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ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2018

Knockdown of Mns1 Increases Susceptibility to Craniofacial Defects Following Gastrulation-Stage Alcohol Exposure in Mice.

Karen E Boschen, Henry Gong, Laura B Murdaugh, Scott E Parnell

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Article in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen E BoschenBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0001-5838-0016
Henry GongBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Laura B MurdaughBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Scott E ParnellBowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

UNC ARC Information/Dissemination CoreP60AA011605 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Melissa A Herman · 2003 to 2026
$46.3M
Exploring the Genetics of FASD in Complementary Mouse and Fish ModelsU01AA021651 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI EBERHART, JOHANN K, PARNELL, SCOTT · 2012 to 2021
$3.2M
Neuroanatomical/Functional Correlates in an FASD ModelR00AA018697 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PARNELL, SCOTT · 2012 to 2014
$710k
Primary cilia number and function in the neural tube in a mouse model of FASDF32AA026479 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BOSCHEN, KAREN ELIZABETH · 2017 to 2019
$118k
NIAAA NIH HHS F32 AA026479NIAAA NIH HHS P60 AA011605NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA018697NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA021651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMNS1 (meiosis-specific nuclear structural protein 1) is necessary for motile cilia function, such as sperm flagella or those found in the embryonic primitive node. While little is known regarding the function or expression pattern of MNS1 in the embryo, co-immunoprecipitation experiments in sperm have determined that MNS1 interacts with ciliary proteins, which are also important during development. Establishment of morphogenic gradients is dependent on normal ciliary motion in the primitive node beginning during gastrulation (gestational day [GD] 7 in the mouse, second-third week of pregnancy in humans), a critical window for face, eye, and brain development and particularly susceptible to perturbations of developmental signals. The current study investigates the role of Mns1 in craniofacial defects associated with gastrulation-stage alcohol exposure.

methodsOn GD7, pregnant Mns1

resultsPrenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) significantly increased the rate of defects in wild-type fetuses, as PAE fetuses had an incidence rate of 41.18% compared to a 10% incidence rate in controls. Furthermore, PAE interacted with genotype to significantly increase the defect rate and severity in Mns1

conclusionsThese data demonstrate that a partial or complete knockdown of Mns1 interacts with PAE to increase the susceptibility to ocular defects and correlating craniofacial and brain anomalies, likely though interaction of alcohol with motile cilia function. These results further our understanding of genetic risk factors that may underlie susceptibility to teratogenic exposures.

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AnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsCentral Nervous SystemCentral Nervous System DepressantsCraniofacial AbnormalitiesEthanolEye AbnormalitiesFemaleFetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersFetusGastrulationGene Knockdown TechniquesIncidenceMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutCell Cycle ProteinsCentral Nervous System DepressantsEthanolMns1 protein, mouseNuclear ProteinsBirth DefectsDevelopmentEthanolFetal Alcohol SyndromeTransgenic Mice

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