title: Effect of prenatal exposure to an anti-inflammatory drug on neuron number in cornu ammonis and dentate gyrus of the rat hippocampus: a stereological study.
abstract: Prenatal exposed to an anti-inflammatory drug is a major problem for the developing central nervous system. It is not well known the effect of prenatal exposed to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug on the hippocampus. Total neuron number in one side of the cornu ammonis (CA) and gyrus dentatus (GD) of the hippocampal formation in control and drug-treated (diclofenac sodium, DS) groups of male rats was estimated using the optical fractionator technique. Each main group has also two subgroups that are 4 weeks old (4W-old) and 20 weeks old (20W-old). In CA, no significant difference between 4W-old DS-treated and their control was found, but a significant difference was observed between 20W-old DS-treated and their controls. A decreasing of neuron number was 12% for 20W-old DS-treated group. In GD, a decreasing of the granule cell number in 4W-old of DS-treated group was seen but an increasing of granule cell number was found in the 20W-old drug-treated rats in comparison to its control group, 7% and 9%, respectively. Although an increasing of neuron number in CA at the control group was seen with age, from 4th week to 20th week (10%), age-dependent substantial granule cell decline (17%) was observed in GD. No age effect on the total cell numbers of CA and GD of the drug-treated groups was seen in comparison to 4W-old week and 20W-old. A pronounced neuron loss observed in the drug-treated group may be attributed to the neurotoxicity of diclofenac sodium (DS) on the developing hippocampal formation. Age-dependent neuron increase in the CA of 20W-old and neuron decline in GD of 20W-old control groups may be a result of a dual effect of saline injection during the fetal life, since these animals were exposed to a stress of 15-day-period of saline injection, prenatal stress. The reason of no age effect on CA and GD cell number in the drug-treated groups may be attributed to the depletion of the progenitor cells due to neurotoxicity of DS in the fetal life of these animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Süleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alpaslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gokcimen
authors.forename: Murat Cetin
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rağbetli
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baş
authors.forename: Ayten Turkkani
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Tunc
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: A Canan
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000633:toxicity; D002452:Cell Count; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004008:Diclofenac / Q000633:toxicity*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000633:toxicity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D051381:Rats; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D009498:Neurotoxins; D004008:Diclofenac