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Ethanol-induced small heat shock protein genes in the differentiation of mouse embryonic neural stem cells

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Neural stem cells (NSCs) of the neuroepithelium differentiate into one of three central nervous system (CNS) cell lineages: neurons, astrocytes, or oligodendrocytes. In this study, the differentiation potential of NSCs from the forebrain of embryonic day 15 (E15) mouse embryos was analyzed using immunocytochemistry. NSCs were differentiated early in the presence or absence of ethanol (50 mM), and gene expression patterns among NSCs, differentiated cells and ethanol-treated differentiated cells were assessed by microarray and real-time PCR analysis. Genes that were up-regulated in differentiated cells both in the presence and in the absence of ethanol when compared to NSCs were related to the Wnt signaling pathway, including Ctnna1, Wnt5a, Wnt5b, Wnt7a, Fzd3, and Fzd2; genes related to cell adhesion, including Cadm1, Ncam1, and Ncam2; and genes encoding small heat shock proteins, including HspB2, HspB7, and HspB8. In particular, the expression levels of HspB2 and HspB7 were elevated in ethanol-treated differentiated cells compared to non-treated differentiated cells. The gene expression patterns of various heat shock transcription factors (HSFs), proteins that regulate the transcription of heat shock genes, were also analyzed. The expression levels of HSF2 and HSF5 increased in differentiated cells in the presence and absence of ethanol when compared to NSCs. Of these two genes, HSF5 demonstrated an enhanced up-regulation, particularly in ethanol-treated differentiated cells compared to cells that were differentiated in the absence of ethanol. These results imply that HspB2 and HspB7, which are small heat shock proteins with tissue-restricted expression profiles, might be up-regulated by ethanol during the short-term differentiation of NSCs.

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This study was supported by a grant (A080906) from the Korea Healthcare Technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, Republic of Korea and Basic Science Research Program (2009-0075878) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea.

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    Mi Ran Choi, Kyoung Hwa Jung, Ji Hyun Park, Nando Dulal Das & Young Gyu Chai

  2. Fertility Center of CHA General Hospital, CHA Research Institute, Seoul, 135-080, Korea

    Mi Kyung Chung

  3. Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, 150-719, Korea

    Ihn Geun Choi & Boung Chul Lee

  4. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, 110-799, Korea

    Kyoung Sun Park

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Choi, M.R., Jung, K.H., Park, J.H. et al. Ethanol-induced small heat shock protein genes in the differentiation of mouse embryonic neural stem cells. Arch Toxicol 85, 293–304 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-010-0591-z

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