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| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Zheng, Jenny L. Parfett, Craig Williams, Andrew Yagminas, Al Zhou, Gu Douglas, George R. Yauk, Carole L. |
| Description | Country affiliation: Canada Author Affiliation: Zheng JL ( Mechanistic Studies Division, Safe Environments Programme, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A0K9, Canada.) |
| Abstract | Gene expression profiling that examines critical, toxicologically-relevant gene and signal-response pathways promises to improve risk assessment and safety evaluation of low-dose chemical exposures. As an approach to achieving this goal, mechanistic interpretations based upon gene expression changes that are determinants of adverse toxicological outcomes were applied to the analysis of low-dose gene expression profiles. RNA for expression profiling was obtained from mice given short-term gavage exposures to diminishing doses of four toxicants: 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126), phenobarbital (PB), isoproterenol (IPR), and lead acetate (PbAc). Lowest doses were below the no-observable effects levels established using standard clinical toxicology parameters. Hepatic gene expression profiles were analyzed using a custom, focused oligonucleotide DNA microarray, the HC ToxArray™, containing toxin-responsive and toxicologically-determinant genes. Expression data were compared to changes in conventional clinical chemistry parameters and drug metabolism activities. PCB126 and PB demonstrated a dose-dependent correlation between minimal changes in biochemical markers, hepatic metabolism and induction of gene expression profiles. PbAc exposure gave a small adaptive profile at the highest dose. IPR- and PCB126-induced changes were detected at doses below those required to alter the traditional biochemical endpoints and included genes with causal roles in hepatic toxicity, insulin resistance, atherosclerosis, angiogenesis and hypertension. Likely adverse phenotypic consequences resulting from expression changes lead to assignments of 'Lowest Observed Adverse Transcriptional Expression Levels' (LOATEL) for each agent. These results support the suggestion that altered expression profiles of genes contributing to toxicologically-relevant pathways provide useful tools for reducing uncertainty in establishing no-effect levels and for designing longer-term toxicity studies. |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 02732300 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 60 |
| e-ISSN | 10960295 |
| Journal | Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publisher Date | 2011-06-01 |
| Publisher Place | Netherlands |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | Discipline Pharmacology Gene Expression Drug Effects Liver Xenobiotics Toxicity Animals Body Weight Clinical Chemistry Tests Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System Genetics Metabolism Dose-response Relationship, Drug Gene Expression Profiling Isoproterenol Pathology Liver Function Tests Male Mice Mice, Inbred Strains Microarray Analysis Microsomes, Liver Enzymology Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis Organ Size Organometallic Compounds Phenobarbital Polychlorinated Biphenyls Rna, Messenger Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine Toxicology |
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