Title Maternal undernutrition model of two generations of rats: Changes in the aged retina /
Authors Laurinavičiūtė, Guoda ; Šimkūnaitė-Rizgelienė, Renata ; Žalgevičienė, Violeta ; Bartuškienė, Violeta ; Čepulienė, Ramunė ; Jakimavičienė, Eglė Marija ; Galgauskas, Saulius ; Petroška, Donatas ; Besusparis, Justinas ; Tutkuvienė, Janina
DOI 10.14670/HH-18-522
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Is Part of Histology and histopathology.. Murcia : F. Hernandez. 2023, vol. 38, no. 4, p. 409-422.. ISSN 0213-3911. eISSN 1699-5848
Keywords [eng] macroglia ; maternal malnutrition ; microglia ; photoreceptors ; rat´s retina
Abstract [eng] The impact of maternal undernutrition on morphological changes of the retina was assessed in two generations of aged offspring. Wistar 18 rats (9 of each generation of 20-month-old female offspring; in total – 27 eyes) were analyzed. The first generation offspring were born to mothers who: (a) were restricted to food only before pregnancy (pre-pregnancy); (b) whose food was restricted before and during pregnancy. The control group and all the offspring were fed normally. After enucleating the eyes, paraffin sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. The thickness of retina layers was measured. Cryosections were immunostained using glial fibrillary acidic protein, ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule1, RNA-binding protein with multiple splicing for evaluation of macroglia, microglia and retinal ganglion cells by digital image analysis tools. Our data have shown atrophy of photoreceptor layer and degeneration of outer nuclear layer in all investigated groups, but less damage was found in the control group. Higher Müller cell activity and greater number of microglial cells was observed in the second generation offspring born from both restricted diet groups. Higher numbers of microglial and retinal ganglion cells were observed in the second generation in comparison to the first generation offspring. Malnutrition of the mother may be one of the possible causes of degeneration of the outer layers of the retina and activation of Müller cells in the second generation offspring. The effect of maternal nutritional restriction on the number of microglial and retinal ganglion cells is unclear.
Published Murcia : F. Hernandez
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2023
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