Project description:Genome-wide expression analysis in C. Elegans grown in axenic media with low to toxic selenium concentrations We performed Affymetrix micorarray-based transcriptional profiling on wild-type C. Elegans Bristol N2 grown in low Se axenic media supplemented with five concentrations of selenium, from low to toxic, and harvested at the L4-larva stage.
Project description:Genome-wide expression analysis in C. Elegans grown in axenic media with low to toxic selenium concentrations We performed Affymetrix micorarray-based transcriptional profiling on wild-type C. Elegans Bristol N2 grown in low Se axenic media supplemented with five concentrations of selenium, from low to toxic, and harvested at the L4-larva stage. RNA was prepared for hybridization to Affy microarrays from synchronized cultures of wild-type C. elegans seeded in low Se axenic media, supplemented with graded 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 mM Se added as sodium selenite, and harvested at the L4-larva stage (1 culture/sample per Se concentgration).
Project description:Although non-coplanar PCBs are ubiquitous organic chemicals known to induce numerous biological responses and thus are toxic to man and wildlife, little is known about the toxic mode of action. Using PCB52, an ortho-substituted, 2,2’,5,5’-tetrachlorobiphenyl, it was possible to pinpoint the relationship between induced gene expression and observed toxicity in the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Keywords: stress response
