Neural Perturbations Associated With Recurrent Binge Alcohol in Male and Female Rats.

Autor: West RK; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas., Rodgers SP; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas., Leasure JL; Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.; Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research [Alcohol Clin Exp Res] 2021 Feb; Vol. 45 (2), pp. 365-374. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 29.
DOI: 10.1111/acer.14529
Abstrakt: Background: Binge drinking, characterized by brief periods of high intoxication interspersed with periods of abstinence, appears to be particularly damaging to the brain. Binge drinking is increasing among American women, yet few preclinical studies have assessed sex differences in the neurobehavioral effects of binge alcohol.
Methods: Adult Long-Evans rats were administered 4 g/kg ethanol (EtOH; or an isocaloric control dose) via intragastric gavage once-weekly. Brains were collected after 3 or 8 binge doses, and immunohistochemistry for mature neurons (NeuN), microglia (Iba1), neurogenesis (DCX), and reactive astrogliosis (vimentin) performed. Stereology was used to quantify target cell populations in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). In a separate cohort of animals, cognition (spatial navigation and reversal learning), affect (tickling-evoked ultrasonic vocalizations), and task-induced c-fos activation were assessed after 3 or 8 binge doses.
Results: Blood EtOH concentration did not differ significantly between females (175 ± 3.6 mg/dl) and males (180 ± 3.7 mg/dl) and did not change significantly over time, indicating that tolerance did not develop. After 3 or 8 binge doses, the number of granule neurons in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of both sexes was significantly reduced in comparison with controls, although there was no binge effect on newly generated neurons. Moreover, 8 (but not 3) binge doses significantly increased the total number of microglia and the number of partially activated microglia in the hippocampus and mPFC in both sexes. There was no detectable reactive astrogliosis (vimentin) in either region at any timepoint. There was no effect of binge alcohol on behavior outcomes in either sex, but binged rats showed increased cellular activation in the mPFC following reversal learning.
Conclusions: Our data indicate that recurrent binge alcohol results in similar neural damage and neuroimmune activation in alcohol-vulnerable corticolimbic brain regions in males and females.
(© 2020 by the Research Society on Alcoholism.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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