In utero exposure to alcohol can have major deleterious effects as documented for fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and more recently and broadly as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). These disorders are associated with a range of debilitating neurodevelopmental and psychiatric problems after birth. Myriad molecular and cellular defects have been associated with fetal brain exposure to ethanol, which generally lack common, underlying mechanisms. This proposal will examine a newly identified, somatic change in the genomes of central nervous system (CNS) cells produced by fetal ethanol exposure that could help to provide a common mechanistic foundation: mosaic aneuploidies. These cells show somatically produced chromosomal gains and/or losses, constituting an inherent, if surprising element of normal brain organization. Constitutive aneuploidies (where all cells have the same form of aneuploidy) have clear consequences for cellular dysfunction in cancers, and deleterious behavioral consequences as observed in Down Syndrome, suggesting that deviations from the normal mosaic aneuploidy states could contribute to the range of neural deficits seen in FASD. Here, we will test the hypothesis that identifiable changes in neural mosaic aneuploidies represent a common endpoint of prenatal exposure to alcohol.
Three aims will be pursued over the next 5 years.
Aim 1 will identify effects of fetal alcohol exposure that alter neural progenitor cell (NPC) aneuploidies after embryonic exposure ex vivo.
Aim 2 will determine cell fate and functional consequences of alcohol exposure to aneuploid & aneusomic NPC populations during development, and neurons in adult cortical cell populations.
Aim 3 will determine neuronal and non-neuronal identities and distributions of specific aneusomies produced by fetal alcohol exposure using a novel in vivo reporter system. Completion of these Aims could provide a new framework for understanding and therapeutically approaching FASD.

Public Health Relevance

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) constitute one of the most common causes of preventable birth defects that include mental retardation. The myriad cellular and molecular changes in the brain may stem from a newly identified change in the genomes of cells prenatally exposed to alcohol, through the generation of abnormal levels of mosaic aneuploid brain cells. This proposal will define the aneuploidy changes produced by fetal alcohol exposure during prenatal and postnatal life, providing a novel foundation from which CNS manifestations of FASD can be understood and potentially treated.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AA021402-06
Application #
9298388
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1)
Program Officer
Akbar, Mohammed
Project Start
2017-03-16
Project End
2018-09-30
Budget Start
2017-07-01
Budget End
2018-09-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
2017
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
020520466
City
La Jolla
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92037
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