Gene expression profiles of rat liver tissues after carbon tetrachloride treatment
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ABSTRACT: Acute hepatic failure (AHF) usually occurs due to the rapid necrosis of liver cells or serious liver injury induced by a variety of pathogenic factors. We used Rat Genome 230 2.0 microarray to further highlight the rat liver tissues after carbon tetrachloride treatment.
Project description:Liver cirrhosis (LC) is pathologically characterized with abnormality and necrosis of hepatic cells, proliferation of fibrous tissue, nodular regeneration and pseudolobule formation. We used Rat Genome 230 2.0 microarray to further highlight the rat liver tissues after carbon tetrachloride administration
Project description:Differential gene expression in mice liver after carbon tetrachloride and acetaminophen administration. Livers from control mice were compared with drug treated mice livers at different time points. Keywords: Time-course
Project description:Differential gene expression in mice liver after carbon tetrachloride and acetaminophen administration. Livers from control mice were compared with drug treated mice livers at different time points. Keywords: Time-course Mice (Mus musculus) belonging to control and carbon tetrachloride and acetaminophen-administered groups (n=4) were sacrificed. The livers were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen, and subsequently stored at -80ºC till further use. Liver samples were homogenized and total RNA was extracted with TRI reagent. 25 ug of total RNA was converted into labeled cDNA using CyScribe first strand cDNA labeling kit. The Cy5 and Cy3 labeled cDNAs were resuspended in Cyscribe Hyb buffer containing 10ug/ml sheared Salmon sperm DNA and 10ug/ml Yeast tRNA. The labeled samples were hybridized to the arrays and incubated for 16-18hrs at 42ºC. Fluorescent array images were collected for both Cy3 and Cy5 with molecular dynamics III scanner supported with ImageQuant v5.0. Image intensity data were extracted and analyzed with ArrayVision v8.0 analysis software. Background corrected data was LOWESS normalized and log ratios were calculated using Avadis v4. Further, mean log ratios were calculated for duplicate spots. Replicate experiments were carried out in dye swap manner for each time point.
Project description:Preclinical biomarkers useful for identification of idiosyncratic drugs have not been identified. It is hypothesized that patterns of transcript expression for the hepatotoxicants, including classical and idiosyncratic hepatotoxicants, are similar and the patterns differ from those of non-hepatotoxicants. This experiment is part of the biomarkers study, and focus on two clasical hepatotoxicants: Acetaminophen and Carbon tetrachloride. We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling to identify liver gene expression changes induced by hepatotoxicants. For the same animal, urinary microRNA profiling were analyzed. APAP and CCl4 both significantly increased the urinary levels of 44 and 28 miRNAs, respectively. In addition, 10 of the increased miRNAs were in common between APAP and CCl4. Computational analysis was used to predict target genes of the 10 shared hepatotoxicant-induced miRNAs. From the same animals, liver gene expression profiling was performed using whole genome microarrays. Eight putative target genes were found to be significantly altered in the liver of APAP and CCl4 treated animals. Acetaminophen induced liver gene expression changes in rats (Six to seven week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats, provided by the US Food and Drug Administration National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) breeding colonies, were used for the study.) were measured at 6 hours, 24 hours, 3 days and 7 days after exposure to doses of 0, 100 and 1250 mg/kg. Carbon tetrachloride induced liver gene expression changes in rats were measured at 6 hours, 24 hours and 3 days after exposure to doses of 0, 50 and 2000 mg/kg. Each group has at least 4 animals, total of 96 samples.
Project description:Gene-expression profiles of liver tissue of cabon tetrachloride (CCl4)-treated and control mice were obtained before and after organotypic ex vivo tissue culture. keywords: liver tissue, mouse, gene-expression microarray, Illumina, ex vivo tissue culture
Project description:Gene-expression profiles of liver tissue of cabon tetrachloride (CCl4)-treated mouse and the effect of erlotinib Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common solid tumor worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer-related death. Given the lack of successful treatment options, chemoprevention in high-risk patients has been proposed as an alternative strategy. Mounting evidence supports a role for epidermal growth factor (EGF) during chronic liver disease and hepatocellular transformation. We address the hypothesis that blocking the EGF-EGF receptor (EGFR) pathway may be an effective strategy for inhibiting fibrogenesis and hepatocarcinogenesis. A rat model of diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced cirrhosis was used to examine the effects of erlotinib on underlying chronic liver disease and HCC formation. The DEN-induced rat model closely resembles disease progression in humans both pathologically and molecularly. Erlotinib significantly prevented the development of HCC tumor nodules in a dose-dependent fashion. Further, erlotinib inhibited the activation of hepatic stellate cells and prevented fibrogenesis. Erlotinib also reduced hepatotoxicity and improved liver function. Finally, a gene expression signature predictive of poor survival in human cirrhosis patients was reversed in response to erlotinib. Our data demonstrate for the first time that EGFR inhibition prevents liver fibrogenesis. Further, our results suggest that erlotinib is a potentially effective HCC chemoprevention strategy through inhibition of cirrhosis progression which can be monitored at the molecular level.
Project description:Preclinical biomarkers useful for identification of idiosyncratic drugs have not been identified. It is hypothesized that patterns of transcript expression for the hepatotoxicants, including classical and idiosyncratic hepatotoxicants, are similar and the patterns differ from those of non-hepatotoxicants. This experiment is part of the biomarkers study, and focus on two clasical hepatotoxicants: Acetaminophen and Carbon tetrachloride. We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling to identify liver gene expression changes induced by hepatotoxicants. For the same animal, urinary microRNA profiling were analyzed. APAP and CCl4 both significantly increased the urinary levels of 44 and 28 miRNAs, respectively. In addition, 10 of the increased miRNAs were in common between APAP and CCl4. Computational analysis was used to predict target genes of the 10 shared hepatotoxicant-induced miRNAs. From the same animals, liver gene expression profiling was performed using whole genome microarrays. Eight putative target genes were found to be significantly altered in the liver of APAP and CCl4 treated animals.
Project description:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common disorder characterized by excessive hepatic fat accumulation, and potentially resulting in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), liver cirrhosis (LC) and end-stage liver disease We used Rat Genome 230 2.0 microarray to further highlight the rat liver tissues after high-fat emulsion feeding.
Project description:Liver fibrosis was found to be existed in all kinds of chronic liver diseases. Many studies suggested that DNA methylation was related with the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis. The aim of this study was to quantitatively detect DNA methylation changes in the whole genome in fibrotic liver tissues. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was used to induce male mice liver fibrosis by intraperitoneal injection for 4 weeks. A genome-wide methylome analysis was performed using 850K BeadChips assays. The methylation status of 27 CpG dinucleotides located in 3 genes was detected by pyrosequencing to confirm chips data accuracy, and their mRNA expressions were examined by RT-qPCR methods. A total of 130,068 differentially methylated sites (DMS, 58,474 hypermethylated and 71,594 hypomethylated) between fibrotic liver tissues and control mice liver tissues were identified by the 850k BeadChips array. They distribute in each chromosome. Recognition of apoptotic cell, Notch and p38MAPK et al activities were significantly enriched in the Gene Ontology (GO) analyses. Cholesterol metabolism, bile secretion and more biosynthesis and metabolism pathway were enriched in KEGG pathway analyses. Many classical pathways of fibrogenesis and liver activity, as well as more biosynthetic and metabolic pathways, were found to be related to methylation changes. Our result facilitates future research for clinical application.