PMID- 29228731 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20191120 IS - 1949-2553 (Electronic) IS - 1949-2553 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 58 DP - 2017 Nov 17 TI - Impact of anger emotional stress before pregnancy on adult male offspring. PG - 98837-98852 LID - 10.18632/oncotarget.22007 [doi] AB - Previous studies have reported that maternal chronic stress or depression is linked to an increased risk of affective disorders in progeny. However, the impact of maternal chronic stress before pregnancy on the progeny of animal models is unknown. We investigated the behaviors and the neurobiology of 60-day-old male offspring of female rats subjected to 21 days of resident-intruder stress before pregnancy. An anger stressed parental rat model was established using the resident-intruder paradigm and it was evaluated using behavioral tests. Anger stressed maternal rats showed a significant increase in locomotion and aggression but a reduction in sucrose preference. Offspring subjected to pre-gestational anger stress displayed enhanced aggressive behaviors, reduced anxiety, and sucrose preference. Further, offspring subjected to pre-gestational stress showed significant impairments in the recognition index (RI) on the object recognition test and the number of platform crossings in the Morris water maze test. The monoaminergic system was significantly altered in pre-gestationally stressed offspring, and the expression of phosphorylated cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding protein (P-CREB), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and serotonin transporter (SERT) levels in pre-gestational stressed offspring were altered in some brain regions. Fluoxetine was used to treat pre-gestational stressed maternal rats and it significantly reduced the changes caused by stress, as evidenced by both behaviors and neural biochemical indexes in the offspring in some but not all cases. These findings suggest that anger stress before pregnancy could induce aggressive behaviors, cognitive deficits, and neurobiological alterations in offspring. FAU - Wei, Sheng AU - Wei S AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Brain Science Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China. AD - Lab of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classical Theory, Ministry of Education, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. AD - Lab of Behavioral Brain Analysis, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. FAU - Xiao, Xinyang AU - Xiao X AD - Lab of Behavioral Brain Analysis, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. FAU - Wang, Jieqiong AU - Wang J AD - Lab of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classical Theory, Ministry of Education, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. FAU - Sun, Shiguang AU - Sun S AD - Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital of Integrated Medicine, Jinan 250001, China. FAU - Li, Zifa AU - Li Z AD - Lab of Behavioral Brain Analysis, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. FAU - Xu, Kaiyong AU - Xu K AD - Lab of Behavioral Brain Analysis, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. FAU - Li, Fang AU - Li F AD - Fengtai Maternal and Children's Health Hospital of Beijing, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Gao, Jie AU - Gao J AD - Lab of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classical Theory, Ministry of Education, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. FAU - Zhu, Dehao AU - Zhu D AD - Lab of Behavioral Brain Analysis, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. FAU - Qiao, Mingqi AU - Qiao M AD - Lab of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classical Theory, Ministry of Education, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171024 PL - United States TA - Oncotarget JT - Oncotarget JID - 101532965 PMC - PMC5716771 OTO - NOTNLM OT - aggressive behavior test OT - anger emotion OT - monoamine neurotransmitters OT - resident intruder paradigm OT - stress before pregnancy COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST No author has any potential conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2017/12/13 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/13 06:01 PMCR- 2017/11/17 CRDT- 2017/12/13 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/12/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/12/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/13 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 22007 [pii] AID - 10.18632/oncotarget.22007 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oncotarget. 2017 Oct 24;8(58):98837-98852. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.22007. eCollection 2017 Nov 17.