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- Title
Chronic nicotine exposure induces molecular and transcriptomic endophenotypes associated with mood and anxiety disorders in a cerebral organoid neurodevelopmental model.
- Authors
Proud, Emma K.; Rodríguez-Ruiz, Mar; Gummerson, Dana M.; Vanin, Sebastian; Hardy, Daniel B.; Rushlow, Walter J.; Laviolette, Steven R.
- Abstract
Introduction: Prenatal nicotine exposure (PNE) from maternal smoking disrupts regulatory processes vital to fetal development. These changes result in long-term behavioral impairments, including mood and anxiety disorders, that manifest later in life. However, the relationship underlying PNE, and the underpinnings of mood and anxiety molecular and transcriptomic phenotypes remains elusive. Methods: To model nicotine exposure during prenatal development, our study used human cerebral organoids that were chronically exposed to nicotine and collected for molecular analyses. Results: Short-term, nicotine altered molecular markers of neural identity, mood and anxiety disorders and those involved in maintaining the excitatory/inhibitory (E/I) balance in the cortex. RNA sequencing further revealed transcriptomic changes in genes pertaining to embryonic development, neurogenesis, and DNA binding. Long-term, mature organoids demonstrated similar disruptions in E/I balance, decreased expression of neural identity markers, and altered dopamine receptor expression. Discussion: Collectively, our results demonstrate that nicotine-induced alterations occur acutely and persist at later stages of development. These findings validate an in vitro model of PNE to better comprehend the emergence of neuropsychiatric molecular and transcriptomic endophenotypes resulting from gestational nicotine exposure.
- Subjects
FETAL development; PRENATAL exposure; EMBRYOLOGY; ANXIETY disorders; AFFECTIVE disorders; DOPAMINE receptors; NICOTINE
- Publication
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2025, p1
- ISSN
1663-9812
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3389/fphar.2024.1473213