Madhu Shivakumar1, Shivakumar Subbanna1, Vikram Joshi1, Balapal S Basavarajappa1,2,3,4. 1. Division of Analytical Psychopharmacology, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York. 2. New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York. 3. Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York. 4. Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is widespread and contributes to pediatric neurological defects, including hippocampal and neocortex dysfunction, causing cognitive deficits termed fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. However, the critical mechanisms underlying these brain abnormalities remain poorly described. METHODS: Using a postnatal ethanol exposure (PEE) animal model and pharmacological, epigenetic, synaptic plasticity-related and behavioral approaches, we discovered a novel persistent epigenetic mechanism of neurodegeneration in neonatal hippocampus and neocortex brain regions and of cognitive decline in adult animals. RESULTS: PEE, which activates caspase-3 (CC3, a neurodegeneration marker), enhanced histone deacetylase (HDAC1-HDAC3) levels and reduced histone 3 (H3) and 4 (H4) acetylation (ac) in mature neurons. PEE repressed the expression of several synaptic plasticity genes, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor, C-Fos, early growth response 1 (Egr1), and activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc). Detailed studies on Egr1 and Arc expression revealed HDAC enrichment at their promoter regions. HDAC inhibition with trichostatin A (TSA) before PEE rescued H3ac/H4ac levels and prevented CC3 formation. Antagonism/null mutation of cannabinoid receptor type-1 (CB1R) before PEE to inhibit CC3 production prevented Egr1 and Arc loss via epigenetic events. TSA administration before PEE prevented postnatal ethanol-induced loss of Egr1 and Arc expression and neurobehavioral defects in adult mice via epigenetic remodeling. In adult mice, 3-day TSA administration attenuated PEE-induced behavioral defects. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that CB1R/HDAC-mediated epigenetic remodeling disrupts gene expression and is a critical step in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder-associated cognitive decline but is reversed by restoration of histone acetylation in the brain. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of CINP 2020.
BACKGROUND:Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is widespread and contributes to pediatric neurological defects, including hippocampal and neocortex dysfunction, causing cognitive deficits termed fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. However, the critical mechanisms underlying these brain abnormalities remain poorly described. METHODS: Using a postnatal ethanol exposure (PEE) animal model and pharmacological, epigenetic, synaptic plasticity-related and behavioral approaches, we discovered a novel persistent epigenetic mechanism of neurodegeneration in neonatal hippocampus and neocortex brain regions and of cognitive decline in adult animals. RESULTS:PEE, which activates caspase-3 (CC3, a neurodegeneration marker), enhanced histone deacetylase (HDAC1-HDAC3) levels and reduced histone 3 (H3) and 4 (H4) acetylation (ac) in mature neurons. PEE repressed the expression of several synaptic plasticity genes, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor, C-Fos, early growth response 1 (Egr1), and activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc). Detailed studies on Egr1 and Arc expression revealed HDAC enrichment at their promoter regions. HDAC inhibition with trichostatin A (TSA) before PEE rescued H3ac/H4ac levels and prevented CC3 formation. Antagonism/null mutation of cannabinoid receptor type-1 (CB1R) before PEE to inhibit CC3 production prevented Egr1 and Arc loss via epigenetic events. TSA administration before PEE prevented postnatal ethanol-induced loss of Egr1 and Arc expression and neurobehavioral defects in adult mice via epigenetic remodeling. In adult mice, 3-day TSA administration attenuated PEE-induced behavioral defects. CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that CB1R/HDAC-mediated epigenetic remodeling disrupts gene expression and is a critical step in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder-associated cognitive decline but is reversed by restoration of histone acetylation in the brain. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of CINP 2020.
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