PMID- 33375878 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210324 LR - 20210324 IS - 1607-8888 (Electronic) IS - 1025-3890 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Nov TI - Low Fos expression in newly generated neurons of the main and accessory olfactory bulb following single maternal separation. PG - 678-687 LID - 10.1080/10253890.2020.1828337 [doi] AB - The main and accessory olfactory bulbs (MOB and AOB) are unique in that they produce new neurons throughout adulthood. Despite the recent knowledge about the involvement of postnatally generated cells in several aspects of olfaction, the functional role of these neurons is still not sufficiently understood. The function of newly generated olfactory bulb neurons is primarily investigated in relation to activities related to smell. Stress-induced activation of new olfactory neurons has not yet been studied. Thus, our work was aimed to investigate whether a stressful event, such as maternal separation (MS) can induce Fos expression in postnatally-born neurons in the MOB and AOB. Rat pups were exposed to single maternal separation (SMS) for 2 h at the postnatal days: P7, P14, and P21. Quantification of immunohistochemically labeled Fos + cells revealed that exposure to SMS in different age stages during the first postnatal month stimulates activity in cells of individual MOB/AOB layers in an age-dependent manner. In order to find out whether newly generated cells in the MOB/AOB could express Fos protein as a response to SMS, newborn rats were administrated with the marker of proliferation, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) at P0, and three weeks later (at P21) colocalization of Fos and BrdU in the neurons of the MOB and AOB was assessed. Quantitative analysis of BrdU/Fos double-labeled cells showed that Fos is expressed only in a small number of postnatally generated cells within the MOB/AOB. Our results indicate that postnatally generated MOB/AOB neurons are less sensitive to stress caused by MS than preexisting ones. LAY SUMMARY Our results showed that single maternal separation (SMS) is a stressful event that in age-dependent manner stimulates cellular activity in the main and accessory olfactory bulb (AOB) - the structures dedicated to odor information processing. The low level of Fos expression in newborn neurons of the main and accessory bulb indicates that postnatally generated cells are less sensitive to neonatal stress than preexisting neurons. FAU - Zavodska, Monika AU - Zavodska M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4615-100X AD - Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy, Institute of Neurobiology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic. FAU - Fabianova, Kamila AU - Fabianova K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2965-4625 AD - Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy, Institute of Neurobiology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic. FAU - Martoncikova, Marcela AU - Martoncikova M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5418-1693 AD - Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy, Institute of Neurobiology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic. FAU - Racek, Adam AU - Racek A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9729-1921 AD - Department of Anatomy, Histology and Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Kosice, Slovak Republic. FAU - Racekova, Eniko AU - Racekova E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3650-2251 AD - Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy, Institute of Neurobiology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201014 PL - England TA - Stress JT - Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands) JID - 9617529 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Maternal Deprivation MH - Neurons MH - *Olfactory Bulb MH - Rats MH - Smell MH - Stress, Psychological OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adult neurogenesis OT - Fos protein OT - neonatal stress OT - olfactory system OT - postnatally generated neurons OT - single maternal separation EDAT- 2020/12/31 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2020/12/30 05:15 PHST- 2020/12/30 05:15 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/10253890.2020.1828337 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stress. 2020 Nov;23(6):678-687. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2020.1828337. Epub 2020 Oct 14.