PMID- 32276365 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240328 IS - 2076-3425 (Print) IS - 2076-3425 (Electronic) IS - 2076-3425 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Apr 8 TI - Changes in Serotonin Modulation of Glutamate Currents in Pyramidal Offspring Cells of Rats Treated With 5-MT during Gestation. LID - 10.3390/brainsci10040221 [doi] LID - 221 AB - Changes in stimuli and feeding in pregnant mothers alter the behavior of offspring. Since behavior is mediated by brain activity, it is expected that postnatal changes occur at the level of currents, receptors or soma and dendrites structure and modulation. In this work, we explore at the mechanism level the effects on Sprague-Dawley rat offspring following the administration of serotonin (5-HT) agonist 5-methoxytryptamine (5-MT). We analyzed whether 5-HT affects the glutamate-activated (I(Glut)) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-activated currents (I(Glut), I(NMDA)) in dissociated pyramidal neurons from the prefrontal cortex (PFC). For this purpose, we performed voltage-clamp experiments on pyramidal neurons from layers V-VI of the PFC of 40-day-old offspring born from 5-MT-treated mothers at the gestational days (GD) 11 to 21. We found that the pyramidal-neurons from the PFC of offspring of mothers treated with 5-MT exhibit a significant increased reduction in both the I(Glut) and I(NMDA) when 5-HT was administered. Our results suggest that the concentration increase of a neuromodulator during the gestation induces changes in its modulatory action over the offspring ionic currents during the adulthood thus contributing to possible psychiatric disorders. FAU - Hernandez-Carballo, Gustavo AU - Hernandez-Carballo G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7589-6679 AD - Instituto de Fisiologia Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla C.P.72570, Mexico. FAU - Ruiz-Luna, Evelyn A AU - Ruiz-Luna EA AD - Instituto de Fisiologia Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla C.P.72570, Mexico. FAU - Lopez-Lopez, Gustavo AU - Lopez-Lopez G AD - Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla C.P.72570, Mexico. FAU - Manjarrez, Elias AU - Manjarrez E AD - Instituto de Fisiologia Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla C.P.72570, Mexico. FAU - Flores-Hernandez, Jorge AU - Flores-Hernandez J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7394-3208 AD - Instituto de Fisiologia Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Puebla C.P.72570, Mexico. LA - eng GR - 441033/Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia/ GR - VIEP/1944/2016/Vicerrectoria de Investigacion y Estudios de Posgrado de la Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200408 PL - Switzerland TA - Brain Sci JT - Brain sciences JID - 101598646 PMC - PMC7225987 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5-HT OT - 5-MT OT - NMDA OT - development OT - glutamate OT - hyperserotonemia OT - ionic currents OT - neurodevelopment OT - neuromodulation OT - neurotransmitters COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/12 06:01 PMCR- 2020/04/01 CRDT- 2020/04/12 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - brainsci10040221 [pii] AID - brainsci-10-00221 [pii] AID - 10.3390/brainsci10040221 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Brain Sci. 2020 Apr 8;10(4):221. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10040221.