title: Recurrent Moderate Hypoglycemia Suppresses Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in the Prefrontal Cortex and Impairs Sensorimotor Gating in the Posthypoglycemic Period in Young Rats.
abstract: Recurrent hypoglycemia is common in infants and children. In developing rat models, recurrent moderate hypoglycemia leads to neuronal injury in the medial prefrontal cortex. To understand the effects beyond neuronal injury, 3-week-old male rats were subjected to 5 episodes of moderate hypoglycemia (blood glucose concentration, approx. 30 mg/dl for 90 min) once daily from postnatal day 24 to 28. Neuronal injury was determined using Fluoro-Jade B histochemistry on postnatal day 29. The effects on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its cognate receptor, tyrosine kinase receptor B (TrkB) expression, which is critical for prefrontal cortex development, were determined on postnatal day 29 and at adulthood. The effects on prefrontal cortex-mediated function were determined by assessing the prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex on postnatal day 29 and 2 weeks later, and by testing for fear-potentiated startle at adulthood. Recurrent hypoglycemia led to neuronal injury confined primarily to the medial prefrontal cortex. BDNF/TrkB expression in the prefrontal cortex was suppressed on postnatal day 29 and was accompanied by lower prepulse inhibition, suggesting impaired sensorimotor gating. Following the cessation of recurrent hypoglycemia, the prepulse inhibition had recovered at 2 weeks. BDNF/TrkB expression in the prefrontal cortex had normalized and fear-potentiated startle was intact at adulthood. Recurrent moderate hypoglycemia during development has significant adverse effects on the prefrontal cortex in the posthypoglycemic period.
authors.forename: Raghavendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ennis
authors.forename: Eugena P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Phu V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gewirtz
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013216:Reflex, Startle / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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