Maternal background alters the penetrance of growth phenotypes and sex-specific placental adaptation of offspring sired by alcohol-exposed males
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ABSTRACT: Here, we describe the use of high-throughput sequencing to examine the developmental basis of placental growth defects observed in the male offspring of alcohol-exposed fathers. We exposed C57BL/6J male mice to 10% ethanol for ten weeks, then bred them to naïve CD-1 dams. The male offspring of ethanol-exposed sires exhibited placental growth defects. We isolated total RNA from four F1 male placentae from each control and ethanol preconception treatment and conducted deep-sequencing analysis of the transcriptome. These studies identified programmed increases in the genetic pathways controlling oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial function, and Sirtuin signaling. This study furthers our understanding of growth and metabolic phenotypes induced by preconception paternal exposures.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE179973 | GEO | 2021/07/15
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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