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ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2009

Ethanol teratogenesis in five inbred strains of mice.

Chris Downing, Christina Balderrama-Durbin, Hali Broncucia, David Gilliam, Thomas E Johnson

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Article in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Chris DowningInstitute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA. cdowning@colorado.edu
Christina Balderrama-Durbin
Hali Broncucia
David Gilliam
Thomas E Johnson

Funding

Ethanol Teratogenesis and Genomic ImprintingR01AA016676 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI JOHNSON, THOMAS E. · 2006 to 2010
$2.1M
The Epidemiology of Alcohol Use at Tailgate PartiesR21AA014661 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI GELLER, E SCOTT · 2005 to 2005
$142k
NIAAA NIH HHS AA01466NIAAA NIH HHS AA016676NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA016676NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA014661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious studies have demonstrated individual differences in susceptibility to the detrimental effects of prenatal ethanol exposure. Many factors, including genetic differences, have been shown to play a role in susceptibility and resistance, but few studies have investigated the range of genetic variation in rodent models.

methodsWe examined ethanol teratogenesis in 5 inbred strains of mice: C57BL/6J (B6), Inbred Short-Sleep, C3H/Ibg, A/Ibg, and 129S6/SvEvTac (129). Pregnant dams were intubated with either 5.8 g/kg ethanol (E) or an isocaloric amount of maltose-dextrin (MD) on day 9 of pregnancy. Dams were sacrificed on day 18 and fetuses were weighed, sexed, and examined for gross morphological malformations. Every other fetus within a litter was then either placed in Bouin's fixative for subsequent soft-tissue analyses or eviscerated and placed in ethanol for subsequent skeletal analyses.

resultsB6 mice exposed to ethanol in utero had fetal weight deficits and digit, kidney, brain ventricle, and vertebral malformations. In contrast, 129 mice showed no teratogenesis. The remaining strains showed varying degrees of teratogenesis.

conclusionsDifferences among inbred strains demonstrate genetic variation in the teratogenic effects of ethanol. Identifying susceptible and resistant strains allows future studies to elucidate the genetic architecture underlying prenatal alcohol phenotypes.

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Abnormalities, Drug-InducedAnimalsEthanolFemaleMaleMaternal ExposureMiceMice, Inbred AMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLPregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsSpecies SpecificityTeratogensEthanolTeratogens

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