Maternal caffeine ingestion during gestation and lactation influences respiratory adaptation to acute alveolar hypoxia in newborn rats and adenosine A2A and GABA A receptor mRNA transcription

Neuroscience
Nathalie PicardYolande Perrin

Abstract

Caffeine is a widely used psychostimulant freely crossing the placental barrier. At the doses usually absorbed, it acts as an antagonist of both A1 and A2A adenosine receptors. Pregnant women are generally not advised to limit their caffeine consumption and thus expose their progeny to the drug during the whole of gestation and lactation. The possibility that such caffeine exposure may have long-term consequences on brain development has led to several behavioral investigations on animal models. Despite the crucial role played by adenosine receptor systems in neonatal breathing control, few studies in vitro have been concerned with the consequences of maternal caffeine absorption on breathing, and none in the unrestrained intact animal. The present investigation analyzed the influence of caffeine exposure via placental and milk transfer on resting ventilation and on the response to moderate alveolar hypoxia of 0 to 2-day-old newborn rat (P0-P2) together with the possible underlying mechanisms. Dams absorbed caffeine (46+/-3 mg/kg/day) via drinking fluid (0.2 g/L) throughout gestation, in conditions mimicking moderate human consumption. Caffeine exposure did not significantly affect basal respiratory parameters. In contrast, it ...Continue Reading

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