Dissimilar Anxiety-like Behavior in Prepubertal and Young Adult Female Rats on Acute Exposure to Aluminium

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BACKGROUND: Puberty is a developmental transition in which an estrogenic surge occurs, mediating the release of xenoestrogens, like aluminium. Aluminium's effect on anxiety in rodents at the different developmental stages is inconsistent.

AIMS: This study aimed at investigating the effect of the metalloestrogenic property of aluminium on anxiety-like behavioral changes in prepubertal and young adult female rats.

OBJECTIVE: Considering this aim, our objective was to evaluate the anxiety-like behavior by the elevated plus maze in prepubertal and young adult female rats with or without acute exposure to aluminium.

METHODS: To address this property of aluminium, 5mg/Kg body weight (Al-5) and 10 mg/Kg body weight (Al-10) of aluminium was administered intraperitoneally to female rats at two developmental stages, prepubertal (PP; n = 8 for each dose) and young adult (YA; n = 6 for each dose) for two weeks. Post-treatment, three days behavioral assessment of the rats was done employing elevated plus maze.

RESULTS: Reduced escape latency was seen in Al-5, Al-10 pre-pubertal rats, and Al-5 young-adult rats on day 3. A significant reduction in open arm time was seen in the Al-5 young-adult rats. Aluminium treatment in the pre-pubertal rats reduced their head dipping and grooming. Reduced sniffing, head dipping, and stretch-attended posture in the treated young-adult female rats showed that they had impaired risk-taking tendency.

CONCLUSION: Differential effect on the anxiety-like behavior in the pre-pubertal and young-adult female rats might be due to the metalloestrogenic property of aluminium, acting differently on the two age groups.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry - 21(2021), 3 vom: 06., Seite 187-194

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sengupta, Trina [VerfasserIn]
Ghosh, Sutirtha [VerfasserIn]
Gaur T, Archana [VerfasserIn]
Nayak, Prasunpriya [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aluminium
Aluminum
Anxiety
CPD4NFA903
Female rat
Journal Article
Metalloestrogen
Prepubertal
Young-adult

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Date Completed 17.01.2022

Date Revised 17.01.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1871524922666211231095507

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335066828