Project description:The goal of this study was to characterize the potential toxicity and genomic benchmark dose of propylene glycol phenyl etherl in liver and kidney of male Harlan Sprague Dawley rats using a 5 day dose-response toxicogenomics study design. The 5 day study is used to quickly identify the dose levels where changes in molecular pathways occur. These dose level where pathway level effects begin to occur have been shown to provide a close approximation of a no effect dose level from more resource intensive guideline toxicological assessments.
Project description:The goal of this study was to characterize the potential toxicity and genomic benchmark dose of propylene glycol phenyl etherl in liver and kidney of male Harlan Sprague Dawley rats using a 5 day dose-response toxicogenomics study design. The 5 day study is used to quickly identify the dose levels where changes in molecular pathways occur. These dose level where pathway level effects begin to occur have been shown to provide a close approximation of a no effect dose level from more resource intensive guideline toxicological assessments. A total of 49 samples were evaluated in this study. 25 were from liver and 24 were from kidney. Five biological replicate were obtained for the 0 mg/kg/day control group for both liver and kidney. All other non-zero dose groups contain 4 biological replicates. The control groups for liver and kidney are the 0 mg/kg dose groups for those organs.
Project description:To identify liver transcripts differentially expressed due to treatment with tetrabromobisphenol A-bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) (TBBPA-DBPE), we collected RNA from male Harlan Sprague Dawley rats exposed to 0, 0.1, 0.94, 9.4, 94.3 or 943 mg/kg TBBPA.DBPE, 5 days after exposure for animals 7 weeks of age. These samples were interrogated with the Affymetrix Rat Genome 230 2.0 GeneChip array. A total of 0,0,0,0,0, and 0 gene transcripts were differentially expressed due to TBBPA.DBPE treatment after exposure to 0.1, 0.94, 9.4, 94.3 or 943 mg/kg TBBPA.DBPE (false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05).
Project description:To identify liver transcripts differentially expressed due to treatment with polybrominated diphenyl ether 47 (PBDE47), we collected RNA from male Harlan Sprague Dawley rats exposed to 0, 0.0485, 0.485, 4.85, 48.5 or 485 mg/kg PBDE47, 5 days after exposure for animals 7 weeks of age. These samples were interrogated with the Affymetrix Rat Genome 230 2.0 GeneChip array. A total of 44,28,111,999, and 3195 gene transcripts were differentially expressed due to PBDE47 treatment after exposure to 0.0485, 0.485, 4.85, 48.5 or 485 mg/kg PBDE47 (false discovery rate (FDR) < 0.05).
Project description:Contamination of the environment with endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has raised concerns about potential health hazards for humans and wildlife. P-tert-octylphenol (OP) is one such ubiquitous chemical reported to bind to the estrogen receptor (ER) and alter expression of estrogen-responsive genes. Human and wildlife exposure to OP are likely, due to its persistence in the environment and its presence in food, water and items of daily use. Detrimental effects of OP exposures on the reproductive system have been observed in some, but not all, in vivo experiments. This study compared estrogenic effects of OP in vitro with those in vivo in adult female rats, attempting to better mimic real-life exposures in adults. In vitro, OP bound to human ER weakly and accelerated proliferation of MCF-7 cells. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were given OP by gavage either once (125 mg/kg OP) or daily for 35 days (25, 50, 125 mg/kg). Body and organ weights and ovarian follicle populations were unaltered in OP-exposed adult rats after either time point, despite detectable levels of OP in reproductive organs. Toxicity of OP was demonstrated by a slightly reduced growth rate and slightly altered estrous cycle, but there were no significant estrogen-like changes in histomorphology or microarray analyses of gene expression of uterine tissue. Prepubertal rats exposed by gavage to 125 or 250 mg/kg OP for three days failed to show any uterotrophic effects, although E2 caused a 3-fold increase in uterine weight. These results do not support a dose-dependent, estrogenic mode of action for OP. Keywords: treatment vs control Individual uterine RNA samples from 4 female 35-day old rats per treatment (4 OP and 4 vehicle) sacrificed on the second day of diestrus after 35 days of exposure to OP (125 mg/kg/day in propylene glycol) or solvent (propylene glycol, PG) by gavage were compared with liver RNA pooled from all 8 rats (as reference, combined OP and solvent treatment groups). Comparisons were made between treatments. Liver cDNA was always marked with Cy5 and uterine cDNA was always marked with Cy3.
Project description:Contamination of the environment with endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has raised concerns about potential health hazards for humans and wildlife. P-tert-octylphenol (OP) is one such ubiquitous chemical reported to bind to the estrogen receptor (ER) and alter expression of estrogen-responsive genes. Human and wildlife exposure to OP are likely, due to its persistence in the environment and its presence in food, water and items of daily use. Detrimental effects of OP exposures on the reproductive system have been observed in some, but not all, in vivo experiments. This study compared estrogenic effects of OP in vitro with those in vivo in adult female rats, attempting to better mimic real-life exposures in adults. In vitro, OP bound to human ER weakly and accelerated proliferation of MCF-7 cells. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were given OP by gavage either once (125 mg/kg OP) or daily for 35 days (25, 50, 125 mg/kg). Body and organ weights and ovarian follicle populations were unaltered in OP-exposed adult rats after either time point, despite detectable levels of OP in reproductive organs. Toxicity of OP was demonstrated by a slightly reduced growth rate and slightly altered estrous cycle, but there were no significant estrogen-like changes in histomorphology or microarray analyses of gene expression of uterine tissue. Prepubertal rats exposed by gavage to 125 or 250 mg/kg OP for three days failed to show any uterotrophic effects, although E2 caused a 3-fold increase in uterine weight. These results do not support a dose-dependent, estrogenic mode of action for OP. Keywords: treatment-control Individual uterine RNA samples from 4 female ~35-day old rats per treatment (4 OP and 4 vehicle) sacrificed on the second day of diestrus after a single dose of OP (125 mg/kg/day in propylene glycol) or solvent (propylene glycol, PG) by gavage on the first day of diestrus were compared with liver RNA pooled from all 8 rats (as reference, combined OP and solvent treatment groups). Comparisons were made between treatments. Liver cDNA was always marked with Cy5 and uterine cDNA was always marked with Cy3.
Project description:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were used to establish exhausted-exercise model by motorized rodent treadmill. Yu-Ping-Feng-San at doses of 2.18 g/kg was administrated by gavage before exercise training for 10 consecutive days. Quantitative proteomics was performed for assessing the related mechanism of Yu-Ping-Feng-San.
Project description:To evaluate and characterize gene expression changes and toxicity following oral gavage administration of AMG A & AMG B in male Sprague Dawley rats. Keywords: dose response