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Effects of environmental contaminants on anxiety-like and fear behaviors, and gut-microbiota in rodents

环境污染物对啮齿动物焦虑样和恐惧行为以及肠道微生物群的影响

基本信息

批准号：
10908899
负责人：
FILIPA GODOY-VITORINO
金额：
$ 6.91万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-09-01 至 2024-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10908899
关键词：
Adult Affect Agriculture Amygdaloid structure Animals Anxiety Bacteria Behavior Behavioral Biological Brain Brain region Breathing Chemicals Clinical Consumption Darkness Development Dill Disease Dose Emotional disorder Environmental Pollutants Environmental Pollution Enzymes Event Exposure to FOS gene Female Food Food Preservatives Freezing Fright Functional disorder Future Goals Gonadal Hormones Grant Health Herbicides Histology Human Knowledge Light Link Mammals Measures Memory impairment Mental disorders Metabolic Minority Groups Mission Movement National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of Mental Health National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Neurodevelopmental Disorder Neurologic Neurons Neurotransmitters Pathogenesis Pathway interactions Plants Predisposition Prefrontal Cortex Rattus Reporting Research Domain Criteria Resistance Risk Rodent Role Route Sampling Serotonin Sex Differences Structure Structure of terminal stria nuclei of preoptic region Testing Time Toxic Environmental Substances United States Environmental Protection Agency United States Food and Drug Administration United States National Institutes of Health Water anxiety-like behavior arm behavior change behavior test behavioral study brain circuitry comparison control conditioned fear contaminated drinking water contaminated water drinking dysbiosis emotion dysregulation exposed human population fear memory fecal microbiota glyphosate gut microbes gut microbiota industrial production male microbial based therapy microorganism neural pathogen preclinical study response sex shikimate symbiont

项目摘要

Project Summary Our goal is to understand the effects of environmental contaminants, namely glyphosate, on anxiety-like and fear-related behaviors, and determine possible links between gut microbial imbalances and behavioral deficits. The increased risk of human exposure to chemicals from food preservatives, agriculture and industrial production suggests a link between exposure to environmental toxins, such as glyphosate, and the development of neurological and emotional disorders. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in glyphosate-based herbicides, was initially considered safe for mammals since it exerts its effect by inhibiting a metabolic route not present in mammals. However, this enzyme is found in microorganism, making the gut microbiota likely susceptible to damage by glyphosate. Given that the gut microbiota benefits the host, by acting as a defense against pathogens, producing neurotransmitters such as serotonin, and regulating normal brain function, disturbances of the gut microbiota may contribute to neural pathogenesis by generating a cascade of events which lead to emotional dysregulation. Thus, glyphosate can impact the health of animals by acting against their gut microbes. The influence of glyphosate on anxiety-like and fear-related behaviors is unclear. To evaluate the potential relationship between the influence of glyphosate on anxiety, fear, and gut microbiota, a link must be examined. Understanding how glyphosate impacts rat gut symbionts, their behavior and brain pathophysiology will help elucidate a possible role of this chemical to anxiety and fear. We will give either glyphosate-contaminated drinking water or filtered water, to adult rats, and perform behavioral studies for anxiety-like and fear-related behaviors. We hypothesize that prolonged drinking of glyphosate-contaminated water will lead to increased anxiety-like and fear-related behaviors. In addition, by evaluating for changes in the composition of gut microbiota, we will identify microbial imbalances that may correlate with the development of emotional disorders.

项目总结