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This research has been funded by the State Research Agency of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2020-119116RA-I00, PID2020-113812RB-C32 and PID2021-126445OB-I00) , and by the Gobierno de Espana MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and Union Europea "Next Generation EU"/PRTR (PDC2021-121248-I00, PLEC2021-007774 and CPP2022-009967) .

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Exploring microbiota-gut-brain axis biomarkers linked to autism spectrum disorder in prenatally chlorpyrifos-exposed Fmr1 knock-out and wild-type male rats

Publicat a:Toxicology. 506 153871- - 2024-08-01 506(), DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2024.153871

Autors: Salmeron, Ana M; Perez-Fernandez, Cristian; Abreu, Ana C; Fernandez, Silvia; Tristan, Ana I; Ruiz-Sobremazas, Diego; Cabre, Maria; Guardia-Escote, Laia; Fernandez, Ignacio; Sanchez-Santed, Fernando

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Fmr1 (fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1)-knockout (KO) rats, modeling the human Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), are of particular interest for exploring the ASD-like phenotype in preclinical studies. Gestational exposure to chlorpyrifos (CPF) has been associated with ASD diagnosis in humans and ASD-like behaviors in rodents and linked to the microbiota-gut-brain axis. In this study, we have used both Fmr1-KO and wild-type male rats (F2 generation) at postnatal days (PND) 7 and 40 obtained after F1 pregnant females were randomly exposed to 1 mg/kg/mL/day of CPF or vehicle. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics approach together with gene expression profiles of these F2 generation rats were employed to analyze different brain regions (such as prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum), whole large intestine (at PND7) and gut content (PND40). The statistical comparison of each matrix spectral profile unveiled tissue-specific metabolic fingerprints. Significant variations in some biomarker levels were detected among brain tissues of different genotypes, including taurine, myo-inositol, and 3-hydroxybutyric acid, and exposure to CPF induced distinct metabolic alterations, particularly in serine and myo-inositol. Additionally, this study provides a set of metabolites associated with gastrointestinal dysfunction in ASD, encompassing several amino acids, choline-derived compounds, bile acids, and sterol molecules. In terms of gene expression, genotype and gestational exposure to CPF had only minimal effects on decarboxylase 2 (gad2) and cholinergic receptor muscarinic 2 (chrm2) genes.

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