title: PCDHB14- and GABRB1-like nervous system developmental genes are altered during early neuronal differentiation of NCCIT cells treated with ethanol.
abstract: Ethanol (EtOH) exposure during embryonic development causes dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we examined the effects of chronic EtOH on gene expression during early stages of neuronal differentiation. Human embryonic carcinoma (NCCIT) cells were differentiated into neuronal precursors/lineages in the presence or absence of EtOH and folic acid. Gene expression profiling and pathway analysis demonstrated that EtOH deregulates many genes and pathways that are involved in early brain development. EtOH exposure downregulated several important genes, such as PCDHB14, GABRB1, CTNND2, NAV3, RALDH1, and OPN5, which are involved in CNS development, synapse assembly, synaptic transmission, and neurotransmitter receptor activity. GeneGo pathway analysis revealed that the deregulated genes mapped to disease pathways that were relevant to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD, such as neurotic disorders, epilepsy, and alcohol-related disorders). In conclusion, these findings suggest that the impairment of the neurological system or suboptimal synapse formation resulting from EtOH exposure could underlie the neurodevelopmental disorders in individuals with FASD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Halder
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Eulji Hospital, Eulji University, Seoul, Republic of Korea KARF Hospital, the Korean Alcohol Research Foundation, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: KARF Hospital, the Korean Alcohol Research Foundation, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea ygchai@hanyang.ac.kr khjung2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Life Sciences, Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea Department of Nanobiotechnology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea ygchai@hanyang.ac.kr khjung2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D015820:Cadherins / Q000235:genetics*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects*; D050437:Genes, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; C546264:GABRB1 protein, human; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D000431:Ethanol
keywords: Ethanol; FASD; folic acid; nervous system; transcriptomic