Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A affects adult murine neocortical structure

Neurosci Lett. 2007 Jun 13;420(2):100-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.02.093. Epub 2007 Mar 25.

Abstract

Prenatal exposure to low-doses of bisphenol A (BPA) has been shown to affect murine neocortical development by accelerating neuronal differentiation/migration through disrupting thyroid hormone function. We therefore studied whether prenatal exposure to low-doses of BPA affected organization of adult neocortical structures. Pregnant mice were injected with 20 microg/kg of BPA daily from embryonic day 0.5 (E0.5) and bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was injected at E12.5, E14.5 and at E16.5, and the fetal brains were analyzed after birth. The BrdU-positive cells labeled at E14.5 were significantly increased in the Vth and VIth cortical layers of BPA-treated mice at postnatal 3 weeks (P3W), whereas they were confined to the IVth layer of control mice, though such differences disappeared at P12W. The thalamocortical projections demonstrated by DiI-labeling were abnormal at P3W and P12W in BPA-treated mice. These results indicate that BPA might affect not only neocortical development but also thalamocortical connections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Air Pollutants, Occupational / adverse effects
  • Animals
  • Axons / drug effects
  • Axons / pathology
  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Bisphenol A Compounds
  • Carbocyanines
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Cell Differentiation / physiology
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Estrogens, Non-Steroidal / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Neocortex / abnormalities*
  • Neocortex / drug effects*
  • Nervous System Malformations / chemically induced*
  • Nervous System Malformations / pathology*
  • Nervous System Malformations / physiopathology
  • Neural Pathways / abnormalities
  • Neural Pathways / drug effects
  • Phenols / adverse effects*
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / pathology*
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / physiopathology
  • Thalamus / abnormalities
  • Thalamus / drug effects

Substances

  • Air Pollutants, Occupational
  • Benzhydryl Compounds
  • Carbocyanines
  • Estrogens, Non-Steroidal
  • Phenols
  • 3,3'-dihexadecylindocarbocyanine
  • bisphenol A
  • Bisphenol A Compounds