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Ethanol impairs insulin-stimulated neuronal survival in the developing brain: role of PTEN phosphatase.

Authors: Xu, Julia  Yeon, Jong Eun  Chang, Howard  Tison, Geoffrey  Chen, Guo Jun  Wands, Jack  de la Monte, Suzanne 
Citation: Xu J, etal., J Biol Chem. 2003 Jul 18;278(29):26929-37. Epub 2003 Apr 16.
RGD ID: 12801493
Pubmed: PMID:12700235   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1074/jbc.M300401200   (Journal Full-text)

Gestational exposure to ethanol causes fetal alcohol syndrome, which is associated with cerebellar hypoplasia. Previous in vitro studies demonstrated ethanol-impaired neuronal survival with reduced signaling through the insulin receptor (IRbeta). We examined insulin signaling in an experimental rat model of chronic gestational exposure to ethanol in which the pups exhibited striking cerebellar hypoplasia with increased apoptosis. Immunoprecipitation and Western blot analyses detected reduced levels of tyrosyl-phosphorylated IRbeta, tyrosyl-phosphorylated insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), and p85-associated IRS-1 but no alterations in IRbeta, IRS-1, or p85 protein expression in cerebellar tissue from ethanol-exposed pups. In addition, ethanol exposure significantly reduced the levels of total phosphoinositol 3-kinase, Akt kinase, phospho-BAD (inactive), and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and increased the levels of glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity, activated BAD, phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted in chromosome 10 (PTEN) protein, and PTEN phosphatase activity in cerebellar tissue. Cerebellar neurons isolated from ethanol-exposed pups had reduced levels of insulin-stimulated phosphoinositol 3-kinase and Akt kinase activities and reduced insulin inhibition of PTEN and glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity. The results demonstrate that cerebellar hypoplasia produced by chronic gestational exposure to ethanol is associated with impaired survival signaling through insulin-regulated pathways, including failure to suppress PTEN function.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder  ISOPten (Rattus norvegicus)12801493; 12801493Protein:increased expression and increased activity:cerebellum (rat)RGD 
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder  IEP 12801493Protein:increased expression and increased activity:cerebellum (rat)RGD 

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Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Pten  (phosphatase and tensin homolog)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Pten  (phosphatase and tensin homolog)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
PTEN  (phosphatase and tensin homolog)


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