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Decreased anxiety in juvenile rats following exposure to low levels of chlorpyrifos during development.

Abstract：

:Exposure to chlorpyrifos (CPF) during the late preweanling period in rats inhibits the endocannabinoid metabolizing enzymes fatty acid hydrolase (FAAH) and monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL), resulting in accumulation of their respective substrates anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonylglycerol (2-AG). This occurs at 1.0mg/kg, but at a lower dosage (0.5mg/kg) only FAAH and AEA are affected with no measurable inhibition of either cholinesterase (ChE) or MAGL. The endocannabinoid system plays a vital role in nervous system development and may be an important developmental target for CPF. The endocannabinoid system plays an important role in the regulation of anxiety and, at higher dosages, developmental exposure to CPF alters anxiety-like behavior. However, it is not clear whether exposure to low dosages of CPF that do not inhibit ChE will cause any persistent effects on anxiety-like behavior. To determine if this occurs, 10-day old rat pups were exposed daily for 7 days to either corn oil or 0.5, 0.75, or 1.0mg/kg CPF by oral gavage. At 12h following the last CPF administration, 1.0mg/kg resulted in significant inhibition of FAAH, MAGL, and ChE, whereas 0.5 and 0.75mg/kg resulted in significant inhibition of only FAAH. AEA levels were significantly elevated in all three treatment groups as were palmitoylethanolamide and oleoylethanolamide, which are also substrates for FAAH. 2-AG levels were significantly elevated by 0.75 and 1.0mg/kg but not 0.5mg/kg. On day 25, the latency to emerge from a dark container into a highly illuminated novel open field was measured as an indicator of anxiety. All three CPF treatment groups spent significantly less time in the dark container prior to emerging as compared to the control group, suggesting a decreased level of anxiety. This demonstrates that repeated preweanling exposure to dosages of CPF that do not inhibit brain ChE can induce a decline in the level of anxiety that is detectable during the early postweanling period.

journal_name

Neurotoxicology

journal_title

Neurotoxicology

authors

Carr RL,Armstrong NH,Buchanan AT,Eells JB,Mohammed AN,Ross MK,Nail CA

doi

10.1016/j.neuro.2015.11.016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-03-01 00:00:00

pages

183-190

eissn

0161-813X

issn

1872-9711

pii

S0161-813X(15)30032-2

journal_volume

pub_type

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Decreased anxiety in juvenile rats following exposure to low levels of chlorpyrifos during development.