PMID- 26074427 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151116 LR - 20181202 IS - 1096-0333 (Electronic) IS - 0041-008X (Linking) VI - 287 IP - 3 DP - 2015 Sep 15 TI - Embryonic catalase protects against ethanol embryopathies in acatalasemic mice and transgenic human catalase-expressing mice in embryo culture. PG - 232-9 LID - S0041-008X(15)30015-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.taap.2015.06.007 [doi] AB - Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in the mechanism of ethanol (EtOH) teratogenicity, but the protective role of the embryonic antioxidative enzyme catalase is unclear, as embryonic activity is only about 5% of maternal levels. We addressed this question in a whole embryo culture model. C57BL/6 mouse embryos expressing human catalase (hCat) or their wild-type (C57BL/6 WT) controls, and C3Ga.Cg-Cat(b)/J catalase-deficient, acatalasemic (aCat) mouse embryos or their wild-type C3HeB/FeJ (C3H WT) controls, were explanted on gestational day (GD) 9 (plug=GD 1), exposed for 24h to 2 or 4mg/mL EtOH or vehicle, and evaluated for functional and morphological changes. hCat and C57BL/6 WT vehicle-exposed embryos developed normally, while EtOH was embryopathic in C57BL/6 WT embryos, evidenced by decreases in anterior neuropore closure, somites developed, turning and head length, whereas hCat embryos were protected (p<0.001). Maternal pretreatment of C57BL/6 WT dams with 50kU/kg PEG-catalase (PEG-cat) 8h prior to embryo culture, which increases embryonic catalase activity, blocked all EtOH embryopathies (p<0.001). Vehicle-exposed aCat mouse embryos had lower yolk sac diameters compared to WT controls, suggesting that endogenous ROS are embryopathic. EtOH was more embryopathic in aCat embryos than WT controls, evidenced by reduced head length and somite development (p<0.01), and trends for reduced anterior neuropore closure, turning and crown-rump length. Maternal pretreatment of aCat dams with PEG-Cat blocked all EtOH embryopathies (p<0.05). These data suggest that embryonic catalase is a determinant of risk for EtOH embryopathies. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Miller-Pinsler, Lutfiya AU - Miller-Pinsler L AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Wells, Peter G AU - Wells PG AD - Division of Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: pg.wells@utoronto.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150611 PL - United States TA - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol JT - Toxicology and applied pharmacology JID - 0416575 RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (catalase-polyethylene glycol) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - EC 1.11.1.6 (Catalase) SB - IM MH - Abnormalities, Drug-Induced/embryology/enzymology/genetics/*prevention & control MH - Acatalasia/embryology/*enzymology/genetics MH - Animals MH - Catalase/genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - DNA Damage MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Embryo Culture Techniques MH - Embryo, Mammalian/*drug effects/enzymology/pathology MH - Ethanol/*toxicity MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic MH - Gestational Age MH - Humans MH - Mice, Inbred C3H MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Polyethylene Glycols/pharmacology MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antioxidative enzyme OT - Catalase OT - Embryopathies OT - Ethanol OT - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder OT - Reactive oxygen species OT - Teratogenicity EDAT- 2015/06/16 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/17 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/16 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/05/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/06/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/17 06:00 [medline] AID - S0041-008X(15)30015-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.taap.2015.06.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2015 Sep 15;287(3):232-9. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.06.007. Epub 2015 Jun 11.