Project description:Exposure to common environmental chemicals, including those found in personal care products has been linked to mammary cancer at high doses in animal models. Their effects at low doses at levels comparable to human exposure remain poorly understood. Using a Sprague-Dawley rat model, we investigated the effects of three prevalently used environmental chemicals – diethyl phthalate (DEP), methyl paraben (MPB), triclosan (TCS) – and their mixture (MIX) on the transcriptome of normal developing mammary at levels mimicking human exposure. Rats were exposed from birth to adulthood in parous and nulliparous settings. We used affymetrix arrays to assess the influence of diethyl phthalate (DEP), methyl paraben (MPB), triclosan (TCS) and their mixture (MIX) on global gene expression profiles in rat mammary tissues, using doses comparable to human exposure. Exposure was from birth to adulthood (postnatal day 1 – 180) in parous and nulliparous rats.
Project description:Exposure to common environmental chemicals, including those found in personal care products has been linked to mammary cancer at high doses in animal models. Their effects at low doses at levels comparable to human exposure, especially during critical windows of development remain poorly understood. Using a Sprague-Dawley rat model, we investigated the effects of of three environmental chemicals – diethyl phthalate (DEP), methyl paraben (MPB) and triclosan (TCS) – on the transcriptome of normal developing mammary glands at low doses mimicking human exposure. Rats were exposed during three windows of early development – perinatal (gestation day (GD) 1 - 20 or postnatal day (PND) 1 - 20), prepubertal (PND 21 - 41) and pubertal (PND 42 - 62), as well as chronic exposure from birth to end of lactation (PND 1 - 146). Mammary gland whole-transcriptomes were profiled by Affymetrix rat gene 2.0 st arrays.
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 investigate the lncRNA profiles in low birth weight rats with reduced nephron endowment induced by restriction of maternal protein intake. Low birth weight by reduced nephron endowment is a risk factor for hypertension and end-stage renal disease in adulthood.
Project description:Diethlstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen prescribed to several millions of pregnant women worldwide. The risk for breast cancer after age 40 in women prenatally exposed to DES has been reported, however, the precise mechanism of susceptibilities to breast cancer remains to be resolved. To understand the mechanism of effect of intrauterine exposure to DES on human mammary glands at peripubertal stage, we investigated the global gene expression profile of terminal end buds (TEBs), the target of carcinogen, in rat mammary glamds at postnatal days (PND) 35 and 49, equivalent to peripubertal stage in human, exposed to low or high dose of DES at neonatal period. In all group, the number of TEBs was gradually increased and peaked at PND35 and decreased at PND49. At PND 35 and 49, low dose of DES-treated group showed highest number of TEBs. At PND35, β- and γ-casein mRNA expression inreased 8.19-fold and 26.05-fold, respectively, and the most significant network revealed by IPA analyses showed relevance of NF-κB in low dose of DES-treated group. The present findings suggested that deregulation of mammary gland differentiation and development-related genes group may contribute to the increase of number of TEBs at critical period of carcinogen susceptibilities. Experiment: We used laser capture microdissection to specifically isolate the cells from terminal end buds (TEBs) in rat mammary gland at 35 and 49 days after birth. Inbred Sprague-Dawley female rats were subcutaneously given 0.05ml sesame oil (group I, control) and either 1 μg (group II) or 100 μg (group III) diethlstilbestrol (DES, Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo. USA) dissolved in 0.05 ml sesame oil within 24 hr of birth. Animal were weaned at 21 days of birth and each group of rats was autopsied at 35 and 49 days of birth. From group I (35 days of birth: n=2, 49 days of birth: n=2), group II (35 days of birth: n=2, 49 days of birth: n=2), group III (35 days of birth: n=2, 49 days of birth: n=2), we performed a hybridization, respectively.
Project description:Transcriptomics Analysis and Hormonal Changes of Male and Female Rats Treated Chronically with a Low Dose of Acrylamide in their Drinking Water
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.