Longitudinal Effects of Embryonic Exposure to Cocaine on Morphology, Cardiovascular Physiology, and Behavior in Zebrafish
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Mersereau, EricBoyle, Cody
Poitra, Shelby
Espinoza, Ana
Seiler, Joclyn
Longie, Robert
Delvo, Lisa
Szarkowski, Megan
Maliske, Joshua
Chalmers, Sarah
Darland, Diane
Darland, Tristan
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Univ Arizona, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary BiolIssue Date
2016-05-31
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Longitudinal Effects of Embryonic Exposure to Cocaine on Morphology, Cardiovascular Physiology, and Behavior in Zebrafish 2016, 17 (6):847 International Journal of Molecular SciencesRights
© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Collection Information
This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
A sizeable portion of the societal drain from cocaine abuse results from the complications of in utero drug exposure. Because of challenges in using humans and mammalian model organisms as test subjects, much debate remains about the impact of in utero cocaine exposure. Zebrafish offer a number of advantages as a model in longitudinal toxicology studies and are quite sensitive physiologically and behaviorally to cocaine. In this study, we have used zebrafish to model the effects of embryonic pre-exposure to cocaine on development and on subsequent cardiovascular physiology and cocaine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) in longitudinal adults. Larval fish showed a progressive decrease in telencephalic size with increased doses of cocaine. These treated larvae also showed a dose dependent response in heart rate that persisted 24 h after drug cessation. Embryonic cocaine exposure had little effect on overall health of longitudinal adults, but subtle changes in cardiovascular physiology were seen including decreased sensitivity to isoproterenol and increased sensitivity to cocaine. These longitudinal adult fish also showed an embryonic dose-dependent change in CPP behavior, suggesting an increased sensitivity. These studies clearly show that pre-exposure during embryonic development affects subsequent cocaine sensitivity in longitudinal adults.Note
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University of North Dakota (UND); Department of Pathology at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences; National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Site [0851869]; National Institutes of Health (NIH) [P20GM103442/P20RR016471]; Indian Health Service (IHS) [U261HS0045-04-01]; NIHAdditional Links
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/6/847ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/ijms17060847