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Ethanol is mainly oxidized by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) to acetaldehyde and further to acetate via aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs). Understanding how ethanol and its metabolites work together to initiate and drive continued ethanol consumption is crucial for identifying interventions for alcohol use disorder (AUD). Therefore, the goal of our study was to determine how ADH1, which is mainly peripherally-expressed and metabolizes &gt;90% of ingested ethanol, modulates ethanol metabolite distribution and downstream behaviors.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Ethanol consumption in drinking-in-the-dark (DID) and two-bottle choice (2BC) drinking paradigms, ethanol metabolite concentrations, and lickometry were assessed after ADH1 inhibition and\/or in\n                    <jats:italic>Adh1<\/jats:italic>\n                    -knockout (\n                    <jats:italic>Adh1<\/jats:italic>\n                    KO) mice.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    We found that\n                    <jats:italic>Adh1<\/jats:italic>\n                    KO mice of both sexes exhibited decreased ethanol consumption and preference compared to wild-type (WT) mice in DID and 2BC. ADH1 inhibitor fomepizole (4-MP) also significantly decreased normal and sweetened ethanol consumption in DID studies. Measurement of ethanol and its metabolites revealed that ethanol was increased at 1h but not 15 min, peripheral acetaldehyde was slightly decreased at both time points, and ethanol-induced increases in acetate were abolished after ethanol administration in\n                    <jats:italic>Adh1<\/jats:italic>\n                    KO mice compared to controls. Similarly, ethanol accumulation as a function of consumption was 2-fold higher in\n                    <jats:italic>Adh1<\/jats:italic>\n                    KO or 4-MP treated mice compared to controls. We then used lickometry to determine how this perturbation in ethanol metabolism affects drinking microstructure.\n                    <jats:italic>Adh1<\/jats:italic>\n                    KO mice consume most of their ethanol in the first 30 min like WT mice but display altered temporal shifts in drinking behaviors and do not form normal bout structures, resulting in lower ethanol consumption.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our study demonstrates that ADH1-mediated ethanol metabolism is a key determinant of ethanol consumption, highlighting a fundamental knowledge gap around how ethanol and its metabolites drive ethanol consumption.<\/jats:p>\n                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