PMID- 23542005 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140214 LR - 20211021 IS - 1873-474X (Electronic) IS - 0736-5748 (Print) IS - 0736-5748 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 6 DP - 2013 Oct TI - Alcohol exposure during development: Impact on the epigenome. PG - 391-7 LID - S0736-5748(13)00046-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.03.010 [doi] AB - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders represent a wide range of symptoms associated with in utero alcohol exposure. Animal models of FASD have been useful in determining the specific neurological consequences of developmental alcohol exposure, but the mechanisms of those consequences are unclear. Long-lasting changes to the epigenome are proposed as a mechanism of alcohol-induced teratogenesis in the hippocampus. The current study utilized a three-trimester rodent model of FASD to examine changes to some of the enzymatic regulators of the epigenome in adolescence. Combined pre- and post-natal alcohol exposureresulted in a significant increase in DNA methyltransferase activity (DNMT), without affecting histone deacetylase activity (HDAC). Developmental alcohol exposure also caused a change in gene expression of regulators of the epigenome, in particular, DNMT1, DNMT3a, and methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2). The modifications of the activity and expression of epigenetic regulators in the hippocampus of rodents perinatally exposed to alcohol suggest that alcohol's impact on the epigenome and its regulators may be one of the underlying mechanisms of alcohol teratogenesis. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 ISDN. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Perkins, Amy AU - Perkins A AD - Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States. fincha@sc.edu FAU - Lehmann, Claudia AU - Lehmann C FAU - Lawrence, R Charles AU - Lawrence RC FAU - Kelly, Sandra J AU - Kelly SJ LA - eng GR - R01 AA011566/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01AA011566/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130327 PL - United States TA - Int J Dev Neurosci JT - International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience JID - 8401784 RN - 0 (Central Nervous System Depressants) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - EC 2.1.1.37 (DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases) RN - EC 3.5.1.98 (Histone Deacetylases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Body Weight/drug effects MH - Central Nervous System Depressants/*adverse effects/blood MH - DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Epigenesis, Genetic/*drug effects MH - Ethanol/*adverse effects/blood MH - Female MH - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders/etiology/*physiopathology MH - Histone Deacetylases/metabolism MH - Male MH - Pregnancy MH - Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/*physiopathology MH - Rats, Long-Evans PMC - PMC3703477 MID - NIHMS461281 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ARND OT - BAC OT - BDNF OT - CNS OT - CT OT - DMR OT - DNA methyltransferase OT - DNMT OT - ET OT - Epigenetics OT - FAS OT - FASD OT - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders OT - GD OT - HAT OT - HDAC OT - Hippocampus OT - IC OT - MBDs OT - MeCP2 OT - NC OT - PD OT - PFC OT - alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder OT - blood alcohol concentration OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - central nervous system OT - crossing threshold OT - differentially methylated region OT - ethanol-exposed group OT - fetal alcohol spectrum disorder OT - fetal alcohol syndrome OT - gestational day OT - histone acetyltransferase OT - histone deacetylase OT - intubated control group OT - methyl CpG binding protein 2 OT - methyl binding domains OT - non-treated control group OT - postnatal day OT - prefrontal cortex EDAT- 2013/04/02 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/15 06:00 PMCR- 2014/10/01 CRDT- 2013/04/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/03/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/03/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0736-5748(13)00046-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.03.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Dev Neurosci. 2013 Oct;31(6):391-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.03.010. Epub 2013 Mar 27.