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ArticleExperimental brain research2017

Comparison of molecular marker expression in early zebrafish brain development following chronic ethanol or morpholino treatment.

Chengjin Zhang, Oswald Boa-Amponsem, Gregory J Cole

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chengjin ZhangJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
Oswald Boa-AmponsemJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
Gregory J ColeJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA. gcole@nccu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0755-1265
North Carolina Central University · US

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

This study was undertaken to ascertain whether defined markers of early zebrafish brain development are affected by chronic ethanol exposure or morpholino knockdown of agrin, sonic hedgehog, retinoic acid, and fibroblast growth factors, four signaling molecules that are suggested to be ethanol sensitive. Zebrafish embryos were exposed to 2% ethanol from 6 to 24 hpf or injected with agrin, shha, aldh1a3, or fgf8a morpholinos. In situ hybridization was employed to analyze otx2, pax6a, epha4a, krx20, pax2a, fgf8a, wnt1, and eng2b expression during early brain development. Our results showed that pax6a mRNA expression was decreased in eye, forebrain, and hindbrain of both chronic ethanol exposed and select MO treatments. Epha4a expression in rhombomere R1 boundary was decreased in chronic ethanol exposure and aldh1a3 morphants, lost in fgf8a morphants, but largely unaffected in agrin and shha morphants. Ectopic pax6a and epha4a expression in midbrain was only found in fgf8a morphants. These results suggest that while chronic ethanol induces obvious morphological change in brain architecture, many molecular markers of these brain structures are relatively unaffected by ethanol exposure.

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Age FactorsAnimalsBrainCentral Nervous System DepressantsEmbryo, MammalianEthanolEyeGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalIn Situ HybridizationMorpholinesTretinoinZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanolMorpholinesTretinoinZebrafish ProteinsEthanolFASDFibroblast growth factorRetinoic acidSonic hedgehogZebrafish

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PMID28493069
PMCPMC5523850
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