Host: The Japanese Society of Toxicology
Name : The 51st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Toxicology
Date : July 03, 2024 - July 05, 2024
Introduction: We previously reported disruptive hippocampal neurogenesis by maternal exposure to neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid (IMI) in rats. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of amorphous formula of curcumin (CUR) against IMI-induced disruptive neurogenesis.
Methods: Maternal rats were administered 750 ppm IMI in diet and 120 ppm CUR in drinking water from gestation day 6 to day 21 post-delivery at weaning. After weaning, offspring continued to receive CUR until postnatal day 77 in adulthood.
Results and Discussion: IMI persistently suppressed hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity of granule cells until adulthood. IMI decreased the expression of antioxidant enzyme genes on weaning, suggesting increased susceptibility to oxidative stress during the weaning period, whereas no oxidative stress effect was evident in adulthood. These results suggest involvement of suppression of GABAergic interneuron regulation on neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity by increased sensitivity to oxidative stress at weaning. CUR showed sustained interneuron-mediated neuroprotection; however, because CUR did not exert antioxidant effects, CUR may have restored neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity through direct protective effects on interneurons.
Conclusion: IMI persistently suppressed hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity of granule cells, involving suppressed interneuron regulation through oxidative stress toxicity at weaning. CUR sustained neuroprotection on neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity through direct protective effects on interneurons.