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Main Title Effects of Prenatal Dexamethasone on Development of Ornithine Decarboxylase Activity in Brain and Peripheral Tissues of Rats.
Author Navarro, H. A. ; Lachowicz, J. ; Bartolome, J. ; Whitmore, W. L. ; Slotkin, T. A. ;
CORP Author Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC. Dept. of Pharmacology.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Public Health Service, Rockville, MD.
Publisher c1988
Year Published 1988
Report Number EPA-R-813769 ;HD-09713; EPA/600/J-88/518;
Stock Number PB90-232307
Additional Subjects Brain chemistry ; Rats ; Graphs(Charts) ; Body weight ; Growth(Biology) ; Reprints ; Prenatal exposure delayed effects ; Ornithine decarboxylase ; Dexamethasone ; Respiratory distress syndrome ; Glucocorticoids ; Organ weight
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NTIS  PB90-232307 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The use of glucocorticoids in the management of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome may be associated with abnormalities of growth and neurologic development. In the study, pregnant rats received either 2 of 0.2 mg/kg of dexamethasone on gestational days 17, 18, and 19 and tissues of the offspring were examined for ornithine decarboxylase activity, a marker enzyme for perturbations of cellular maturation. Acutely, the higher dose of dexamethasone suppressed ornithine decarboxylase activity in all tissues except lung, where a short-term stimulation was obtained. Repeated administration of 2 mg/kg resulted in an ornithine decarboxylase pattern consistent with delayed cellular development in all tissues (suppressed activity followed by prolonged postnatal elevations), accompanied by impaired viability and general growth. Lowering the dose of dexamethasone to 0.2 mg/kg eliminated all the adverse effects on viability but still produced perturbations of tissue ornithine decarboxylase, most notably a prolonged suppression of activity across all brain regions. (Copyright (c) 1988 International Pediatric Research Foundation, Inc.)