| Gene Information | | Original ID1: | | Pcp4 | | Original ID2: | | X17320 |
| | Dataset Information | | Name: | | 15745951 | | Method: | | Microarray | | Tissue: | | Nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex, and ventral tegmental area | | Phenotype: | | Acute ethanol response | | Publication: | | Kerns et al. J Neurosci. (2005) Ethanol-responsive brain region expression networks: implications for behavioral responses to acute ethanol in DBA/2J versus C57BL/6J mice. PubMed | | Summary: | | The inbred mouse strains DBA/2J and C57BL/6J exhibit contrasting acute behavioral responses to ethanol. We used oligonucleotide microarrays and bioinformatics methods to characterize patterns of gene expression in three brain regions of the mesolimbic reward pathway of these strains. Expression profiling included examination of both differences in gene expression 4 h after acute ethanol (2 g/kg). Using a rigorous stepwise method for microarray analysis, we identified 307 ethanol-regulated genes in the nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex, and ventral tegmental area. |
| | Gene Information | | Original ID1: | | Pcp4 | | Fold Change: | | 0.65 | | Note: | | Significantly regulated by ethanol in cortical neurons |
| | Dataset Information | | Name: | | 17295719 | | Method: | | Microarray | | Tissue: | | Cultured fetal mouse cortical neurons | | Phenotype: | | Ethanol response | | Publication: | | Wang et al. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. (2007) Regulation of platelet-derived growth factor signaling pathway by ethanol, nicotine, or both in mouse cortical neurons. PubMed | | Summary: | | By using cultured fetal mouse cortical neurons as a model system, we sought to identify genes and pathways that are modulated in the cells by ethanol, nicotine, or both. METHODS: Primary cerebral cortical cultures were prepared from the brains of 14-day-old C57BL/6 mouse fetuses and exposed to ethanol (75 mM), nicotine (0.1 mM), or both for 5 consecutive days. A homeostatic pathway-focused microarray consisting of 638 sequence-verified genes was used to measure transcripts differentially regulated by ethanol, nicotine, or both in 5 drug-treated cortical neuron samples and 5 control samples. We identified 65, 111, and 81 significantly regulated genes in the ethanol, nicotine, and ethanol/nicotine-treated neurons, respectively. A gene was considered to be significantly regulated if (1) the fold change was 20% greater or less compared with the controls and (2) the difference was p<0.05 by Student's t-test. |
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