Project description:Adult male grass shrimp were exposed for 96 hours to LC50 concentrations of either Fipronil, Endosulfan, or Cadmium, as well as a Carrier Control exposure. RNA was extracted from whole-body homogenates using the RNABee kit. Tags were clustered to identify tags diagnostic of the different exposures. Keywords: SAGE, Grass shrimp, ecotoxicogenomics
Project description:We studied the composition of the protein corona formed on 60 nm silver nanoparticles with citrate coating interacted with the human blood plasma under various pH and temperature conditions. The protein corona was analyzed using LC-MS and label-free quantitation.
Project description:We have employed a whole genome microarray for gene expression profilling to understand the global view of the cellular mechanism and metabolic response of B. cereus B3711 exposed to 1 mM silver nitrate. RNA was extracted from B. cereus grown under silver treated and untreated set of conditions in duplicates at two different time points (30 & 60 min). Comparing the transcript profile of the control and treated cells, several differentially expressed genes were identified. These includes genes involved in various metabolic pathways, such as arginine and alanine metabolism, membrane transport system and alternate respiratory proteins such as arsenate reductase, stress related proteins, proteins of transcriptional regulators, hypothetical proteins and protein of two-component systems.
Project description:Effects of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on freshwater species have been reported in several studies, but there is not information on the potential long-term consequences of a previous exposure. In this work, we investigated the long-term effects of maltose-coated Ag NPs (20 nm) and of ionic silver (10 µg/L) after 21 days of exposure and at 6 months post-exposure (mpe) in adult zebrafish. Exposure resulted in significant silver accumulation in the whole body of fish exposed to ionic silver, but not in those exposed to Ag NPs. However, autometallography revealed metal accumulation in the liver and intestine of fish treated with the two silver forms and especially in the intestine of fish exposed to Ag NPs. X-ray microanalysis showed the presence of silver in gills, liver and intestine and of Ag NPs in gill and liver cells. Inflammation and hyperplasia were evident in the gills after both treatments and these histopathological conditions remained at 6 mpe. According to the hepatic transcriptome analysis, at 3 days ionic silver regulated a larger number of transcripts (410) than Ag NPs (129), while at 21 days Ag NPs provoked a stronger effect (799 vs 165 regulated sequences). Gene ontology terms such as “metabolic processes” and “response to stimulus” appeared enriched after all treatments, while “immune system” or “reproductive processes” were specifically enriched after the exposure to Ag NPs. This suggests that the toxicity of Ag NPs may not be solely related to the release of Ag ions, but also to the NP form. No evident effects were found on protein oxidation or on hepatocyte lysosomal membrane stability during exposure, but effects recorded on liver lysosomes and persistent damage on gill tissue at 6 mpe could indicate potential for long-term effects in exposed fish.
Project description:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to various concentrations of silver For this experiment,C. reinhardtii were exposed to (4) different concentrations of silver, as biological triplicates
Project description:We have employed a whole genome microarray for gene expression profilling to understand the global view of the cellular mechanism and metabolic response of B. cereus B3711 exposed to 1 mM silver nitrate. RNA was extracted from B. cereus grown under silver treated and untreated set of conditions in duplicates at two different time points (30 & 60 min). Comparing the transcript profile of the control and treated cells, several differentially expressed genes were identified. These includes genes involved in various metabolic pathways, such as arginine and alanine metabolism, membrane transport system and alternate respiratory proteins such as arsenate reductase, stress related proteins, proteins of transcriptional regulators, hypothetical proteins and protein of two-component systems. Agilent one-color experiment,Organism: Bacillus cereus ,Agilent-023971 Genotypic designed Custom Bacillus cereus 8x15k , Labeling kit: Agilent Quick-Amp labeling Kit (p/n5190-0442)
Project description:Silver-resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant was obtained by evolutionary engineering method. Briefly, genetic diversity in reference strain, CEN.PK.113-7D, was increased by ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS)-mutagenesis. The mutant population was passaged several times in gradually increasing silver stress. Several mutant individuals were selected from the final population. Among selected mutant individuals, one of them was much more resistant to silver stress than the reference strain, called as 2E. Whole-genome transcriptomic analysis was performed to identify the silver resistance mechanisms in the silver-resistant mutant strain.
Project description:We assessed the whole genome response of C. elegans exposed for 48 hours from L1 to the pristine silver nanomterials, artifically aged silver nanomatierls, and AgNO3.
Project description:Adult male grass shrimp were exposed for 96 hours to LC50 concentrations of either Fipronil, Endosulfan, or Cadmium, as well as a Carrier Control exposure. RNA was extracted from whole-body homogenates using the RNABee kit. Tags were clustered to identify tags diagnostic of the different exposures. Keywords: SAGE, Grass shrimp, ecotoxicogenomics 3 randomly selected shrimp were pooled for each library. Libraries were constructed using the I-SAGE long kit from Invitrogen.