Project description:The nasal epithelium is an important target site for chemically-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity. Human epidemiological investigations and experimental laboratory animal studies show that the nasal olfactory epithelium is selectively damaged by inhalation exposure to several chemicals, including vinyl acetate and hydrogen sulfide. The reason for the relative sensitivity of the nasal olfactory epithelium is not known. To better understand and predict the response of the nasal epithelium to inhaled xenobiotics, gene expression profiles from naÑve male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were constructed. Epithelial cells were manually collected from the nasal septum, naso- and maxillo-turbinates, and ethmoid turbinates of 9 male and 9 female rats. Gene expression analysis was performed using the Affymetrix Rat Genome 430 2.0 microarray. Gene ontology enrichment analysis identified several functional categories including xenobiotic metabolism, cell cycle, apoptosis, and ion channel/transport with significantly different expression between tissue types. Surprisingly, there were few gender differences in gene expression. This baseline data will contribute to our understanding of the normal physiology and selectivity of the nasal epithelial cellsâ response to inhaled environmental toxicants. Experiment Overall Design: To better understand and predict the response of the nasal epithelium to inhaled xenobiotics, gene expression profiles from naÑve male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were constructed. Epithelial cells were manually collected from the nasal septum, naso- and maxillo-turbinates, and ethmoid turbinates of 9 male and 9 female rats. Gene expression analysis was performed using the Affymetrix Rat Genome 430 2.0 microarray.
Project description:The nasal epithelium is an important target site for chemically-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity. Human epidemiological investigations and experimental laboratory animal studies show that the nasal olfactory epithelium is selectively damaged by inhalation exposure to several chemicals, including vinyl acetate and hydrogen sulfide. The reason for the relative sensitivity of the nasal olfactory epithelium is not known. To better understand and predict the response of the nasal epithelium to inhaled xenobiotics, gene expression profiles from naїve male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were constructed. Epithelial cells were manually collected from the nasal septum, naso- and maxillo-turbinates, and ethmoid turbinates of 9 male and 9 female rats. Gene expression analysis was performed using the Affymetrix Rat Genome 430 2.0 microarray. Gene ontology enrichment analysis identified several functional categories including xenobiotic metabolism, cell cycle, apoptosis, and ion channel/transport with significantly different expression between tissue types. Surprisingly, there were few gender differences in gene expression. This baseline data will contribute to our understanding of the normal physiology and selectivity of the nasal epithelial cells’ response to inhaled environmental toxicants. Keywords: Comparative
Project description:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a naturally occurring gas that is also associated with several industries. The potential for widespread human inhalation exposure to this toxic gas is recognized as a public health concern. The nasal epithelium is particularly susceptible to H2S-induced pathology. Injury to and regeneration of the nasal respiratory mucosa occurred in animals with ongoing H2S exposure suggesting that the regenerated respiratory epithelium undergoes an adaptive response and becomes resistant to further H2S induced toxicity. To better understand this adaptive response, twenty-four naive 10-week old male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to air or 200 ppm H2S in a nose-only exposure system for 3h/d for 1 or 5 consecutive days. Nasal respiratory epithelial cells at the site of injury and regeneration were laser capture microdissected and gene expression profiles were generated at time 3h, 6h, 24h, and 144h post initial exposure using the Affymetrix Rat Genome 430 2.0 microarray. Gene ontology enrichment analysis identified early gene changes in such functional categories as signal transduction, inflammatory/defense response, cell cycle, and response to oxidative stress. Later gene changes occurred in categories involved in cell cycle, DNA repair, transport, and micro-tubule-based movement. These data contribute to our understanding of the nasal epithelial cells? response to inhaled environmental toxicants. A better understanding of the H2S cytotoxicity mechanism will improve human risk assessment. Experiment Overall Design: Twenty-four naive 10-week old male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to air or 200 ppm H2S in a nose-only exposure system for 3h/d for 1 or 5 consecutive days. Nasal respiratory epithelial cells at the site of injury and regeneration were laser capture microdissected and gene expression profiles were generated at time 3h, 6h, 24h, and 144h post initial exposure using the Affymetrix Rat Genome 430 2.0 microarray.
Project description:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a naturally occurring gas that is also associated with several industries. The potential for widespread human inhalation exposure to this toxic gas is recognized as a public health concern. The nasal epithelium is particularly susceptible to H2S-induced pathology. Injury to and regeneration of the nasal respiratory mucosa occurred in animals with ongoing H2S exposure suggesting that the regenerated respiratory epithelium undergoes an adaptive response and becomes resistant to further H2S induced toxicity. To better understand this adaptive response, twenty-four naive 10-week old male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to air or 200 ppm H2S in a nose-only exposure system for 3h/d for 1 or 5 consecutive days. Nasal respiratory epithelial cells at the site of injury and regeneration were laser capture microdissected and gene expression profiles were generated at time 3h, 6h, 24h, and 144h post initial exposure using the Affymetrix Rat Genome 430 2.0 microarray. Gene ontology enrichment analysis identified early gene changes in such functional categories as signal transduction, inflammatory/defense response, cell cycle, and response to oxidative stress. Later gene changes occurred in categories involved in cell cycle, DNA repair, transport, and micro-tubule-based movement. These data contribute to our understanding of the nasal epithelial cells? response to inhaled environmental toxicants. A better understanding of the H2S cytotoxicity mechanism will improve human risk assessment. Keywords: Time course
Project description:This project examined if sex differences in K48 polyubiquitination in the amygdala were developmentally regulated. This used basolateral amygdala (BLA) samples collected from 4 and 9 week old male and female Sprague-Dawley rats.
Project description:To quantify gene expression differences in olfactory epithelium between the mouse (Mus musculus) and the Nile rat (Arvicanthis niloticus), paired-end RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was used to profile olfactory epithelium transcriptomes of six Nile rats and six mice (C57BL/6J) (one male and one female at the age of 8, 12, and 16 weeks for each species).
Project description:MicroRNA transcriptional profiling of male Sprague-Dawley rats rat brains comparing microRNA abundance in five different brain regions.
Project description:Normal young adult Sprague Dawley rats (male) 6 diaphragm muscle samples are compared with 6 sternohyoid muscle samples -- each sample is one muscle from one rat
Project description:In this study we performed high throughput microfluidic qPCR using BioMark on RNA extracted from single neurons microdissected from DMV and NA tissue of one male Sprague Dawley rat.