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CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 31, Issue 12, Pages 5598-5612Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab183
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autophagy; bisphenol A (BPA); neural behavior; neurogenesis; synapse
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Early-life exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) disrupts the self-renewal and differentiation of neural progenitors during cortical development, leading to reduced neuron number and increased glial cells in the cerebral cortex. Additionally, synaptic formation and transmission are suppressed in the cerebral cortex after maternal BPA exposure, resulting in behavioral deficits likely mediated by activating autophagy.
Early-life exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), synthetic compound used in polycarbonate plastic, is associated with altered cognitive and emotional behavior later in life. However, the brain mechanism underlying the behavioral deficits is unknown. Here, we show that maternal BPA exposure disrupted self-renewal and differentiation of neural progenitors during cortical development. The BPA exposure reduced the neuron number, whereas it increased glial cells in the cerebral cortex. Also, synaptic formation and transmission in the cerebral cortex were suppressed after maternal BPA exposure. These changes appeared to be associated with autophagy as a gene ontology analysis of RNA-seq identified an autophagy domain in the BPA condition. Mouse behavioral tests revealed that maternal BPA caused hyperactivity and social deficits in adult offspring. Together, these results suggest that maternal BPA exposure leads to abnormal cortical architecture and function likely by activating autophagy.
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