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Resveratrol ameliorates prenatal progestin exposure-induced autism-like behavior through ERβ activation

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Title
Resveratrol ameliorates prenatal progestin exposure-induced autism-like behavior through ERβ activation
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Molecular Autism, August 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13229-018-0225-5
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Weiguo Xie, Xiaohu Ge, Ling Li, Athena Yao, Xiaoyan Wang, Min Li, Xiang Gong, Zhigang Chu, Zhe Lu, Xiaodong Huang, Yun Jiao, Yifei Wang, Meifang Xiao, Haijia Chen, Wei Xiang, Paul Yao

Abstract

Recent literatures indicate that maternal hormone exposure is a risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We hypothesize that prenatal progestin exposure may counteract the neuroprotective effect of estrogen and contribute to ASD development, and we aim to develop a method to ameliorate prenatal progestin exposure-induced autism-like behavior. Experiment 1: Prenatal progestin exposure-induced offspring are treated with resveratrol (RSV) through either prenatal or postnatal exposure and then used for autism-like behavior testing and other biomedical analyses. Experiment 2: Prenatal norethindrone (NET) exposure-induced offspring are treated with ERβ knockdown lentivirus together with RSV for further testing. Experiment 3: Pregnant dams are treated with prenatal NET exposure together with RSV, and the offspring are used for further testing. Eight kinds of clinically relevant progestins were used for prenatal exposure in pregnant dams, and the offspring showed decreased ERβ expression in the amygdala with autism-like behavior. Oral administration of either postnatal or prenatal RSV treatment significantly reversed this effect with ERβ activation and ameliorated autism-like behavior. Further investigation showed that RSV activates ERβ and its target genes by demethylation of DNA and histone on the ERβ promoter, and then minimizes progestin-induced oxidative stress as well as the dysfunction of mitochondria and lipid metabolism in the brain, subsequently ameliorating autism-like behavior. We conclude that resveratrol ameliorates prenatal progestin exposure-induced autism-like behavior through ERβ activation. Our data suggest that prenatal progestin exposure is a strong risk factor for autism-like behavior. Many potential clinical progestin applications, including oral contraceptive pills, preterm birth drugs, and progestin-contaminated drinking water or seafood, may be risk factors for ASD. In addition, RSV may be a good candidate for clinically rescuing or preventing ASD symptoms in humans, while high doses of resveratrol used in the animals may be a potential limitation for human application.

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Unknown 86 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 16%
Researcher 11 13%
Student > Bachelor 9 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 6%
Other 13 15%
Unknown 29 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 9 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 7%
Neuroscience 6 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 5%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 42 49%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2022.
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#4,870,515
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#373
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#88,625
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Outputs of similar age from Molecular Autism
#6
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