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ArticleNeurotoxicology and teratology2017

Long-term behavioral change as a result of acute ethanol exposure in zebrafish: Evidence for a role for sonic hedgehog but not retinoic acid signaling.

Derek F Burton, Chengjin Zhang, Oswald Boa-Amponsem, Shanta Mackinnon, Gregory J Cole

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Article in Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Derek F BurtonJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, United States; Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, United States.
Chengjin ZhangJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, United States.
Oswald Boa-AmponsemJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, United States; Integrated Biosciences Program, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, United States.
Shanta MackinnonJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, United States.
Gregory J ColeJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, United States; Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, United States. Electronic address: gcole@nccu.edu.
North Carolina Central University · USBiotechnology Research Institute · CN

Funding

RC3 Ethanol-Cannabinoid Interaction in the Regulation of NeurogenesisU54AA019765 · NIAAA · NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY · PI COLE, GREGORY JAY · 2010 to 2019
$8.7M
NIAAA NIH HHS U54 AA019765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDevelopmental exposure to ethanol is recognized to produce long-term neurobehavioral impairment in multiple animal models. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these deficits remain poorly understood. The present study was undertaken to ascertain whether two well-characterized targets of prenatal alcohol exposure, sonic hedgehog (Shh) and retinoic acid (RA), that induce the hallmark morphological phenotypes of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), are involved in the generation of behavioral alterations as a result of alcohol exposure.

methodsZebrafish embryos were exposed to ethanol (0%, 1%, 3%) at either 8-10 or 24-27h post-fertilization (hpf) and then evaluated during adolescence in the novel tank dive test to assess anxiety and risk-taking behavior. Overt signs of dysmorphogenesis were also scored and behavioral and morphological changes were compared for embryos treated with alcohol alone or in combination with subthreshold doses of shh or alhh1a3 morpholinos (MOs).

resultsEthanol treated fish displayed altered tank diving behavior that was not exacerbated by combined MO treatment. While treatment of embryos with either shha mRNA or RA prior to ethanol exposure only ameliorated the altered tank diving response in the case of shha mRNA overexpression, dysmorphogenesis was rescued by both treatments.

conclusionThese results suggest that the effects of ethanol exposure on changes in anxiety and risk-taking behavior in adolescent zebrafish is manifested by a blunting of Shh, but not RA, signaling during early development.

Indexed as

TretinoinAnimalsBehavior, AnimalEmbryo, NonmammalianEthanolFemaleHedgehog ProteinsMaleMorpholinosOligonucleotides, AntisensePregnancyZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsEthanolHedgehog ProteinsMorpholinosOligonucleotides, AntisenseShha protein, zebrafishTretinoinZebrafish ProteinsEthanolFASDRetinoic acidSonic hedgehogZebrafish

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PMID28223149
PMCPMC5453814
OpenAlexW2590918227

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