PMID- 24367510 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141008 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 12 DP - 2013 TI - Depression-like effect of prenatal buprenorphine exposure in rats. PG - e82262 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0082262 [doi] LID - e82262 AB - Studies indicate that perinatal opioid exposure produces a variety of short- and long-term neurobehavioral consequences. However, the precise modes of action are incompletely understood. Buprenorphine, a mixed agonist/antagonist at the opioid receptors, is currently being used in clinical trials for managing pregnant opioid addicts. This study provides evidence of depression-like consequence following prenatal exposure to supra-therapeutic dose of buprenorphine and sheds light on potential mechanisms of action in a rat model involving administration of intraperitoneal injection to pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats starting from gestation day 7 and lasting for 14 days. Results showed that pups at postnatal day 21 but not the dams had worse parameters of depression-like neurobehaviors using a forced swimming test and tail suspension test, independent of gender. Neurobehavioral changes were accompanied by elevation of oxidative stress, reduction of plasma levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and serotonin, and attenuation of tropomyosin-related kinase receptor type B (TrkB) phosphorylation, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) phosphorylation, protein kinase A activity, cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation, and CREB DNA-binding activity. Since BDNF/serotonin and CREB signaling could orchestrate a positive feedback loop, our findings suggest that the induction of oxidative stress, reduction of BDNF and serotonin expression, and attenuation of CREB signaling induced by prenatal exposure to supra-therapeutic dose of buprenorphine provide evidence of potential mechanism for the development of depression-like neurobehavior. FAU - Hung, Chih-Jen AU - Hung CJ AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC ; Graduate School of Nursing, HungKuang University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Wu, Chih-Cheng AU - Wu CC AD - Department of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC ; Department of Financial and Computational Mathematics, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Chen, Wen-Ying AU - Chen WY AD - Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Chang, Cheng-Yi AU - Chang CY AD - Department of Surgery, Fong Yuan Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Kuan, Yu-Hsiang AU - Kuan YH AD - Department of Pharmacology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Pan, Hung-Chuan AU - Pan HC AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC ; Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Liao, Su-Lan AU - Liao SL AD - Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Chen, Chun-Jung AU - Chen CJ AD - Graduate School of Nursing, HungKuang University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC ; Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC ; Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC ; Center for General Education, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131218 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances) RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - 40D3SCR4GZ (Buprenorphine) RN - EC 1.11.1.6 (Catalase) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (Glutathione Peroxidase) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Buprenorphine/*pharmacology MH - Catalase/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Female MH - Glutathione/metabolism MH - Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Serotonin/metabolism MH - Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances/metabolism PMC - PMC3867331 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/12/25 06:00 MHDA- 2014/10/09 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/18 CRDT- 2013/12/25 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/10/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-35354 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0082262 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Dec 18;8(12):e82262. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082262. eCollection 2013.