. administered after the last stressful experience, then the animals were behaviorally tested in the holeboard. Their stumbling frequency was compared to that of unstressed mice injected with either saline or caffeine. (1) There was a strong trend for stress to impair motor coordination. (2) In unstressed mice, caffeine induced a linear dose-dependent increase of stumbling frequency. (3) Stress decreased the stumbling frequency induced by the highest dose of caffeine. The results are discussed in terms of interaction of stress and caffeine on dopaminergic and GABAergic systems.
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- 2004
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