Publication Date:
2011-04-23
Description:
Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) is thought to regulate neurodevelopmental processes through maternal-fetal interactions that have long-term mental health implications. It is thought that beyond fetal 5-HT neurons there are significant maternal contributions to fetal 5-HT during pregnancy but this has not been tested empirically. To examine putative central and peripheral sources of embryonic brain 5-HT, we used Pet1(-/-) (also called Fev) mice in which most dorsal raphe neurons lack 5-HT. We detected previously unknown differences in accumulation of 5-HT between the forebrain and hindbrain during early and late fetal stages, through an exogenous source of 5-HT which is not of maternal origin. Using additional genetic strategies, a new technology for studying placental biology ex vivo and direct manipulation of placental neosynthesis, we investigated the nature of this exogenous source. We uncovered a placental 5-HT synthetic pathway from a maternal tryptophan precursor in both mice and humans. This study reveals a new, direct role for placental metabolic pathways in modulating fetal brain development and indicates that maternal-placental-fetal interactions could underlie the pronounced impact of 5-HT on long-lasting mental health outcomes.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084180/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3084180/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bonnin, Alexandre -- Goeden, Nick -- Chen, Kevin -- Wilson, Melissa L -- King, Jennifer -- Shih, Jean C -- Blakely, Randy D -- Deneris, Evan S -- Levitt, Pat -- 1P50MH078280A1/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- 5R21HD065287/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- P50 MH078028/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P50 MH078028-01A1/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P50 MH078028-02/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P50 MH078028-03/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P50 MH078028-04/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- P50 MH078028-05/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- R01MH39085/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- R21 HD065287/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R21 HD065287-01/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R21 HD065287-02/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2011 Apr 21;472(7343):347-50. doi: 10.1038/nature09972.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA. bonnin@usc.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21512572" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
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Female
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Fetus/embryology/*metabolism
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Humans
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In Vitro Techniques
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Maternal-Fetal Exchange/*physiology
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Mice
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Placenta/*metabolism
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Pregnancy
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Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
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Prosencephalon/*embryology/*metabolism
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Raphe Nuclei/cytology
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Rhombencephalon/embryology/metabolism
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Serotonin/analysis/*biosynthesis/metabolism
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Time Factors
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Transcription Factors/deficiency/genetics
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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