Table 1 Overview of the effects of post-natal penicillin V treatment in male and female mice compared to vehicle treated controls.

From: Sex dependent effects of post-natal penicillin on brain, behavior and immune regulation are prevented by concurrent probiotic treatment

 

Males

Females

PenV

PenV+JB1

PenV

PenV+JB1

Behaviour

Anxiety-like

—

—

—

—

Social interaction

↓

—

—

—

Brain gene expression

AVPR 1a

HPC

↓

—

↑

—

HPT

—

—

↑

—

FC

—

—

  

AVPR 1b

HPC

↓

—

↑

—

HPT

↓

—

—

—

FC

↓

—

↑

—

OxtR

HPC

—

—

—

—

HPT

—

—

—

—

FC

—

—

—

—

BDNF

HPC

↓

—

—

—

HPT

↑

—

—

—

FC

—

—

—

—

Claudin-5

HPC

—

—

—

—

HPT

↓

—

—

—

FC

↓

—

—

—

Occludin

HPC

—

—

—

—

HPC

↓

—

—

—

FC

↓

—

—

↑

Immune parameters

Foxp3 + T cells

↓

—

—

—

IL-10 + Foxp3 + T cells

↓

—

—

↑

CD80 + Dendritic cells

—

↓

—

↓

CD86 + Dendritic cells

↑

—

—

—

MHCII + Dendritic cells

↑

—

—

—

Microbiome

α-Diversity

Week 3

↓

↓

↓

↓

 

Week 6

↓

↓

↓

↓

Proteobacteria

Week 3

↑

↑

↑

↑

Week 6

—

—

—

—

Bacteroidetes

Week 3

↓

—

↓

↓

Week 6

—

—

—

—

  1. ↑Increased, ↓Decreased, —Unchanged. Abbreviations; AVPR, arginine vasopressin receptor; BDNF, brain derived neurotrophic factor; FC, frontal cortex; HPC, hippocampus; HPT, hypothalamus; JB-1, Lactobacillus rhamnosus JB-1; OxtR, oxytocin receptor; PenV, penicillin V.