PMID- 22692317 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130926 LR - 20171116 IS - 1671-167X (Print) IS - 1671-167X (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Jun 18 TI - [Protective effect of exogenous nucleotides on the developmental toxicity of alcohol]. PG - 426-30 AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the preventive effect of exogenous nucleotide (EN) on the developmental toxicity of alcohol. METHODS: C57BL/6J pregnant mice were divided into 6 groups randomly: the control group, the alcohol group, the low (0.01%EN), middle (0.04%EN), high (0.16%EN) and higher (0.64% EN) intervention groups. From the 6th gestational days (GD) to the 15th GD, pregnant animals except those in the control group were administrated with 5 g (per kg body weight) alcohol intragastrically. Normal mouse forage was provided to the animals in the control group and alcohol group, while forage containing different quantities of EN was provided to the animals in the intervention groups. On GD 18, all the dams were killed, their blood samples were collected for further analysis, and fetal developmental indexes were observed. RESULTS: Compared with the animals in the alcohol group, offspring's body weight and placenta weight of EN intervention groups improved a lot; superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity increased significantly (P<0.05), malondialdehyde (MDA) levels decreased significantly (P<0.01); the live birth rate of animals in the interventions groups has increased significantly and the absorbed embryo rate of them has decreased significantly (P<0.01); the forepaw phalanges, hindpaw phalanges and caudal vertebrae ossification point increased significantly (P<0.01); the anomalies of both occipital and sternum have decreased significantly in 0.04%EN group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: EN has a significant protective effect on the developmental toxicity of alcohol. FAU - Dong, Wen-hong AU - Dong WH AD - Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhao, Jie AU - Zhao J FAU - Zhang, Jia-xi AU - Zhang JX FAU - Xu, Lin-lin AU - Xu LL FAU - Xu, Ya-jun AU - Xu YJ LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - China TA - Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban JT - Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences JID - 101125284 RN - 0 (Nucleotides) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Ethanol/*toxicity MH - Female MH - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders/*prevention & control MH - Male MH - *Maternal Exposure MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Nucleotides/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - Pregnancy MH - Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/*prevention & control EDAT- 2012/06/14 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/27 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/14 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/27 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2012 Jun 18;44(3):426-30.