Changes in central dopaminergic systems with the expression of Shh or GDNF in mice perinatally exposed to bisphenol-A

Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi. 2007 Apr;27(2):69-75.

Abstract

In the previous study, we reported that exposure to bisphenol-A induced the potentiation of dopamine receptor functions in the mouse limbic area, resulting in supersensitivity to methamphetamine-induced pharmacological actions. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether prenatal exposure to bisphenol-A could produce morphological change in dopaminergic neuron and the pattern of expression of genes regulating the dopaminergic neuron development. Here we found that prenatal and neonatal exposures to bisphenol-A increased the tyrosine hydroxylase- and dopamine transporter-like immunoreactivities in the adult mouse limbic area. The present molecular biological study shows that chronic bisphenol-A treatment produced a significant decrease in the dopaminergic neuron development factors, sonic hedgehog and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, which were also decreased by prenatal exposure to bisphenol-A. These results suggest that chronic exposure to bisphenol-A could disrupt the dopaminergic neurotransmission in the process of dopaminergic neuron development.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Dopamine / metabolism*
  • Down-Regulation
  • Female
  • Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / biosynthesis*
  • Hedgehog Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Male
  • Maternal Exposure
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Phenols / pharmacology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Receptors, Dopamine D3 / biosynthesis
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
  • Hedgehog Proteins
  • Phenols
  • Receptors, Dopamine D3
  • SHH protein, human
  • bisphenol A
  • Dopamine