Project description:Although an appropriate range of fluoride is thought to be safe and effective, excessive fluoride intake results in toxic effects in either hard tissues of teeth and skeleton or soft tissues of kidney, lung and brain. It is also well known that fluoride at a millimolar range elicits the complex cellular responses such as enzyme activity, signal transduction and apoptosis in many kinds of cells. However, its toxic effects are still unclear. In this study, to identify genes involved in cell death induced by sodium fluoride (NaF) in rat oral epithelial ROE2 cells, global-scale gene expression analysis was carried out using a GeneChip® system.
Project description:Although an appropriate range of fluoride is thought to be safe and effective, excessive fluoride intake results in toxic effects in either hard tissues of teeth and skeleton or soft tissues of kidney, lung and brain. It is also well known that fluoride at a millimolar range elicits the complex cellular responses such as enzyme activity, signal transduction and apoptosis in many kinds of cells. However, its toxic effects are still unclear. In this study, to identify genes involved in apoptosis induced by sodium fluoride (NaF) in rat oral epithelial ROE2 cells, global-scale gene expression analysis was carried out using a GeneChipM-BM-. system. NaF (2 mM) significantly induced apoptosis accompaning chromatin condensation and caspase-3 activation. Total RNA samples were prepared from the NaF-treated cells, and quality of the RNA was analyzed using a Bioanalyzer 2100. Gene expression was monitored by an Affymetrix GeneChipM-BM-. system with a Rat Genome 230 2.0 array. Sample preparation for array hybridization was carried out as described in the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys instructions.
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:In order to establish a rat embryonic stem cell transcriptome, mRNA from rESC cell line DAc8, the first male germline competent rat ESC line to be described and the first to be used to generate a knockout rat model was characterized using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis.
