Linking toxicant physiological mode of action with induced gene expression changes in Caenorhabditis elegans: atrazine
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ABSTRACT: Physiologically based modelling using DEBtox (dynamic energy budget in toxicology) and transcriptional profiling were used in Caenorhabditis elegans to identify how physiological modes of action, as indicated by effects on system level resource allocation were associated with changes in gene expression following exposure to atrazine (AZ). For AZ, the physiological mode of action predicted by DEBtox was increased cost for maintenance. The transcriptional analysis demonstrated that this increase resulted from effects on DNA integrity as indicated by changes in the expression of genes chromosomal repair. Our results have established that outputs from process based models and transcriptomics analyses can help to link mechanisms of action of toxic chemicals with resulting demographic effects. Such complimentary analyses can assist in the categorisation of chemicals for risk assessment purposes.
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
PROVIDER: GSE21008 | GEO | 2010/03/23
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA129655
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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