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Study name

Alhassen S 2021

Title

Intergenerational trauma transmission is associated with brain metabotranscriptome remodeling and mitochondrial dysfunction

Overall design

The aim of this study was to examine the distinctive behavioral impacts and neurobiological mechanisms of in utero exposure alone (prenatal one-hit stress) versus impaired maternal care alone (postnatal one-hit stress) or combined exposure (prenatal and postnatal two-hits stress). Pregnant Swiss Webster mice were divided into the following 2 groups: (1) control group (no stress), and (2) prenatal stress group. On gestational day 17, the pregnant mice in the prenatal stress group were exposed to a predator scent for 1 h on each of four consecutive days in a separate cage under the fume hood and were then returned to their home cage. Male mice were tested from postnatal week 8 to week 13 with a battery of behavioral paradigms. Tissues of one brain hemisphere were collected from adult mice, and metabolic profiling was performed based on a LC-MS platform (n = 5/per group).

Study Type

Type1;

Data available

Unavailable

Organism

Mouse; Swiss Webster mouse;

Categories of depression

Animal model; Other animal model; Other animal model;

Criteria for depression

Forced swimming test

Sample size

10

Tissue

Central; Brain; Brain;

Platform

MS-based; LC-MS: not reported;

PMID

34168265

DOI

10.1038/s42003-021-02255-2

Citation

Alhassen S, Chen S, Alhassen L, et al. Intergenerational trauma transmission is associated with brain metabotranscriptome remodeling and mitochondrial dysfunction. Commun Biol. 2021 Jun 24;4(1):783.

Metabolite

myo-Inositol;

Glycerol;

Oleic acid;

Arachidonic acid;

L-Aspartic acid;

Creatinine;

Gluconic acid;

Cholesterol;

5'-Methylthioadenosine;

Aminoadipic acid;

2-Hydroxyglutarate;

Citicoline;

3-Aminoisobutanoic acid;

PC(32:1);

PC(38:4);

PC(38:5);

PE(34:2);

PE(36:4);

PC(32:0);

PC(36:2);

PG(34:1);

PE(38:5);

L-Palmitoylcarnitine;

LysoPC(20:4);

3-Methylhistidine;

PC(36:1);

PC(40:5);

PE(P-36:2);

PE(36:1);

PS(38:4);

PC(40:7);

PS(40:4);

PE(34:1);

PE(36:2);

PC(34:1);

PI(36:4);

PI(38:5);

PC(33:1);

TG(46:3);

TG(52:3);

TG(54:4);

TG(56:3);

S-Adenosylmethionine;

Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid;

LysoPC(17:0/0:0);

CE(22:1);

TG(54:7);

PC(40:8);

Erythronic acid lactone;

PC(34:4);

TG(53:3);

TG(51:3);

TG(52:4);

DG(36:3);

D-myo-Inositol 4-phosphate;

TG(17:0/17:1/17:0) (d5);

MG(17:0/0:0/0:0);

DG(18:1/2:0/0:0);

PC(12:0/13:0);

LysoPE(17:1);

SM(d18:1/17:0);

BMP 44:12;

Cer(d18:1/17:0);

Cer(d42:2);

PG(17:0/17:0);

5-PAHSA-d9;

PC(p-34:0);

PC(35:2);

PE(p-38:5);

PG(44:12);

N8-Acetylspermidine;

PG(38:4);

PE(p-38:3);

PS(44:10);

FA 22:4;

PC(p-34:1);

PC(42:5);

PC(p-40:6);

PE(38:3);

PE(36:3e);

SM(d36:0);

GlcCer(d14:14E/20:02OH);

SHexCer d36:1;

SHexCer d42:2;

PC(34:1e);

HexCer-NDS d40:1;

HexCer-NS d42:2;

PC(p-40:1);

HexCer-NDS d40:2;

HexCer-NS d38:1;

SHexCer d42:1;

GlcCer(d38:1);

SHexCer d42:3;