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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
The hippocampal formation has been shown to be particularly vulnerable to the neurotoxic effects of chronic ethanol consumption. It was hypothesized that this damage was due to the disruption of the expression of neurotrophic factors and certain other proteins within the hippocampus. By using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques, this study aimed to determine whether chronic ethanol consumption could alter the mRNA expression level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), and oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein (OMgp) in the hippocampus. Wistar male rats received an unrestricted access to a liquid diet containing 5% (v/v) ethanol as the sole source of fluid from 10 to 29 weeks of age. Control rats had unlimited access to a liquid diet containing an isocaloric amount of sucrose. We found that chronic ethanol consumption did not cause significant changes in the levels of mRNA for BDNF and GDNF. However, OMgp mRNA showed a significant deficit in ethanol-treated animals. It is suggested that this deficit may be related to the demyelination that is commonly observed in human alcoholics and that this may contribute to the functional and cognitive deficits.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Central Nervous System Depressants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ethanol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GPI-Linked Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glial Cell Line-Derived..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myelin Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/OMG protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Omg protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
406
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
76-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Central Nervous System Depressants, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Demyelinating Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-GPI-Linked Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Myelin Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Nerve Fibers, Myelinated, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Organ Size, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16905253-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein (OMgp) in rat hippocampus is depleted by chronic ethanol consumption.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't