Project description:Cross-species gene expression analysis of species-specific differences in preclinical assessment of pharmaceutical compounds (human)
| PRJNA208513 | ENA
Project description:Cross-species gene expression analysis of species-specific differences in preclinical assessment of pharmaceutical compounds
Project description:Significant qualitative and quantitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. However, significant quantitative and qualitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. This is as a result of genetic variation between human and the laboratory animal. Therefore the development of a system that would allow the assessment of all molecular differences between species after drug exposure would have a significant impact on drug evaluation for toxicity and efficacy. Here we describe a cross-species microarray methodology that identifies and selects orthologous probes after cross-species sequence comparison to develop an orthologous cross-species gene expression analysis tool. The assumptions made by the use of this orthologous gene expression strategy for cross-species extrapolation is that; conserved changes in gene expression equate to conserved pharmacodynamic endpoints. This assumption is supported by the fact that evolution and selection have maintained the structure and function of many biochemical pathways over time, resulting in the conservation of many important processes. We demonstrate this difference using a cross-species methodology by investigating species specific differences of the peroxisome proliferator activator receptor (PPAR) alpha in rat and human.
Project description:Significant qualitative and quantitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. However, significant quantitative and qualitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. This is as a result of genetic variation between human and the laboratory animal. Therefore the development of a system that would allow the assessment of all molecular differences between species after drug exposure would have a significant impact on drug evaluation for toxicity and efficacy. Here we describe a cross-species microarray methodology that identifies and selects orthologous probes after cross-species sequence comparison to develop an orthologous cross-species gene expression analysis tool. The assumptions made by the use of this orthologous gene expression strategy for cross-species extrapolation is that; conserved changes in gene expression equate to conserved pharmacodynamic endpoints. This assumption is supported by the fact that evolution and selection have maintained the structure and function of many biochemical pathways over time, resulting in the conservation of many important processes. We demonstrate this difference using a cross-species methodology by investigating species specific differences of the peroxisome proliferator activator receptor (PPAR) alpha in rat and human.
Project description:Significant qualitative and quantitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. However, significant quantitative and qualitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. This is as a result of genetic variation between human and the laboratory animal. Therefore the development of a system that would allow the assessment of all molecular differences between species after drug exposure would have a significant impact on drug evaluation for toxicity and efficacy. Here we describe a cross-species microarray methodology that identifies and selects orthologous probes after cross-species sequence comparison to develop an orthologous cross-species gene expression analysis tool. The assumptions made by the use of this orthologous gene expression strategy for cross-species extrapolation is that; conserved changes in gene expression equate to conserved pharmacodynamic endpoints. This assumption is supported by the fact that evolution and selection have maintained the structure and function of many biochemical pathways over time, resulting in the conservation of many important processes. We demonstrate this difference using a cross-species methodology by investigating species specific differences of the peroxisome proliferator activator receptor (PPAR) alpha in rat and human. Human primary hepatocytes were treated with 30 uM, 100 uM EMD and 0.1% DMSO as vehicle control. All samples were incubated at 24hr and 72hr intervals before RNA extractions and hybridization onto Affymetrix human microarrays.
Project description:Significant qualitative and quantitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. However, significant quantitative and qualitative differences exist between humans and the animal models used in research. This is as a result of genetic variation between human and the laboratory animal. Therefore the development of a system that would allow the assessment of all molecular differences between species after drug exposure would have a significant impact on drug evaluation for toxicity and efficacy. Here we describe a cross-species microarray methodology that identifies and selects orthologous probes after cross-species sequence comparison to develop an orthologous cross-species gene expression analysis tool. The assumptions made by the use of this orthologous gene expression strategy for cross-species extrapolation is that; conserved changes in gene expression equate to conserved pharmacodynamic endpoints. This assumption is supported by the fact that evolution and selection have maintained the structure and function of many biochemical pathways over time, resulting in the conservation of many important processes. We demonstrate this difference using a cross-species methodology by investigating species specific differences of the peroxisome proliferator activator receptor (PPAR) alpha in rat and human. Rat primary hepatocytes were treated with 30 µM, 100 µM EMD and 0.1% DMSO as vehicle control. All samples were incubated at 24hr and 72hr intervals before RNA extrations and hybridization onto Affymetrix Rat microarrays.
Project description:Study hypothesis: We hypothesise that both colon inflammation and a diet high in red meat increase the endogenous formation of potentially carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds in the human colon and that these compounds increase the colorectal cancer risk, which could (partially) explain the increased colorectal cancer risk that is associated with inflammatory bowel disease and diets high in red meat.
Inflammatory bowel disease is characterised by a chronic inflammation within the gastrointestinal tract, which, in case of ulcerative colitis, is present in the colon and rectum.
Primary outcome(s): 1. Whole genome gene expression modifications by microarray analysis (4x44K Agilent platform)
2. Apparent total nitroso compounds in faecal matter by thermal energy analysis
3. Faecal water genotoxicity (30 minute exposure to 10% faecal water) by comet assay analysis in the adenocarcinoma cell line Caco-2
All outcomes are measured at baseline and post intervention.