EFFECTS OF PRENATAL ETHANOL EXPOSURE AND STRESS IN ADULTHOOD ON LYMPHOCYTE POPULATIONS IN RATS

被引:21
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作者
GIBERSON, PK
WEINBERG, J
机构
[1] Department of Anatomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
关键词
PRENATAL ETHANOL; IMMUNOTERATOGENIC EFFECTS OF ETHANOL; STRESS; LYMPHOCYTES; T-CELLS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1530-0277.1995.tb01613.x
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R194 [卫生标准、卫生检查、医药管理];
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摘要
The present study was undertaken to assess the possible interactive effects of prenatal ethanol exposure and stress in adulthood on lymphocyte populations in rat offspring, and to examine differential vulnerability of males and females to these challenges. Male and female offspring from prenatal ethanol-exposed (E), pair-fed, and ad libitum-fed control conditions were exposed to a 3-week chronic intermittent stress regimen in adulthood. Animals were exposed to two of six different stressors daily, one each at random times in the morning and afternoon, with the same pair of stressors being repeated every 4 days. Following the 3-week stress period, lymphocytes from four compartments (peripheral blood, spleen, thymus, and cervical lymph nodes) were analyzed for expression of differentiation antigens. Data demonstrate that, whereas a number of the effects of prenatal ethanol on lymphocyte populations appeared to be nutritionally mediated, the additional challenge of exposure to stressors differentially affected animals exposed to ethanol prenatally and appeared to have effects primarily in male offspring. Stressed E males had a greater reduction in the number of pan T-cells in the thymus and peripheral blood, compared with nonstressed E males, but showed an increased peripheral blood pan T-antigen expression. Stressed E males also had reduced numbers of peripheral blood CD4(+) T-cells and thymic CD4(+)CD8(+) T-cells, compared with controls. In addition, several effects of stress were observed in animals in all three prenatal treatment groups, including decreased numbers of lymph node pan T- and CD4(+) T-cells and decreased numbers of total peripheral blood lymphocytes in males, increased numbers of total splenic acid thymic lymphocytes in females, and increased numbers of splenic CD8(+) T-cells, as well as a decreased ratio of CD4(+):CD8(+) T-cells in the lymph node and spleen in both males and females. These findings indicate that, although exposure to chronic intermittent stress in adulthood may have marked effects on lymphocyte populations across all treatment groups, specific deficits in the immune system of fetal E animals may become apparent only when these animals are subjected to the additional challenge of stress. Moreover, male and female offspring may be differentially affected by the two challenges of ethanol and stress.
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页码:1286 / 1294
页数:9
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