INCREASED EGR1 EXPRESSION IN THE MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX AND ALTERED MOTOR AND BEHAVIOURAL PARAMETERS IN THE OFFSPRING FOLLOWING MODERATE PATERNAL ALCOHOL INTAKE

BIROLO, SOL C.; GOTFRYD, LUCILA; CÁNEPA, EDUARDO T.; FESSER, ESTEFANÍA A.; ERLEJMAN, ALEJANDRA G.; FONTANA, VANINA A.; STINSON, MARCELO G.; CAMBIASSO, MAITE; CALVO, JUAN C.

Congreso; Reunión Anual de Sociedades de Biociencia; 2020

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Previously, we observed that male alcohol intake affects sperm biochemical parameters and DNA integrity. The resulting progeny was underweight during their first weeks of life, and overweight in their adulthood, and showed altered spleen cell populations. Aim: To assess the effects of moderate paternal alcohol consumption on different physical and behavioural parameters of its offspring (F1) development. Additionally, we screened for potential modifications in the expression of candidate genes in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) of F1 mice. CF1 male mice were exposed (A) or not (C) to 15% (v/v) ethanol in drinking water ad libitum for 15 days, following which they were mated (1:1) with non-treated CF1 females. Two to 17 days old F1 mice were subjected to developmental tests (surface righting, grasping reflex, negative geotaxis, limbs suspension, grip strength, cliff aversion, ambulation tests), and two to four months old F1 mice to behavioural tests (open field or OF, elevated plus maze, object context recognition test and social dominance tube test). Brains from adult F1 mice were dissected, and those from A weighed less than those from C (p