title: Maternal exposure to mercury chloride during pregnancy and lactation affects the immunity and social behavior of offspring.
abstract: Developmental HgCl2 exposures of F1 offspring (H-2(q/s)) from unsociable SJL/J (H-2(s)) dams with high susceptibility to Hg-induced autoimmunity (SFvF1) and from highly sociable FVB/NJ (FVB; H-2(q)) dams with lower susceptibility to Hg-induced autoimmunity (FvSF1) were investigated. Hg exposure increased the serum IgG levels of all offspring at postnatal day 21 (pnd21) and of SJL/J dams but not of FVB dams. Serum IgG anti-brain antibody (Ab) levels of pnd21 SFvF1 offspring and SJL dams were higher than those of the FvSF1 offspring and FVB dams, but Hg only increased the titers of the FVB dams and their offspring. Hg significantly elevated the presence of IgG in all brain regions of the pnd21 SFvF1 offspring, and the SFvF1 offspring had greater amounts of IgG in the brain than the FvSF1 offspring, which had Hg-induced increases in only two brain regions. Cytokine levels were elevated in the brain regions of Hg-treated pnd21 SFvF1 but not of FvSF1 offspring, and SFvF1 females had more brain regions expressing cytokines than the males. At pnd70, the serum IgG, serum antibrain Abs, amounts of brain IgG, and brain cytokine levels of all of the Hg-treated offspring were equivalent to those of their appropriate controls, suggesting that developmental Hg exposure did not induce chronic immunological effects. However, the social behaviors of Hg-exposed SFvF1 offspring at pnd70 were significantly impaired, and SFvF1 females displayed greater decline in social behaviors than males, suggesting that the higher neuroinflammation of SFvF1 females earlier in life is associated with the altered behavior. Thus, developmental Hg exposure induces long-lasting effects on social behavior of offspring, which is dependent on sex and genetics and the induction of neuroinflammation.
authors: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and The State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York 12201, USA.
authors: Yubin
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Valerie J
authors: VJ
authors: Bolivar
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Lawrence
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology / Q000276:immunology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006239:Haplotypes; D007109:Immunity / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007774:Lactation; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008627:Mercuric Chloride / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D011247:Pregnancy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D016207:Cytokines; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008627:Mercuric Chloride
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