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HF001-A: Gene expression patterns in the progression towards canine copper-associated chronic hepatitis


ABSTRACT: Copper is an essential trace element, but can become toxic when present in abundance. The severe effects of copper-metabolism imbalance are illustrated by the inherited disorders Wilson disease and Menkes disease. The Labrador retriever dog breed is a novel non-rodent model for copper-storage defects displaying identical phenotypic alterations and carrying mutations in genes known to be involved in copper transport. Besides disease initiation and progression of copper accumulation, the molecular mechanisms and pathways involved in copper accumulation and eventually progression towards copper associated chronic hepatitis still remains unclear. Using liver tissue of Labrador retrievers in different stages of copper-associated hepatitis, expression levels targeted at candidate genes as well as transcriptome microarrays, have shed light on involved molecular pathways. At the initial phase, viz. increased hepatic copper levels, transcriptomic alterations in livers revealed enrichment for cell adhesion, developmental, inflammatory, and cytoskeleton pathways. Upregulation of targeted MT1A and COMMD1 mRNA shows the livers first response to rising intrahepatic copper concentrations. In livers with copper-associated hepatitis mainly an activation of inflammatory pathways is detected. Once the hepatitis is in the chronic stage, transcriptional differences are found in cell adhesion adaptations and cytoskeleton remodelling. In view of the high similarities in hepatopathies between men and dog extrapolation of these dog data into human biomedicine seems feasible.

ORGANISM(S): Canis lupus familiaris

PROVIDER: GSE86932 | GEO | 2017/05/02

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA343021

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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