Increased Compulsivity in Adulthood after Early Adolescence Immune Activation : Preclinical Evidence

Immune activation during early developmental stages has been proposed as a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and autism in both human and animal studies. However, its relationship with the vulnerability to inhibitory control deficit, which is a shared feature among those conditions, remains unclear. The present work studied whether postnatal immune activation during early adolescence, combined with exposure to early-life adverse events, could lead to adult vulnerability to impulsive and/or compulsive behaviors. Male Wistar rats were exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in early adolescence at postnatal day 26 (PND26). During peripuberal period, half of the animals were exposed to a mild stress protocol. In adulthood, behavioral assessment was performed with the aid of the sustained attentional 5-choice serial reaction time (5-CSRT) task, schedule-induced polydipsia (SIP), and open-field locomotor activity and novelty reactivity. Rats exposed to LPS showed more compulsive responses than their control counterparts on 5-CSRT task, although no differences were observed in SIP or locomotor responses. Our study contributes to the knowledge of the relationship between immune activation and inhibitory control deficit. Future studies should aim to disentangle how, and to what extent, immune activation impacts behavior, and to understand the role of early life mild stress.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 18(2021), 9 vom: 28. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mora, Santiago [VerfasserIn]
Martín-González, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Prados-Pardo, Ángeles [VerfasserIn]
Flores, Pilar [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Margarita [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Behavior
Compulsivity
Early life adversity
Immune activation
Inhibitory control
Journal Article
Preclinical models
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 27.05.2021

Date Revised 11.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph18094684

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324781067