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Omega-3 fatty acids potentiate the endocannabinoid-dependent synaptic plasticity lost after adolescent binge drinking in male mouse dentate gyrus

Maitane Serrano, Garazi Ocerin, Miquel Saumell Esnaola, Amaia Mimenza, Itziar Bonilla Del Rio, Gontzal García Del Caño, Almudena Ramos Uriarte, Xabier Aretxabala, Leire Reguero, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Nagore Puente, Pedro Grandes
FENS Forum 2024(2024)
Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria

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FENS Forum 2024

Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria

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Maitane Serrano, Garazi Ocerin, Miquel Saumell Esnaola, Amaia Mimenza, Itziar Bonilla Del Rio, Gontzal García Del Caño, Almudena Ramos Uriarte, Xabier Aretxabala, Leire Reguero, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Nagore Puente, Pedro Grandes

Abstract

Adolescence binge drinking impacts on cognition and behavior through the brain endocannabinoid system (ECS). Dietary long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids increase hippocampal synaptic transmission and improve memory functions. Strikingly, alcohol (EtOH) decreases n-3 in the brain, having a negative effect on synaptic plasticity. Because adolescent binge drinking causes long-term impairment of the cannabinoid-dependent synaptic plasticity at the excitatory medial perforant path (MPP) synapses of the hippocampal dentate gyrus (Peñasco et al., 2020), we hypothesize that n-3 could recover this functional deficit of the adult brain. To investigate it, we used 4-week-old male mice (C57BL/6J) and exposed them to drinking-in-the-dark from PND 32 to 59 (H2O and OH mice groups). During abstinence (PND 60-73), half of them were fed a n-3 supplemented diet (EPA 2.7% + DHA 2%) (n-3-H2O, n-3-OH).Light microscopic immunohistochemistry showed that optical density of CB1 receptor staining in the hippocampus was similar among mice conditions. However, CB1 receptor expression increased in hippocampal synaptosomes of OH, n-3-OH and n-3-H2O. This effect was associated with a CB1 immunogold particle density rise detected in inhibitory synaptic terminals by electron microscopy. CB1 receptor changes correlated with endocannabinoid-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP) at MPP synapses (MPP-LTP) in n-3-H2O and n-3-OH mice. In the former condition, MPP-LTP required group I metabotropic glutamate receptors, 2-arachidonoylglycerol, CB1 receptors, N-type calcium channels and actin filaments assembly. However, TRPV1, NMDA and anandamide were needed in n-3-OH.Altogether, n-3 diet modulates the ECS and potentiates MPP synapses impaired by binge drinking during adolescence.

Unique ID: fens-24/omega-3-fatty-acids-potentiate-endocannabinoid-dependent-9b3c30e6