PMID- 37597292 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230920 LR - 20230920 IS - 1090-2414 (Electronic) IS - 0147-6513 (Linking) VI - 263 DP - 2023 Sep 15 TI - Influence of bifenthrin exposure at different gestational stages on the neural development. PG - 115365 LID - S0147-6513(23)00869-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115365 [doi] AB - Perinatal exposure to bifenthrin (BF) alters neurodevelopment. However, the most susceptible time period to BF exposure and the possible mechanisms are not clear. In the current study, pregnant female mice were treated with BF (0.5 mg/kg/d) at three different stages [gestational day (GD) 0-5, 6-15 and 16-birth (B)] and neurologic deficits were evaluated in offspring mice. BF exposure at GD 16-B significantly altered the locomotor activity and caused learning and memory impairments in 6-week-old offspring. Gestational BF exposure also caused neuronal loss in the region of cornu ammonis of hippocampi of 6-week-old offspring. Interestingly, neurobehavioral impairments and neuronal loss were not observed in offspring at 10-week-old. BF exposure at GD 16-B also decreased protein levels of VGluT1, NR1 and NR2A while increased the protein levels of NR2B and VGAT1, as well as the gene levels of Il-1beta, Il-6 and Tnf-alpha in hippocampi of 6-week-old offspring. Collectively, these data demonstrate that gestational exposure to a low dose BF causes neurodevelopmental deficits that remit with the age and the late-stage of pregnancy is the most susceptible time window to BF exposure. Imbalance in excitatory/inhibitory neuronal transmission, altered expression levels of NMDA receptors and increased neural inflammation may be associated with BF prenatal exposure-triggered neurobehavioral impairments. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Xi, Chuchu AU - Xi C AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. FAU - Shi, Xiaoqian AU - Shi X AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. FAU - Wang, Yujing AU - Wang Y AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. FAU - He, Jing AU - He J AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. FAU - Jiang, Shan AU - Jiang S AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. FAU - Niu, Bo AU - Niu B AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. FAU - Chen, Ying AU - Chen Y AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. FAU - Zhao, Fang AU - Zhao F AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. Electronic address: zhaofang0927@cpu.edu.cn. FAU - Cao, Zhengyu AU - Cao Z AD - Department of TCM Pharmacology, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, PR China. Electronic address: zycao@cpu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230817 PL - Netherlands TA - Ecotoxicol Environ Saf JT - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety JID - 7805381 RN - 6B66JED0KN (bifenthrin) SB - IM MH - Female MH - Pregnancy MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - *Neurogenesis MH - Hippocampus MH - Inflammation MH - Learning MH - *Smegmamorpha OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bifenthrin OT - Gestational exposure OT - Learning and memory OT - Locomotor activity OT - Neurodevelopmental deficits COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/08/20 00:41 MHDA- 2023/09/20 06:42 CRDT- 2023/08/19 18:01 PHST- 2023/05/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/20 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/20 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/19 18:01 [entrez] AID - S0147-6513(23)00869-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115365 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2023 Sep 15;263:115365. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115365. Epub 2023 Aug 17.