PMID- 27597545 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180315 LR - 20211204 IS - 1932-846X (Electronic) IS - 1932-8451 (Print) IS - 1932-8451 (Linking) VI - 77 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Jun TI - Impact of exercise and a complex environment on hippocampal dendritic morphology, Bdnf gene expression, and DNA methylation in male rat pups neonatally exposed to alcohol. PG - 708-725 LID - 10.1002/dneu.22448 [doi] AB - Alcohol exposure in utero can result in Fetal Alcohol Spectrums Disorders (FASD). Measures of hippocampal neuroplasticity, including long-term potentiation, synaptic and dendritic organization, and adult neurogenesis, are consistently disrupted in rodent models of FASD. The current study investigated whether third trimester-equivalent binge-like alcohol exposure (AE) [postnatal days (PD) 4-9] affects dendritic morphology of immature dentate gyrus granule cells, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (Bdnf) gene expression and DNA methylation in hippocampal tissue in adult male rats. To understand immediate impact of alcohol, DNA methylation was measured in the PD10 hippocampus. In addition, two behavioral interventions, wheel running (WR) and environmental complexity (EC), were utilized as rehabilitative therapies for alcohol-induced deficits. AE significantly decreased dendritic complexity of the immature neurons, demonstrating the long-lasting impact of neonatal alcohol exposure on dendritic morphology of immature neurons in the hippocampus. Both housing conditions robustly enhanced dendritic complexity in the AE animals. While Bdnf exon I DNA methylation was lower in the AE and sham-intubated animals compared with suckle controls on PD10, alterations to Bdnf DNA methylation and gene expression levels were not present at PD72. In control animals, exercise, but not exercise followed by housing in EC, resulted in higher levels of hippocampal Bdnf gene expression and lower DNA methylation. These studies demonstrate the long-lasting negative impact of developmental alcohol exposure on hippocampal dendritic morphology and support the implementation of exercise and complex environments as therapeutic interventions for individuals with FASD. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 77: 708-725, 2017. CI - (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Boschen, K E AU - Boschen KE AD - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716. FAU - McKeown, S E AU - McKeown SE AD - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716. FAU - Roth, T L AU - Roth TL AD - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716. FAU - Klintsova, A Y AU - Klintsova AY AD - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716. LA - eng GR - P20 GM103653/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160921 PL - United States TA - Dev Neurobiol JT - Developmental neurobiology JID - 101300215 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Central Nervous System Depressants) RN - 0 (Doublecortin Domain Proteins) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Body Weight/drug effects MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*genetics/metabolism MH - Central Nervous System Depressants/pharmacology MH - DNA Methylation/*drug effects MH - Dendrites/*drug effects MH - Doublecortin Domain Proteins MH - Ethanol/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/*drug effects MH - Hippocampus/cytology MH - Locomotion/drug effects MH - Male MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism MH - Neurons/*cytology/drug effects MH - Neuropeptides/metabolism MH - *Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - Rats MH - Rats, Long-Evans PMC - PMC5997455 MID - NIHMS971741 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA methylation OT - adult neurogenesis OT - alcohol OT - development OT - plasticity EDAT- 2016/09/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/16 06:00 PMCR- 2018/06/12 CRDT- 2016/09/07 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/09/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/09/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/dneu.22448 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Neurobiol. 2017 Jun;77(6):708-725. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22448. Epub 2016 Sep 21.