ABSTRACT: some genes associated with cell growth, cell differentiation, meiosis, migration, and apoptosis are regulated in ECC-1 after DEHP exposure. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying cellularisation and identified distinct classes of up-regulated genes during this process. ECC-1 (human endometrial cancer) cell lines were subjected to DEHP for 48 h with 50 M-NM-
Project description:some genes associated with cell growth, cell differentiation, meiosis, migration, and apoptosis are regulated in ECC-1 after DEHP exposure. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying cellularisation and identified distinct classes of up-regulated genes during this process.
Project description:BACKGROUND: Phthalates are manmade industrial additives used mostly as plasticizers. In addition to their deleterious effects on male genital development, population studies have recently documented correlations between phthalates exposure and subtle impacts on reproductive tract development and on the metabolic syndrome in male adults. In mature rodents liver di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) activates the peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor (PPARalpha), a member of the nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily. OBJECTIVES: Using a systems biology approach, we aimed at defining potential mechanisms underlying the impacts of DEHP on adult mouse liver and testis. METHODS: Thus, we performed a parallel analysis of transcript and metabolic profiles in the liver from adult mice exposed to varying DEHP doses. Moreover, we obtained pangenomic mRNA profiles of laser-captured Leydig and Sertoli cells from mature animals exposed to DEHP. RESULTS: Hepatic genes modulated by DEHP are predominantly PPARalpha targets. However, the induction of some prototypic cytochrome P450 genes strongly supports the activation of additional NR pathways. Integration of hepatic transcriptomic and metabonomic profiles further revealed a correlation between the impacts of DEHP on a cluster of genes and metabolites linked to heme synthesis and on a cluster of Rev-erbalpha target genes related to metabolic and circadian clock pathways. Cell-specific effects of DEHP were investigated in the adult testis and a noticeable impact of DEHP was observed on Leydig cells transcriptome. CONCLUSIONS: We report a detailed analysis of DEHP interference with hepatic Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR) and Rev-erbalpha pathways and a novel transcriptional impact of DEHP on adult endocrine cells of the testis. Experiment Overall Design: two condition experiment, Sertoli cells-rich areas from DEHP-treated mice vs. Sertoli cells-rich areas from vehicle-treated mice. Biological replicates: 4 DEHP-treated samples and 4 vehicle-treated samples. Dye-swap design. N=4 DEHP-treated vs vehicle-treated x 2 microarrays (dye-swap)=8 microarrays
Project description:BACKGROUND: Phthalates are manmade industrial additives used mostly as plasticizers. In addition to their deleterious effects on male genital development, population studies have recently documented correlations between phthalates exposure and subtle impacts on reproductive tract development and on the metabolic syndrome in male adults. In mature rodents liver di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) activates the peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor (PPARalpha), a member of the nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily. OBJECTIVES: Using a systems biology approach, we aimed at defining potential mechanisms underlying the impacts of DEHP on adult mouse liver and testis. METHODS: Thus, we performed a parallel analysis of transcript and metabolic profiles in the liver from adult mice exposed to varying DEHP doses. Moreover, we obtained pangenomic mRNA profiles of laser-captured Leydig and Sertoli cells from mature animals exposed to DEHP. RESULTS: Hepatic genes modulated by DEHP are predominantly PPARalpha targets. However, the induction of some prototypic cytochrome P450 genes strongly supports the activation of additional NR pathways. Integration of hepatic transcriptomic and metabonomic profiles further revealed a correlation between the impacts of DEHP on a cluster of genes and metabolites linked to heme synthesis and on a cluster of Rev-erbalpha target genes related to metabolic and circadian clock pathways. Cell-specific effects of DEHP were investigated in the adult testis and a noticeable impact of DEHP was observed on Leydig cells transcriptome. CONCLUSIONS: We report a detailed analysis of DEHP interference with hepatic Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR) and Rev-erbalpha pathways and a novel transcriptional impact of DEHP on adult endocrine cells of the testis. Experiment Overall Design: two condition experiment, Leydig cells from DEHP-treated mice vs. Leydig cells from vehicle-treated mice. Biological replicates: 2 DEHP-treated samples and 3 vehicle-treated samples. Each treated sample has been hybridized against each vehicle-treated sample in a dye-swap design. N=2 DEHP-treated x 3 vehicle-treated x 2 microarrays=12 microarrays
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series:; GSE13237: Effect of DEHP on adult mouse Sertoli cells rich areas (SCRA); GSE13240: Effect of DEHP on adult mouse Leydig cells Experiment Overall Design: Refer to individual Series
Project description:Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common cancer of female reproductive organs. Because some low-grade ECs might also experience tumor recurrence after surgery and a worse prognosis, the study of alterations related to EC pathogenesis of the disease might help to get insights into underlying mechanisms involved in EC development and metastasis and identify novel markers associated to the disease. Here, low C1GALT1 protein expression levels were associated to a more aggressive phenotype of EC. Then, we aimed at investigating the role of C1GALT1 in EC progression by quantitative proteomics. ECC-1 cells were used as endometrioid EC model, and the effect of C1GALT1 depletion was analyzed using C1GALT1 specific short hairpin RNAs (shRNA) in comparison to SCRAMBLE shRNA. SILAC and mass spectrometry analysis were performed to identify and quantify dysregulated proteins associated with C1GALT1 depletion in the cell extract and secretome proteome of shC1GALT1 and SCRAMBLE ECC-1 cells. Out of 5208 proteins identified and quantified by LC-MS/MS, 76 and 143 proteins showed dysregulation (fold-change ≥1.5 or ≤0.67) in shC1GALT1 ECC-1 cells’ extracts and secretome, respectively. Nine dysregulated proteins were selected for validation by orthogonal techniques, confirming their dysregulation upon C1GALT1 depletion. Bioinformatics analyses pointed out to an increase in pathways and dysregulated proteins that associated with more aggressive phenotype. This finding was corroborated by loss-of-function cell-based assays. A higher proliferation, invasion, migration, colony formation and angiogenesis capacity of C1GALT1 depleted cells was observed. Finally, the negative protein expression correlation found by proteomics between C1GALT1 and LGALS3 was confirmed by IHC in actual EC samples, suggesting C1GALT1 stably depleted ECC-1 cells mimic the aggressive phenotype of EC cells and might be useful for the identification and validation of potential markers in aggressive ECs.
Project description:Role of PPARalpha in the effects of DEHP on the hepatic expression of a selection of mouse genes related to nuclear receptor signaling. Di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP), a widely used plasticizer, is detected in consumerâs body fluids. Contamination occurs through environmental and food chain sources. In mouse liver, DEHP activates the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) and regulates the expression of its target genes. Several in vitro investigations support the simultaneous recruitment of additional nuclear receptor pathways. We investigated, in vivo, the hepatic impact of low doses of DEHP on PPARalpha activation, and the putative activation of additional signalling pathways. Wild-type and PPARalpha-deficient mice were exposed to different doses of DEHP. Gene expression profiling delineated the role of PPARalpha and revealed a PPARalpha-independent regulation of several prototypic Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR) target genes. This finding demonstrates that CAR also represents a transcriptional regulator sensitive to phthalates. CAR-mediated effects of DEHP provide a new rationale for most endpoints of phthalates toxicity described previously, including endocrine disruption, hepatocarcinogenesis and the metabolic syndrome. Keywords: Treatment effect One-color macroarrays, 6 experimental conditions: Wild type (WT) and PPARalpha-deficient mice (PPAR) were treated with vehicle (Ctrl) or with di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) at 20 mg/kg/day (D20) or 200 mg/kg/day (D200) for 21 days, Biological replicates: 10 for each group, One replicate per array
Project description:Phthalates are industrial additives widely used as plasticizers. In addition to deleterious effects on male genital development, population studies have documented correlations between phthalates exposure and impacts on reproductive tract development and on the metabolic syndrome in male adults. In this study we investigated potential mechanisms underlying the impact of di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) on adult mouse liver in vivo. A parallel analysis of hepatic transcript and metabolic profiles from adult mice exposed to varying DEHP doses was performed. Hepatic genes modulated by DEHP are predominantly PPARα targets. However, the induction of prototypic cytochrome P450 genes strongly supports the activation of additional NR pathways, including Constitutive Androstane Receptor (CAR). Integration of transcriptomic and metabonomic profiles revealed a correlation between the impacts of DEHP on genes and metabolites related to heme synthesis and on the Rev-erbα pathway that senses endogenous heme level. Keywords: Treatment effect One-color macroarrays, 4 experimental conditions: Control mice (vehicle treated), mice treated with di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) at 30 mg/kg/day (D30), 180 mg/kg/day (D180) or 1100 mg/kg/day (D1100) for 14 days, Biological replicates: 6 controls, 4 D30, 4 D180, 5 D1100, One replicate per array
Project description:We have developed two methods for efficiently consructing RNA-seq libraries using transposition. Each method constructs high quality RNA-seq libraries when compared to standard approaches. One of the methods (Directional Tn-RNA-seq) maintains strand-of-origin information and exhibits strand specificity comparable to current approaches. RNA-seq libraries were constructed from ECC-1, a human cell line, and Universal Human Reference RNA using transposon-based and standard RNA-seq library construciton methods.
Project description:Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP; CAS No. 117-81-7) belongs to the phthalate class of chemicals, and is commonly added to plastics for flexibility. DEHP has been identified as an index compound for group-TDI calculations owing to its extensive toxicological dataset. Humans are exposed to this ubiquitous environmental contaminant through multiple routes. DEHP has been designated as probably and possibly carcinogenic to humans based on its ability to induce rodent carcinogenicity, although the relevance of its mode of action (MoA) in humans remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the carcinogenic potential of DEHP using an alternative method and explore the possible mode and mechanisms of action at the molecular level. Special attention has been paid to DEHP dissolution in cell media, leading to the use of a final concentration of 0.5% DMSO. Transcriptomics were conducted on cells treated with a cytotoxic concentration of DEHP (19.7 µg/mL) for 24 h. The aim of the microarray experiment was to analyze the molecular effects of the substance under the specific conditions of the Cell Transformation Assay protocol (BALB c/ 3T3 clone A31-1-1 CTA, according to the method validated by ECVAM, Sasaki et al., 2012), in order to provide mechanistic explanations of the test results derived from the CTA.
Project description:In this project we examined the in-vitro effect of female sex hormones (estradiol and progesterone at average physiological concentrations) during a infection mediated by Chlamydia trachomatis serovar D, on the gene expression of human endometrial cell line ECC-1 The effects of the female sex hormones progesterone and oestradiol while infected by Chlamydia trachomatis were examined at two timepoints.