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Prenatal NAP+SAL prevents developmental delay in a mouse model of Down syndrome through effects on N-methyl-D-aspartic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Down syndrome (DS) affects 1/800 infants. Prenatal NAPVSIPQ (NAP) and SALLRSIPA (SAL) (NAP+SAL) prevent developmental delay in Ts65Dn mice, a mouse model of DS. We investigated whether this finding involves N-methyl-D-aspartic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor subunits. STUDY DESIGN:Pregnant Ts65Dn mice were treated with placebo or NAP+SAL on gestational days 8-12. After developmental delay prevention was shown, 4 trisomic (Ts), 4 control, and 3 Ts+NAP+SAL adult offspring brains (from 3 litters) were collected. Calibrator-normalized real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed using primers for N-methyl-D-aspartic acid subunits NR2A and NR2B, and for GABA subunits GABA(A)alpha5 and GABA(A)beta3 with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase standardization. Statistics included analysis of variance and Fisher PLSD with P < .05 as significant. RESULTS:NR2A, NR2B, and GABA(A)beta3 levels were decreased in Ts vs control (all P < .05). Prenatal NAP+SAL increased NR2A, NR2B, and GABA(A)beta3 to levels similar to control (all P < .05). A significant difference in GABA(A)alpha5 levels was not found. CONCLUSION:Prenatal NAP+SAL increases NR2A, NR2B, and GABA(A)beta3 expression in adult DS mice to levels similar to controls. This may explain how NAP+SAL improve developmental milestone achievement.

SUBMITTER: Vink J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503529 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prenatal NAP+SAL prevents developmental delay in a mouse model of Down syndrome through effects on N-methyl-D-aspartic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors.

Vink Joy J   Incerti Maddelena M   Toso Laura L   Roberson Robin R   Abebe Daniel D   Spong Catherine Y CY  

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 20090326 5


<h4>Objective</h4>Down syndrome (DS) affects 1/800 infants. Prenatal NAPVSIPQ (NAP) and SALLRSIPA (SAL) (NAP+SAL) prevent developmental delay in Ts65Dn mice, a mouse model of DS. We investigated whether this finding involves N-methyl-D-aspartic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor subunits.<h4>Study design</h4>Pregnant Ts65Dn mice were treated with placebo or NAP+SAL on gestational days 8-12. After developmental delay prevention was shown, 4 trisomic (Ts), 4 control, and 3 Ts+NAP+SAL  ...[more]

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