Liver molecular networks associated with drinking behavior in nonhuman primates
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ABSTRACT: To test the hypothesis that molecular changes in the induction phase when rhesus macaques consume the same escalating doses of alcohol in a 3-month period are predictive of drinking behavior as light drinkers (LD) or very heavy drinkers (VHD) when they have free access to alcohol. The sirtuin signaling pathway and a molecular network regulated by the estrogen receptor were enriched with differentially expressed genes and proteins in liver biopsy samples of VHD vs. LD when animals were alcohol naïve. After consuming the same amount of alcohol for 3 months by LD and VHD, the sirtuin signaling pathway and MYC regulatory network were most significantly enriched with differentially expressed genes and proteins in both groups in response to alcohol. However, majority of the differentially abundant genes and proteins in this pathway and network differed between LD and VHD. Moreover, the epigenetic mechanisms regulating the response to alcohol are primarily through microRNAs in LD and primarily through DNA methylation in VHD.
ORGANISM(S): Macaca mulatta
PROVIDER: GSE285286 | GEO | 2025/12/04
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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