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Series GSE31503 Query DataSets for GSE31503
Status Public on Aug 19, 2011
Title Exposure to Nickel, Chromium, or Cadmium Causes Distinct Changes in the Gene Expression Patterns of a Rat Liver Derived Cell Line
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary Many heavy metals, including nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), and chromium (Cr) are toxic industrial chemicals with an exposure risk in both occupational and environmental settings that may cause harmful outcomes. While these substances are known to produce adverse health effects leading to disease or health problems, the detailed mechanisms remain unclear. To elucidate the processes involved in the of toxicity of nickel, cadmium, and chromium at the molecular level and to perform a comparative analysis, H4-II-E-C3 rat liver-derived cell lines were treated with soluble salts of each metal using concentrations derived from viability assays, and gene expression patterns were determined with DNA microarrays.
We identified both common and unique biological responses to exposure to the three metals. Nickel, cadmium, chromium all induced oxidative stress with both similar and unique genes and pathways responding to this stress. Although all three metals are known to be genotoxic, evidence for DNA damage in our study only exists in response to chromium. Nickel induced a hypoxic response as well as inducing genes involved in chromatin structure, perhaps by replacing iron in key proteins. Cadmium distinctly perturbed genes related to endoplasmic reticulum stress and invoked the unfolded protein response leading to apoptosis. With these studies, we have completed the first gene expression comparative analysis of nickel, cadmium, and chromium in H4-II-E-C3 cells.
 
Overall design H4-II-E-C3 cells were were exposed to nickel (II) chloride (NiCl2), cadmium chloride (CdCl2), or sodium dichromate (Na2Cr2O7) for 24 hours. The cells were treated with a low, mid, and high concentration of each chemical and shared a control for each biological replicated, and we exposed 4 biologcial replicates for a total of 44 samples.
 
Contributor(s) Permenter MG, Lewis JA, Jackson DA
Citation(s) 22110744
Submission date Aug 18, 2011
Last update date Jul 31, 2017
Contact name John A. Lewis
E-mail(s) john.a.lewis1@us.army.mil
URL http://usacehr.amedd.army.mil
Organization name U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research
Department Biomarkers Program
Street address 568 Doughten Drive
City Ft. Detrick
State/province MD
ZIP/Postal code 21702-5010
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL1355 [Rat230_2] Affymetrix Rat Genome 230 2.0 Array
Samples (44)
GSM782280 Control 1, biological rep1
GSM782281 Control 2, biological rep1
GSM782282 Nickel 40 µM, biological rep1
Relations
BioProject PRJNA145755

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