PMID- 31599465 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210628 LR - 20210628 IS - 1098-2302 (Electronic) IS - 0012-1630 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 4 DP - 2020 May TI - Own or dam's genotype? Classical colony breeding may bias spontaneous and stress-challenged activity in DAT-mutant rats. PG - 505-518 LID - 10.1002/dev.21927 [doi] AB - There is considerable interest in understanding what makes an individual vulnerable or resilient to the deleterious effects of stressful events. From candidate genes, dopamine (DA) and dopamine transporter (DAT) have been linked to anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. We investigated role of DAT using the new DAT heterozygous (DAT-HET) and homozygous mutant (DAT-KO) rat models of hyperdopaminergia. We studied the impact of two breeding conditions in spontaneous locomotor behavior of female rats. The classical colony, through mating DAT-HET males x DAT-HET females (breeding HET-HET), was used. A second WT colony was derived and maintained (breeding WT-WT). Additionally, a subgroup of rats was bred through mating DAT-KO males x WT females (atypical HET, breeding KO-WT). We studied the effects of genotype and its interaction with maternal care (depending by breeding condition). HET-HET breeding led to reduced activity in HET females compared to WT rats (from WT-WT breeding). However, HET females from KO-WT breeding did not differ so much from WT rats (WT-WT breeding). The maternal-care impact was then confirmed: HET mothers (breeding HET-HET) showed reduced liking/grooming of pups and increased digging away from nest, compared to WT mothers (breeding WT-WT). In their female offspring (HET, breeding HET-HET vs. WT, breeding WT-WT), isolation plus wet bedding induced higher and more persistent impact on activity of HET rats, even when the stressor was removed. Our results highlight the importance of epigenetic factors (e.g., maternal care) in responses to stress expressed by offspring at adulthood, quite independently of genotype. DAT hypofunction could determinate vulnerability to stressful agents via altered maternal care. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Mariano, Stefano AU - Mariano S AD - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita (I.S.S.), Rome, Italy. AD - Faculty of Psychology, Universita Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno (U.T.I.U.), Rome, Italy. FAU - Pardo, Marta AU - Pardo M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0808-1303 AD - Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. FAU - Buccheri, Clelia AU - Buccheri C AD - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita (I.S.S.), Rome, Italy. FAU - Illiano, Placido AU - Illiano P AD - Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. FAU - Adinolfi, Annalisa AU - Adinolfi A AD - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita (I.S.S.), Rome, Italy. FAU - Lo Russo, Sara Lucia M AU - Lo Russo SLM AD - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita (I.S.S.), Rome, Italy. FAU - Alleva, Enrico AU - Alleva E AD - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita (I.S.S.), Rome, Italy. FAU - Carbone, Cristiana AU - Carbone C AD - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita (I.S.S.), Rome, Italy. FAU - Adriani, Walter AU - Adriani W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0067-4430 AD - Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanita (I.S.S.), Rome, Italy. AD - Faculty of Psychology, Universita Telematica Internazionale Uninettuno (U.T.I.U.), Rome, Italy. LA - eng GR - University of Miami/International PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191010 PL - United States TA - Dev Psychobiol JT - Developmental psychobiology JID - 0164074 RN - 0 (Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Slc6a3 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Behavior, Animal MH - Circadian Rhythm/*physiology MH - Disease Susceptibility MH - Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/*genetics MH - Epigenesis, Genetic/*physiology MH - Female MH - *Gene-Environment Interaction MH - Heterozygote MH - Locomotion/*physiology MH - Male MH - Maternal Behavior/*physiology MH - Rats, Transgenic MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Stress, Psychological/*physiopathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - DAT heterozygous OT - circadian rhythm OT - maternal care OT - parent-of-origin effect OT - stress vulnerability EDAT- 2019/10/11 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/29 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/11 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/08/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/11 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/dev.21927 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Psychobiol. 2020 May;62(4):505-518. doi: 10.1002/dev.21927. Epub 2019 Oct 10.