| Literature DB >> 24503856 |
Roman Tyzio1, Romain Nardou, Diana C Ferrari, Timur Tsintsadze, Amene Shahrokhi, Sanaz Eftekhari, Ilgam Khalilov, Vera Tsintsadze, Corinne Brouchoud, Genevieve Chazal, Eric Lemonnier, Natalia Lozovaya, Nail Burnashev, Yehezkel Ben-Ari.
Abstract
We report that the oxytocin-mediated neuroprotective γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) excitatory-inhibitory shift during delivery is abolished in the valproate and fragile X rodent models of autism. During delivery and subsequently, hippocampal neurons in these models have elevated intracellular chloride levels, increased excitatory GABA, enhanced glutamatergic activity, and elevated gamma oscillations. Maternal pretreatment with bumetanide restored in offspring control electrophysiological and behavioral phenotypes. Conversely, blocking oxytocin signaling in naïve mothers produced offspring having electrophysiological and behavioral autistic-like features. Our results suggest a chronic deficient chloride regulation in these rodent models of autism and stress the importance of oxytocin-mediated GABAergic inhibition during the delivery process. Our data validate the amelioration observed with bumetanide and oxytocin and point to common pathways in a drug-induced and a genetic rodent model of autism.Entities:
Mesh：
Substances：
Year: 2014 PMID： 24503856 DOI： 10.1126/science.1247190
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728