Prenatal exposure to nicotine attenuates stress-induced hyperthermia in 7-to 8-week-old rats upon exposure to a novel environment

被引:11
作者
Fewell, JE [1 ]
Eliason, HL [1 ]
Crisanti, KC [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calgary, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Physiol & Biophys, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
gender; prenatal drug exposure; pregnancy; rat; simulated open field; stress; thermoregulation;
D O I
10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00609-6
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Given that approximately 25% of women in the United States continue to smoke cigarettes during pregnancy, it is important to know if exposure to nicotine during development alters the physiological response of the adult to the "stressors" of everyday life. Our current experiments were carried out to determine if prenatal exposure to nicotine alters "stress-induced hyperthermia" in adult rats upon exposure to a novel environment such as a simulated open field. Forty-eight rats (23 males and 25 females) were exposed to a simulated open field or left in their home cage at 7 to 8 weeks of postnatal life (i.e., adulthood as defined by the ability to reproduce) following prenatal exposure to vehicle or nicotine (6 mg of nicotine tartrate per kilogram of maternal body weight per day) via a maternally implanted osmotic minipump from Day 6 or 7 of gestation. The simulated open field consisted of a 30(W) x 60(L) x 24(H)-in. white acrylic finish box illuminated by two hanging fluorescent lights and core temperature was measured by telemetry. Exposure to a simulated open field following prenatal exposure to vehicle elicited an increase in core temperature in male and female rats with a magnitude of similar to 1.2 degreesC and a duration of greater than 170 min. Prenatal exposure to nicotine significantly attenuated the thermogenic response of both genders; this was not only evident in the latency, magnitude and duration of the core temperature response but also in the core temperature index determined from the 3-h period following exposure to a simulated open field. Thus, our data provide evidence that prenatal exposure to nicotine attenuates stress-induced hyperthermia in male and female 7- to 8-week-old rats upon exposure to a "stressor" of everyday life (i.e., a novel environment). (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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页数:7
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