Prenatal protein malnutrition affects the density of GABAergic interneurons during hippocampus development in rats



Document title: Prenatal protein malnutrition affects the density of GABAergic interneurons during hippocampus development in rats
Journal: Revista de investigación clínica
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000389658
ISSN: 0034-8376
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Departamento de Hematología y Oncología, Tlalpan, Distrito Federal. México
2Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, División de Neurociencias, México, Distrito Federal. México
Year:
Season: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 67
Number: 5
Pages: 296-303
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, analítico
English abstract Prenatal protein malnutrition disrupts the pattern of maturation and development of the hippocampus and its neuroanatomy and increases inhibition of the granular cell layer of the fascia dentata. If local gamma-aminobutyric acid interneurons are partly responsible for inhibition of the hippocampus, it is reasonable to assume that there may be an increase in the gamma-aminobutyric acid cell population of prenatal protein malnutrition rats. Objective: This experimental study was conducted to ascertain the effects of prenatal protein malnutrition on the density of GABAergic interneurons at the cornus ammonis and fascia dentata in rats. Methods: Animals were investigated under two nutritional conditions: (i) prenatal protein malnutrition group fed 6% protein, and (ii) well-nourished control group fed 25% protein. Using an antibody for gamma-aminobutyric acid, immunoreactive cells (GABAergic) were assessed in the rostral-caudal direction of the dorsal hippocampus at four levels. Results: (i) In 30-day-old rats with prenatal malnutrition, the fascia dentata had an average of 27% more GABAergic cells than the control group; this higher amount was not detectable at 90 days. (ii) There was a significant 18% increase in GABAergic neurons at level 1 of the cornus ammonis at 90 days of age. Conclusions: There was an increase in the population of interneurons in the fascia dentata and cornus ammonis in prenatal protein malnutrition rats. We conclude that prenatal hypoprotein malnutrition produces changes at 30 days in the fascia dentata. Results suggest that prenatal malnutrition also produces a delay in the programmed chronology of gamma-aminobutyric acid interneurons. Finally, in cornus ammonis, at 90 days of age, prenatal protein malnutrition showed an increase only at level 1; this effect may be evidenced in the long term, despite postnatal rehabilitation. (
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Metabolismo y nutrición,
Neurología,
Pediatría,
Cornus ammonis,
Fascia dentada,
Hipocampo,
Desnutrición intrauterina,
Neuronas gabaérgicas
Keyword: Medicine,
Metabolism and nutrition,
Neurology,
Pediatrics,
Cornus ammonis,
Fascia dentata,
Hippocampus,
Intrauterine malnutrition,
Gabaergic neurons
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