Brain disorders in fetal alcohol syndrome. 2010

V I Shilko, and Zh L Malakhova, and A A Bubnov
Department of Children Disease, Therapy and Prevention Faculty, Ural State Medical Academy, Federal Agency for Health Care and Social Development, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Intrauterine effect of alcohol on the development of cytomorphological structure of CNS in rats was studied by heterogeneous enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The level of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) in animals during pregnancy was analyzed. Pronounced damaging effect of alcohol on brain cell in the progeny of alcoholized animals was demonstrated: loosening of nerve cells and degenerative changes in the form of pyknosis and chromatolysis in the cortex, hypothalamus, and cerebellum; subtotal decrease (sometimes complete absence) of neuroendocrine granules. The level of TGF-β1 was significantly increased in alcoholized pregnant females, which can attest to defects of the receptor apparatus of the target cells in both females and the progeny. Thus, the observed peculiarities of TGF-β1 expression are comparable to morphological changes in the brain and can be extrapolated to similar processes in humans (fetal alcohol syndrome).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D001927 Brain Diseases Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM. Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders,Brain Disorders,CNS Disorders, Intracranial,Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial,Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders,Encephalon Diseases,Encephalopathy,Intracranial CNS Disorders,Brain Disease,Brain Disorder,CNS Disorder, Intracranial,Encephalon Disease,Encephalopathies,Intracranial CNS Disorder
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D053773 Transforming Growth Factor beta1 A subtype of transforming growth factor beta that is synthesized by a wide variety of cells. It is synthesized as a precursor molecule that is cleaved to form mature TGF-beta 1 and TGF-beta1 latency-associated peptide. The association of the cleavage products results in the formation a latent protein which must be activated to bind its receptor. Defects in the gene that encodes TGF-beta1 are the cause of CAMURATI-ENGELMANN SYNDROME. TGF-beta1,Transforming Growth Factor-beta1,TGF-beta-1,TGF-beta1 Latency-Associated Protein,TGF-beta1LAP,Transforming Growth Factor beta 1 Latency Associated Peptide,Transforming Growth Factor beta I,Latency-Associated Protein, TGF-beta1,TGF beta 1,TGF beta1 Latency Associated Protein,TGF beta1LAP
D063647 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders An umbrella term used to describe a pattern of disabilities and abnormalities that result from fetal exposure to ETHANOL during pregnancy. It encompasses a phenotypic range that can vary greatly between individuals, but reliably includes one or more of the following: characteristic facial dysmorphism, FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION, central nervous system abnormalities, cognitive and/or behavioral dysfunction, BIRTH DEFECTS. The level of maternal alcohol consumption does not necessarily correlate directly with disease severity. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder,Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder,Alcohol-Related Birth Defects,FAE (Fetal Alcohol Effects),FASD,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,Growth Retardation, Facial Abnormalities, and Central Nervous System Dysfunction,Partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,Alcohol Related Birth Defects,Birth Defects, Alcohol-Related,FAEs (Fetal Alcohol Effects),FASDs,Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol

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