Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male Rats

Background and purpose: Stressful events in early-life induce metabolic disorders in adolescence. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early-life stress on number or area of Langerhans islets in exposure to foot-shock and psychological stress in male rats. Materials and methods: Th...

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Main Authors: Homeira Zardooz, Forouzan Sadeghimahalli, Mina Salimi
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Language:English
Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2020-02-01
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Online Access:http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-14423-en.html
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author Homeira Zardooz
Forouzan Sadeghimahalli
Mina Salimi
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Mina Salimi
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description Background and purpose: Stressful events in early-life induce metabolic disorders in adolescence. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early-life stress on number or area of Langerhans islets in exposure to foot-shock and psychological stress in male rats. Materials and methods: The rats were divided into six groups: control (without stress), early-stress (stress at 2 weeks of age), pubertal-foot shock (at 8-10 weeks of age), pubertal-psychological stress (psychological stress at 8-10 weeks of age), early-stress + pubertal-foot shock (stress at 2 weeks and foot-shock at 8-10 weeks of age), early-stress + pubertal-psychological stress (early-stress at 2 weeks and psychological stress at 8-10 weeks of age). Stress was induced for five consecutive days (twice daily). At the end of the experiment, following anesthesia with pentobarbital, the rats were decapitated and dissected to remove pancreas tissue to measure the number and area of islets. Results: Early-life and pubertal stresses alone did not change the number or area of islets. Compared to other interventions, early-life psychological-stress could considerably change the number or area of pancreatic islets. Conclusion: Early life stress predisposes the organism to morphological changes in endocrine pancreas as an increase in Langerhans islets number or area in exposure to stress later in life.
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spelling doaj.art-caa492ba8dea425a9a568b83f9caaacd2023-01-25T05:06:32ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792020-02-01291829198Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male RatsHomeira Zardooz0Forouzan Sadeghimahalli1Mina Salimi2 Associat Professor, Neurophysiology Research Center, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Assistant Professor, Diabetes Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Associat Professor, Neurophysiology Research Center, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background and purpose: Stressful events in early-life induce metabolic disorders in adolescence. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early-life stress on number or area of Langerhans islets in exposure to foot-shock and psychological stress in male rats. Materials and methods: The rats were divided into six groups: control (without stress), early-stress (stress at 2 weeks of age), pubertal-foot shock (at 8-10 weeks of age), pubertal-psychological stress (psychological stress at 8-10 weeks of age), early-stress + pubertal-foot shock (stress at 2 weeks and foot-shock at 8-10 weeks of age), early-stress + pubertal-psychological stress (early-stress at 2 weeks and psychological stress at 8-10 weeks of age). Stress was induced for five consecutive days (twice daily). At the end of the experiment, following anesthesia with pentobarbital, the rats were decapitated and dissected to remove pancreas tissue to measure the number and area of islets. Results: Early-life and pubertal stresses alone did not change the number or area of islets. Compared to other interventions, early-life psychological-stress could considerably change the number or area of pancreatic islets. Conclusion: Early life stress predisposes the organism to morphological changes in endocrine pancreas as an increase in Langerhans islets number or area in exposure to stress later in life.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-14423-en.htmlearly life stresspsychological stressphysical stresslangerhans islets
spellingShingle Homeira Zardooz
Forouzan Sadeghimahalli
Mina Salimi
Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male Rats
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
early life stress
psychological stress
physical stress
langerhans islets
title Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male Rats
title_full Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male Rats
title_fullStr Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male Rats
title_full_unstemmed Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male Rats
title_short Histological Evaluation of Pancreas Following Early Life Stress in Exposure to Pubertal Stress in Male Rats
title_sort histological evaluation of pancreas following early life stress in exposure to pubertal stress in male rats
topic early life stress
psychological stress
physical stress
langerhans islets
url http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-14423-en.html
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