title: Long-term effects of adolescent exposure to bisphenol A on neuron and glia number in the rat prefrontal cortex: Differences between the sexes and cell type.
abstract: Bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor used in a variety of consumer products, has been found to alter the number of neurons in multiple brain areas in rats following exposure in perinatal development. Both the number of neurons and glia also change in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) during adolescence, and this process is known to be influenced by gonadal hormones which could be altered by BPA. In the current study, we examined Long-Evans male and female rats that were administered BPA (0, 4, 40, or 400μg/kg/day) during adolescent development (postnatal days 27-46). In adulthood (postnatal day 150), the number of neurons and glia in the mPFC were stereologically assessed in methylene blue/azure II stained sections. There were no changes in the number of neurons, but there was a significant dose by sex interaction in number of glia in the mPFC. Pairwise comparisons between controls and each dose showed a significant increase in the number of glia between 0 and 40μg/kg/day in females, and a significant decrease in the number of glia between 0 and 4μg/kg/day in males. In order to determine the type of glial cells that were changing in these groups in response to adolescent BPA administration, adjacent sections were labelled with S100β (astrocytes) and IBA-1 (microglia) in the mPFC of the groups that differed. The number of microglia was significantly higher in females exposed to 40μg/kg/day than controls and lower in males exposed to 4μg/kg/day than controls. There were no significant effects of adolescent exposure to BPA on the number of astrocytes in male or females. Thus, adolescent exposure to BPA produced long-term alterations in the number of microglia in the mPFC of rats, the functional implications of which need to be explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
authors.forename: Leslie M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, 603 E Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
authors.forename: Renee N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sadowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
authors.forename: Taehyeon
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Willing
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA; Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, 603 E Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA. Electronic address: jjuraska@illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Juraska
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit / Q000378:metabolism; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010636:Phenols; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; C100745:Aif1 protein, rat; C579160:S100B protein, human; C006780:bisphenol A; D000098826:Bisphenol A Compounds
keywords: Adolescence; Astrocytes; BPA; Medial prefrontal cortex; Microglia
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