Project description:Iron plays an important role in oxidative tissue damage and subsequent carcinogenesis. Iron deposition in the peritoneum causes neoplastic changes. Here we used microRNA (miR) microarrays in a rat model by repeated intraperitoneal injections of ferric saccharate. miR microarray revealed the miR-199/214 as a distinctive feature of sarcomatoid mesothelioma.
Project description:Iron plays an important role in oxidative tissue damage and subsequent carcinogenesis. Iron deposition in the peritoneum causes neoplastic changes. Here we used gene expression microarrays to find common genetic alterations in a rat model by repeated intraperitoneal injections of ferric saccharate. Gene expression microarray revealed the expression of uromodulin (Umod) is increased in mesothelioma approximately 250-fold.
Project description:Expression analysis of microRNA in malignant peritoneal mesothelioma induced by intraperitoneal injections of iron saccarate in rats
Project description:A series of two color gene expression profiles obtained using Agilent 44K expression microarrays was used to examine sex-dependent and growth hormone-dependent differences in gene expression in rat liver. This series is comprised of pools of RNA prepared from untreated male and female rat liver, hypophysectomized (‘Hypox’) male and female rat liver, and from livers of Hypox male rats treated with either a single injection of growth hormone and then killed 30, 60, or 90 min later, or from livers of Hypox male rats treated with two growth hormone injections spaced 3 or 4 hr apart and killed 30 min after the second injection. The pools were paired to generate the following 6 direct microarray comparisons: 1) untreated male liver vs. untreated female liver; 2) Hypox male liver vs. untreated male liver; 3) Hypox female liver vs. untreated female liver; 4) Hypox male liver vs. Hypox female liver; 5) Hypox male liver + 1 growth hormone injection vs. Hypox male liver; and 6) Hypox male liver + 2 growth hormone injections vs. Hypox male liver. A comparison of untreated male liver and untreated female liver liver gene expression profiles showed that of the genes that showed significant expression differences in at least one of the 6 data sets, 25% were sex-specific. Moreover, sex specificity was lost for 88% of the male-specific genes and 94% of the female-specific genes following hypophysectomy. 25-31% of the sex-specific genes whose expression is altered by hypophysectomy responded to short-term growth hormone treatment in hypox male liver. 18-19% of the sex-specific genes whose expression decreased following hypophysectomy were up-regulated after either one or two growth hormone injections. Finally, growth hormone suppressed 24-36% of the sex-specific genes whose expression was up-regulated following hypophysectomy, indicating that growth hormone acts via both positive and negative regulatory mechanisms to establish and maintain the sex specificity of liver gene expression. For full details, see V. Wauthier and D.J. Waxman, Molecular Endocrinology (2008)
Project description:Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive tumor strongly associated with asbestos exposure. The granuloma capturing crocidolite contribute to mutagenesis, cell death and regenerative activity. To clarify the biological responses of mesothelial cells after crocidolite exposure, we compared the microarray gene expression profiles of no treatment and crocidolite exposure (1 wks) mesothelial cells induced by intraperitoneal injections.
Project description:Intraperitoneal injection of tremolite initiates mesothelial injury and chronic inflammation that causes the development of malignant mesothelioma (MM). We performed high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization to identify characteristics in the genomic profiles of tremolite-induced MMs in rats.
