ERIC Number: EJ1460789
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Publication Date: 2025-Mar
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Available Date: 2024-03-11
Sociability: Comparing the Effect of Chlorpyrifos with Valproic Acid
Miguel Morales-Navas1; Cristian Perez-Fernandez1; Sergio Castaño-Castaño1,2; Ainhoa Sánchez-Gil1; María Teresa Colomina3; Xavier Leinekugel4; Fernando Sánchez-Santed1
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v55 n3 p1101-1111 2025
In recent years, exposures to organophosphate pesticide have been highlighted as a possible cause or aggravating factor of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study examined if Wistar rats prenatally exposed to chlorpyrifos (CPF) at a dose of 1 mg/kg in GD 12.5-15.5 could express similar behaviors to those exposed to valproic acid (VPA, 400 mg/kg) during the same administration window, which is an accepted animal model of autism. The 3-chambered test was employed to evaluate sociability and reaction to social novelty in two experiments, the first in adolescence and the second in adulthood. The results obtained in this study show that animals prenatally treated with CPF or VPA show a similar behavioral phenotype compared to the control group (CNT). In adolescence, the CPF animals showed a negative index in the reaction to social novelty, followed closely by the VPA, while both experimental groups showed a recovery in this aspect during adulthood. This study therefore provides evidence to suggest that prenatal exposure to CPF in rats could have similar effects on certain components of sociability to those seen in autistic models.
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Hazardous Materials, Animals, Research, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Drug Therapy, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Behavior, Age Differences, Prenatal Influences
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Almería, Department of Psychology and Health Research Center (CEINSA), Almería, Spain; 2Universidad de Oviedo, Departamento de Psicobiología, Facultad de Psicología, Oviedo, Spain; 3Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Psychology and Research Center for Behavior Assessment (CRAMC), Tarragona, Spain; 4Aix-Marseille University, Institut de Neurobiologie de la Mediterranée (INMED), INSERM UMR1249, Marseille, France