Bisphenol-A rapidly enhanced passive avoidance memory and phosphorylation of NMDA receptor subunits in hippocampus of young rats

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

OSTI ID:21587823

Tao, Li; Qingqing, Luo; Xing, Hong; Lingdan, Xie; Dong, Tian

Bisphenol-A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, is found to influence development of brain and behaviors in rodents. The previous study indicated that perinatal exposure to BPA impaired learning-memory and inhibited N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) subunits expressions in hippocampus during the postnatal development in rats; and in cultured hippocampal neurons, BPA rapidly promotes dynamic changes in dendritic morphology through estrogen receptor-mediated pathway by concomitant phosphorylation of NMDAR subunit NR2B. In the present study, we examined the rapid effect of BPA on passive avoidance memory and NMDAR in the developing hippocampus of Sprague-Dawley rats at the age of postnatal day 18. The results showed that BPA or estradiol benzoate (EB) rapidly extended the latency to step down from the platform 1 h after footshock and increased the phosphorylation levels of NR1, NR2B, and mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in hippocampus within 1 h. While 24 h after BPA or EB treatment, the improved memory and the increased phosphorylation levels of NR1, NR2B, ERK disappeared. Furthermore, pre-treatment with an estrogen receptors (ERs) antagonist, ICI182,780, or an ERK-activating kinase inhibitor, U0126, significantly attenuated EB- or BPA-induced phosphorylations of NR1, NR2B, and ERK within 1 h. These data suggest that BPA rapidly enhanced short-term passive avoidance memory in the developing rats. A non-genomic effect via ERs may mediate the modulation of the phosphorylation of NMDAR subunits NR1 and NR2B through ERK signaling pathway. - Highlights: > BPA rapidly extended the latency to step down from platform 1 h after footshock. > BPA rapidly increased pNR1, pNR2B, and pERK in hippocampus within 1 h. > ERs antagonist or MEK inhibitor attenuated BPA-induced pNR1, pNR2B, and pERK.

• OSTI ID: 21587823
• Journal Information: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Journal Name: Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 255; ISSN TXAPA9; ISSN 0041-008X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALBUMINS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
AVOIDANCE
BEHAVIOR
BODY
BRAIN
CALCIUM
CALMODULIN
CATTLE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ELEMENTS
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HIPPOCAMPUS
HORMONES
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INJECTION
INTAKE
MAMMALS
MEMBRANE PROTEINS
METALS
NERVE CELLS
NERVOUS SYSTEM
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHOSPHORYLATION
PROTEINS
RATS
RECEPTORS
RODENTS
RUMINANTS
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SOMATIC CELLS
STEROID HORMONES
STEROIDS
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
SULFURIC ACID ESTERS
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