Social interaction with rat exposed to constant light during lactation prevents depressive-like behavior induced by constant light in adulthood. 2015

Bruno Jacson Martynhak, and Luiz Kae Sales Kanazawa, and Guilherme Messias do Nascimento, and Roberto Andreatini
Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, Centro Politécnico, Curitiba, Paraná 81530-900, Brazil. Electronic address: brunojm@ymail.com.

Circadian rhythm disruptions are often observed in depressed patients, and changes in the light/dark cycle promote depressive-like behavior in animal models. Prolonged exposure to constant light (LL) is known to lead to arrhythmicity of circadian locomotor activity and depressive-like behavior in rats. Interestingly, neonatal exposure to LL prevents both arrhythmicity and depressive behavior in adulthood. Arrhythmic rats under LL conditions that cohabitate with a rhythmic rat exhibit improvement in circadian rhythms. We tested whether such cohabitation also protects against LL-induced depressive-like behavior. Wistar rats were assigned to conditions of either neonatal constant light (neonatal-LL) on postnatal days 10-22 or a regular light/dark cycle (neonatal-LD). On day 45, the animals were assigned to three possible pair combinations. After a baseline sucrose preference test, half of the pairs were placed under LL conditions. Weekly sucrose preference tests were conducted to evaluate depressive-like behavior. The animals were isolated by an aluminum wall on the test day. At week 2 of LL, sucrose preference was reduced in neonatal-LD/neonatal-LD pairs of animals. At week 5, neonatal-LD/neonatal-LD pairs exhibited anhedonic-like behavior, but the pairs with at least one neonatal-LL rat did not. The LL cycle was returned to an LD cycle, and the neonatal-LD/neonatal-LD pairs exhibited a restoration of sucrose preference 2 weeks later. We conclude that social interaction can prevent depressive-like behavior induced by circadian rhythm disruption as long as one of the animals is more prone to present a strong rhythm.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007774 Lactation The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after PARTURITION. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several hormones including ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; and OXYTOCIN. Lactation, Prolonged,Milk Secretion,Lactations, Prolonged,Milk Secretions,Prolonged Lactation,Prolonged Lactations
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D008297 Male Males
D002940 Circadian Rhythm The regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities, such as sensitivity to drugs or environmental and physiological stimuli. Diurnal Rhythm,Nyctohemeral Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythm,Nycthemeral Rhythm,Circadian Rhythms,Diurnal Rhythms,Nycthemeral Rhythms,Nyctohemeral Rhythms,Rhythm, Circadian,Rhythm, Diurnal,Rhythm, Nycthemeral,Rhythm, Nyctohemeral,Rhythm, Twenty-Four Hour,Rhythms, Circadian,Rhythms, Diurnal,Rhythms, Nycthemeral,Rhythms, Nyctohemeral,Rhythms, Twenty-Four Hour,Twenty Four Hour Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythms
D003863 Depression Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER present in neurotic and psychotic disorders. Depressive Symptoms,Emotional Depression,Depression, Emotional,Depressive Symptom,Symptom, Depressive
D005260 Female Females
D000367 Age Factors Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time. Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012919 Social Behavior Any behavior caused by or affecting another individual or group usually of the same species. Sociality,Behavior, Social,Behaviors, Social,Social Behaviors
D017208 Rats, Wistar A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain. Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats

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