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Progress in a replicated selection for elevated blood ethanol concentrations in HDID mice.

ABSTRACT: Drinking in the dark (DID) is a limited access ethanol-drinking phenotype in mice. High Drinking in the Dark (HDID-1) mice have been bred for 27 selected generations (S27) for elevated blood ethanol concentrations (BECs) after a 4-h period of access to 20% ethanol. A second replicate line (HDID-2) was started later from the same founder population and is currently in S20. An initial report of response to selection in HDID-1 was published after S11. This article reports genetic and behavioral characteristics of both lines in comparison with the HS controls. Heritability is low in both replicates (h(2) ?=?0.09) but the lines have shown 4-5 fold increases in BEC since S0; 80% of HDID-1 and 60% of HDID-2 mice reach BECs greater than 1.0?mg/ml. Several hours after a DID test, HDID mice show mild signs of withdrawal. Although not considered during selection, intake of ethanol (g/kg) during the DID test increased by approximately 80% in HDID-1 and 60% in HDID-2. Common genetic influences were more important than environmental influences in determining the similarity between BEC and intake for HDID mice. Analysis of the partitioning of intake showed that 60% of intake is concentrated in the last 2?h of the 4?h session. However, this has not changed during selection. Hourly BECs during the DID test reach peak levels after 3 or 4?h of drinking. HDID mice do not differ from HS mice in their rate of elimination of an acute dose of alcohol.

SUBMITTER: Crabbe JC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3923418 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Progress in a replicated selection for elevated blood ethanol concentrations in HDID mice.

Crabbe J C JC Metten P P Belknap J K JK Spence S E SE Cameron A J AJ Schlumbohm J P JP Huang L C LC Barkley-Levenson A M AM Ford M M MM Phillips T J TJ

Genes, brain, and behavior 20131206 2

Drinking in the dark (DID) is a limited access ethanol-drinking phenotype in mice. High Drinking in the Dark (HDID-1) mice have been bred for 27 selected generations (S27) for elevated blood ethanol concentrations (BECs) after a 4-h period of access to 20% ethanol. A second replicate line (HDID-2) was started later from the same founder population and is currently in S20. An initial report of response to selection in HDID-1 was published after S11. This article reports genetic and behavioral cha ...[more]

PMID: 24219304

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Progress in a replicated selection for elevated blood ethanol concentrations in HDID mice.

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Progress in a replicated selection for elevated blood ethanol concentrations in HDID mice.

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