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Conserved Role of unc-79 in Ethanol Responses in Lightweight Mutant Mice
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Journal Article
Conserved Role of unc-79 in Ethanol Responses in Lightweight Mutant Mice
2010
Overview
The mechanisms by which ethanol and inhaled anesthetics influence the nervous system are poorly understood. Here we describe the positional cloning and characterization of a new mouse mutation isolated in an N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) forward mutagenesis screen for animals with enhanced locomotor activity. This allele, Lightweight (Lwt), disrupts the homolog of the Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) unc-79 gene. While Lwt/Lwt homozygotes are perinatal lethal, Lightweight heterozygotes are dramatically hypersensitive to acute ethanol exposure. Experiments in C. elegans demonstrate a conserved hypersensitivity to ethanol in unc-79 mutants and extend this observation to the related unc-80 mutant and nca-1;nca-2 double mutants. Lightweight heterozygotes also exhibit an altered response to the anesthetic isoflurane, reminiscent of unc-79 invertebrate mutant phenotypes. Consistent with our initial mapping results, Lightweight heterozygotes are mildly hyperactive when exposed to a novel environment and are smaller than wild-type animals. In addition, Lightweight heterozygotes exhibit increased food consumption yet have a leaner body composition. Interestingly, Lightweight heterozygotes voluntarily consume more ethanol than wild-type littermates. The acute hypersensitivity to and increased voluntary consumption of ethanol observed in Lightweight heterozygous mice in combination with the observed hypersensitivity to ethanol in C. elegans unc-79, unc-80, and nca-1;nca-2 double mutants suggests a novel conserved pathway that might influence alcohol-related behaviors in humans.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Animals
/ Behavior
/ Caenorhabditis elegans - genetics
/ Caenorhabditis elegans - growth & development
/ Caenorhabditis elegans - metabolism
/ Caenorhabditis elegans - physiology
/ Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins - genetics
/ Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins - metabolism
/ Ethanol
/ Female
/ Genes
/ Genetics
/ Genetics and Genomics/Complex Traits
/ Genetics and Genomics/Disease Models
/ Genotype
/ Insects
/ Male
/ Mutation
/ Nerve Tissue Proteins - genetics
/ Nerve Tissue Proteins - metabolism
/ Neurological Disorders/Movement Disorders
/ Neurological Disorders/Neurogenetics
/ Neurological Disorders/Neuropsychiatric Disorders
/ Neuroscience/Behavioral Neuroscience
/ Neuroscience/Neuronal Signaling Mechanisms
/ Proteins
/ Studies
