title: Mouse placental receptor for basic somatomedin following maternal ethanol administration.
abstract: We have previously reported a reduction in the basic somatomedin (B-SM) binding activity of day-15 mouse placental membranes following 3 days of acute maternal ethanol administration. In the present experiments, we have investigated the effects of acute maternal ethanol administration early in gestation on the subsequent development of the placental B-SM receptor, and its relationship to alcohol-related embryofetal growth deficits. Following administration of aqueous ethanol (0.0, 3.6, 5.5 or 7.1 ml/kg) by gavage on days 7, 8 and 9 of gestation, there was no evidence of reproductive impairment in alcohol-treated dams, but there was a significant reduction in day-15 embryonic body weight. Crown-rump length was unaffected. There was no treatment-related difference in the percentage specific binding of [125I]-B-SM by day-15 placental membranes, or in maternal serum B-SM concentrations. These observations suggest that embryofetal growth restriction following maternal ethanol administration is not mediated directly by peripheral unresponsiveness of the B-SM receptor, at least when the exposure occurs early in or prior to placental receptor ontogeny.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukerji
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bhaumick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013002:Somatomedins; D000431:Ethanol; D011972:Receptor, Insulin