Project description:Analysis of LBNF1 rat testes from controls, containing both somatic and all germ cell types and from irradiated rats in which all cells germ cells except type A spermatgogonia are eliminated. Results provide insight into distinguishing germ and somatic cell genes and identification of somatic cell genes that are upregulated after irradiation.
Project description:Breast cancer ranks top in the incidence among the main sites of female cancer in Japan. The epidemiological study on atomic bomb survivors has suggested that the excess relative risk for breast cancer is higher than any other sites. Little is known, however, about the molecular mechanisms of breast cancer induction by radiation. Therefore, we analyzed here the genome-wide copy number aberration of radiation-induced rat mammary carcinomas using microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH). Mammary carcinomas were induced by 2 Gy gamma irradiation of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at 3 or 7 weeks of age. We examined 14 mammary carcinomas induced by gamma-irradiation (2 Gy) and found 26 aberrations including trisomies of chromosomes 4 and 10 in 3 and 1 carcinomas, respectively, and deletion of chromosomes 3q35q36 and 5q32 (Cdkn2a and Cdkn2b region) in 2 and 2 carcinomas, respectively. On the other hand, only one aberration (amplification of chromosome 10q31) was observed in four spontaneous mammary carcinomas. These results suggest that the trisomy of chromosome 4 and deletion of chromosomes 3q35q36 and 5q32 were associated with radiation exposure.
Project description:Understanding the relationship between radiation-induced breast cancer and obesity, together with information on underlying mechanisms, are potentially useful in risk management and prevention of second cancer in patients receiving radiotherapy. The present study aims to develop a novel animal model to study the relationship by combining two Sprague-Dawley rat models of radiation carcinogenesis and diet-induced obesity. Mammary carcinomas were induced in female obese and lean rats by irradiation with 4 Gy of gamma rays. Gene expression of mammary carcinomas and normal mammary tissues were analyzed with Agilent Whole Rat Genome DNA microarray. The result indicated that genes related to translation and oxidative phosphorylation were upregulated in carcinomas of obese rats.
Project description:Breast cancer ranks top in the incidence among the main sites of female cancer in Japan. The epidemiological study on atomic bomb survivors has suggested that the excess relative risk for breast cancer is higher than any other sites. Little is known, however, about the molecular mechanisms of breast cancer induction by radiation. Therefore, we analyzed here the genome-wide copy number aberration of radiation-induced rat mammary carcinomas using microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH). Mammary carcinomas were induced by 2 Gy gamma irradiation of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at 3 or 7 weeks of age. We examined 14 mammary carcinomas induced by gamma-irradiation (2 Gy) and found 26 aberrations including trisomies of chromosomes 4 and 10 in 3 and 1 carcinomas, respectively, and deletion of chromosomes 3q35q36 and 5q32 (Cdkn2a and Cdkn2b region) in 2 and 2 carcinomas, respectively. On the other hand, only one aberration (amplification of chromosome 10q31) was observed in four spontaneous mammary carcinomas. These results suggest that the trisomy of chromosome 4 and deletion of chromosomes 3q35q36 and 5q32 were associated with radiation exposure. We performed aCGH on mammary carcinoma in Sprague-Dawley rat to identify radiation-specific DNA copy number aberration compared with spontaneous mammary carcinoma.