Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33067870›Full record

ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2020

The Effect of Chronic Ethanol Exposure and Thiamine Deficiency on Myelin-related Genes in the Cortex and the Cerebellum.

Bradley J Chatterton, Polliana T Nunes, Lisa M Savage

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Thiamine Deficiency and Neuroinflammation Are Important Contributors to Alcohol Use Disorder.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025
    Review
  3. Alcohol Toxicity in the Developing Cerebellum.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bradley J ChattertonFrom the, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA.
Polliana T NunesFrom the, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA.
Lisa M SavageFrom the, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5711-3709
Binghamton University · US

Funding

Social Anxiety, Stress and Ethanol Sensitivity in Adolescence and AdulthoodP50AA017823 · NIAAA · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI Marvin Rafael Diaz · 2009 to 2026
$30.5M
Cortical Biobehavioral Disruption after Thiamine Deficiency and Chronic AlcoholR01AA021775 · NIAAA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NY,BINGHAMTON · PI SAVAGE, LISA M · 2014 to 2018
$2.3M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA017823NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021775
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLong-term alcohol consumption has been linked to structural and functional brain abnormalities. Furthermore, with persistent exposure to ethanol (EtOH), nutrient deficiencies often develop. Thiamine deficiency is a key contributor to alcohol-related brain damage and is suspected to contribute to white matter pathology. The expression of genes encoding myelin proteins in several cortical brain regions is altered with EtOH exposure. However, there is limited research regarding the impact of thiamine deficiency on myelin dysfunction.

methodsA rat model was used to assess the impact of moderate chronic EtOH exposure (CET; 20% EtOH in drinking water for 1 or 6 months), pyrithiamine-induced thiamine deficiency treatment (PTD), both conditions combined (CET-PTD), or CET with thiamine injections (CET + T) on myelin-related gene expression (Olig1, Olig2, MBP, MAG, and MOG) in the frontal and parietal cortices and the cerebellum.

resultsThe CET-PTD treatments caused the greatest suppression in myelin-related genes in the cortex. Specifically, the parietal cortex was the region that was most susceptible to PTD-CET-induced alterations in myelin-related genes. In addition, PTD treatment, with and without CET, caused minor fluctuations in the expression of several myelin-related genes in the frontal cortex. In contrast, CET alone and PTD alone suppressed several myelin-related genes in the cerebellum. Regardless of the region, there was significant recovery of myelin-related genes with extended abstinence and/or thiamine restoration.

conclusionModerate chronic EtOH alone had a minor effect on the suppression of myelin-related genes in the cortex; however, when combined with thiamine deficiency, the reduction was amplified. There was a suppression of myelin-related genes following long-term EtOH and thiamine deficiency in the cerebellum. However, the suppression in the myelin-related genes mostly occurred 24 h after EtOH removal or following thiamine restoration; within 3 weeks of abstinence or thiamine recovery, gene expression rebounded.

Indexed as

AnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCerebellumCerebral CortexEthanolFrontal LobeGene ExpressionMaleMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinMyelin SheathNerve Tissue ProteinsOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2Parietal LobeRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEthanolMog protein, ratMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinNerve Tissue ProteinsOlig1 protein, ratOlig2 protein, ratOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2AlcoholCerebellumCortexThiamine DeficiencyWhite Matter

Identifiers

PMID33067870
PMCPMC7725981
OpenAlexW3093431426

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.