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Dynamic gene expression changes precede dioxin-induced liver pathogenesis in medaka fish.

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Volz, DC; Hinton, DE; Law, JM; Kullman, SW
Published in: Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
February 2006

A major challenge for environmental genomics is linking gene expression to cellular toxicity and morphological alteration. Herein, we address complexities related to hepatic gene expression responses after a single injection of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonist 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin) and illustrate an initial stress response followed by cytologic and adaptive changes in the teleost fish medaka. Using a custom 175-gene array, we find that overall hepatic gene expression and histological changes are strongly dependent on dose and time. The most pronounced dioxin-induced gene expression changes occurred early and preceded morphologic alteration in the liver. Following a systematic search for putative Ah response elements (AHREs) (5'-CACGCA-3') within 2000 bp upstream of the predicted transcriptional start site, the majority (87%) of genes screened in this study did not contain an AHRE, suggesting that gene expression was not solely dependent on AHRE-mediated transcription. Moreover, in the highest dosage, we observed gene expression changes associated with adaptation that persisted for almost two weeks, including induction of a gene putatively identified as ependymin that may function in hepatic injury repair. These data suggest that the cellular response to dioxin involves both AHRE- and non-AHRE-mediated transcription, and that coupling gene expression profiling with analysis of morphologic pathogenesis is essential for establishing temporal relationships between transcriptional changes, toxicity, and adaptation to hepatic injury.

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Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology

DOI

EISSN

1096-0929

ISSN

1096-6080

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

89

Issue

2

Start / End Page

524 / 534

Related Subject Headings

  • Toxicology
  • Time Factors
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
  • Oryzias
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Male
  • Liver
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
 

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Volz, D. C., Hinton, D. E., Law, J. M., & Kullman, S. W. (2006). Dynamic gene expression changes precede dioxin-induced liver pathogenesis in medaka fish. Toxicological Sciences : An Official Journal of the Society of Toxicology, 89(2), 524–534. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfj033
Volz, David C., David E. Hinton, J McHugh Law, and Seth W. Kullman. “Dynamic gene expression changes precede dioxin-induced liver pathogenesis in medaka fish.Toxicological Sciences : An Official Journal of the Society of Toxicology 89, no. 2 (February 2006): 524–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfj033.
Volz DC, Hinton DE, Law JM, Kullman SW. Dynamic gene expression changes precede dioxin-induced liver pathogenesis in medaka fish. Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology. 2006 Feb;89(2):524–34.
Volz, David C., et al. “Dynamic gene expression changes precede dioxin-induced liver pathogenesis in medaka fish.Toxicological Sciences : An Official Journal of the Society of Toxicology, vol. 89, no. 2, Feb. 2006, pp. 524–34. Epmc, doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfj033.
Volz DC, Hinton DE, Law JM, Kullman SW. Dynamic gene expression changes precede dioxin-induced liver pathogenesis in medaka fish. Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology. 2006 Feb;89(2):524–534.
Journal cover image

Published In

Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology

DOI

EISSN

1096-0929

ISSN

1096-6080

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

89

Issue

2

Start / End Page

524 / 534

Related Subject Headings

  • Toxicology
  • Time Factors
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
  • Oryzias
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Male
  • Liver
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal