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Transcription profiling by array of liver from rats treated with furan to study furan-induced cholangiofibrosis

ABSTRACT: Male Sprague Dawley Crl CD BR rats (190-240g, 6-8 weeks old), were obtained from Charles River, UK. They were given access to R&M No.1 diet and tap water ad libitum. Animals were housed 5/sex in solid bottom cages maintained at 21oC +/- 2oC, 12 h light and 12 h dark. All animals were acclimatised for at least 5 days prior to commencement of the study. Furan (CAS 110-00-9, Sigma-Aldrich Co. Ltd, >99 % pure was prepared in corn oil vehicle on the day of use and stored in sealed brown bottles. Furan was administered orally via gavage in corn oil at 30mg/kg (5 daily doses per week). Animals (n=5) were removed and sampled after 3 months of furan treatment. An off-dose recovery group was included at the 3 month time point (1 month off-dose) to enable assessment of lesion reversibility.

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

SUBMITTER: Jonathan Hitchcock

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1421 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Evidence of oxidative stress and associated DNA damage, increased proliferative drive, and altered gene expression in rat liver produced by the cholangiocarcinogenic agent furan.

Hickling K C KC Hitchcock J M JM Oreffo V V Mally A A Hammond T G TG Evans J G JG Chipman J K JK

Toxicologic pathology 20100202 2

Furan is a potent cholangiocarcinogen in rat by an as yet undefined mechanism. The risk to man remains unclear. Using a time-course stop study design, we have investigated the potential of furan to induce oxidative stress and DNA damage associated with inflammatory and regenerative responses in rat liver. Furan was administered via oral gavage (30 mg/kg b.w. 5 daily doses per week), and livers were analyzed at time points between eight hr and three months. A one-month recovery group previously t ...[more]

PMID: 20124500

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Project description:Furan is a widely used industrial chemical and a common contaminant in heated foods. Chronic furan exposure has been shown to cause cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular tumors at doses of 2 mg/kg bw/day with gender differences in frequency and severity. The hepatic transcriptional alterations induced by low doses of furan (doses below those inducing liver tumors) and the potential mechanisms underlying gender differences are largely unexplored. We used DNA microarrays to examine the global hepatic mRNA and microRNA transcriptional profiles of male and female rats exposed to 0, 0.03, 0.12, 0.5 or 2 mg/kg bw/day furan over 90 days. Marked gender differences in gene expression responses to furan were observed, with many more altered genes in exposed males than females, confirming the increased sensitivity of males even at the low doses. Pathway analysis supported that key events in furan-induced hepatotoxicity in males included gene expression changes related to oxidative stress, apoptosis and inflammatory response, while pathway changes in females were consistent with primarily adaptive responses (regeneration). Pathway benchmark doses (BMDs) were estimated and compared to relevant apical endpoints. Transcriptional BMDs could be examined in males, they ranged from 0.08 – 1.43 mg/kg bw/day and approximated those derived from traditional histopathology. MiR-34a (a target of P53 signalling) was the only microRNA significantly increased at the 2 mg/kg bw/day, providing evidence in support of the importance of apoptosis and cell proliferation in furan hepatotoxicity. Overall, this study demonstrates the use of transcriptional profiling to discern mode of action and mechanisms involved in gender differences. Total RNAs from 16 liver samples (4 males and 4 females from control and 2 mg/kg bw/day dose groups) were processed using the miRNA Complete Labelling and Hybridization kit (Agilent Technologies Inc.). Labelled RNA was hybridized on 8 X 15K Agilent rat miRNA microarray slides. Arrays were scanned using an Agilent G2505B scanner (5 ?M resolution). Feature extraction (version 10.7.3.1, Agilent Tech. Inc.) was used to acquire the fluorescence intensity of each probe.

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Transcription profiling by array of liver from rats treated with furan to study furan-induced cholangiofibrosis

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Evidence of oxidative stress and associated DNA damage, increased proliferative drive, and altered gene expression in rat liver produced by the cholangiocarcinogenic agent furan.

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