Project description:Comparison of expression profiles detected inundifferemtitated HepaRG cells exposed to DMSO, TCDD for 24h. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation has been shown to stimulate proliferation, promote apoptosis or alter differentiation of adult rat liver progenitors. We investigated the impact of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-mediated AhR activation on a human model of bipotent liver progenitors, undifferentiated HepaRG cells. We used both intact undifferentiated HepaRG cells, and HepaRG cells with silenced Hippo pathway effectors, YAP1 and TAZ, which play key role(s) in tissue specific progenitor cell self-renewal and expansion, including liver, cardiac or respiratory progenitors.
Project description:Comparison of expression profiles detected in A549 cells exposed to DMSO, TCDD, and BaP for 2w Exposure to persistent ligands of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) has been found to cause lung cancer in experimental animals and lung adenocarcinomas are often associated with enhanced AhR expression and aberrant AhR activation. In order to better understand the action of toxic AhR ligands in lung epithelial cells, we performed global gene expression profiling in order to analyse TCDD- induced changes in A549 transcriptome, and compare them with changes in transcriptome of A549 cells exposed to BaP for 2w.
Project description:Comparison of expression profiles detected in A549 cells exposed to DMSO, TCDD, CH223191 or their combination Exposure to persistent ligands of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) has been found to cause lung cancer in experimental animals and lung adenocarcinomas are often associated with enhanced AhR expression and aberrant AhR activation. In order to better understand the action of toxic AhR ligands in lung epithelial cells, we performed global gene expression profiling in order to analyse TCDD- induced changes in A549 transcriptome, both sensitive and non-sensitive to co-treatment with AhR inhibitor CH223191. Comparison of our data with results from previously reported microarray and ChIP-seq experiments enabled us i) to identify candidate genes, which expression status acutely (e.g. Aldh1a3, Grem1, Hipk2, Tiparp), or with a delay (Cdh1, Dkk1, Bmp6), reflects exposure of lung cancer cells to TCDD, ii) to predict processes/pathways (e.g. ER stress, Wnt/β-cat, IFNɣ, EGFR/Erbb1), as well as iii) putative TFs (e.g. Stat, AP1, E2F1, TCF4), which may be implicated in adaptive response of lung cells to TCDD-induced AhR activation.
Project description:A global RNA-Seq analysis was conducted using RNA isolated from the axial region of DMSO- and 0.3 nM TCDD-exposed medaka to identify targets within the osteochondral pathway potentially impacted by TCDD exposure. In total, 597 genes were significantly up- or down-regulated (q<0.05) and were associated with select pathological states including inflammatory disease, connective tissue disorders, and skeletal and muscular disorders.
Project description:Proteomic changes associated with the individual and combined exposures of deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEA) were investigated in human hepatocytes (HepaRG cell line) after 24 hour expousre and at low cytotoxicity levels using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry.
Project description:The exposure to and contamination by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which include pesticides used worldwide and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, is detrimental to human health and diverse ecosystems. Although most mechanistic studies have focused on single compounds, living organisms are exposed to multiple environmental xenobiotics, simultaneously, throughout their lives. The experimental evidence useful for assessing the effects of exposure to pollutant mixtures is scarce. We investigated the effects of exposure to a combination of two POPs, which employ different xenosensors, on global gene expression in a human hepatocyte cell model, HepaRG. Whole genome microarrays were used to investigate the effects on the HepaRG transcriptome following exposure to the combination of POPs as compared to each compound individually.
Project description:HepaRG cells were exposed to ethanol at the IC10 (H) and 1/10 of the IC10 (L) for 24 h and 48 h. Control samples and extraction blanks are denoted by C and B, respectively. The original experiment was validated using a second batch of HepaRG cells with the same experimental set-up.
Project description:The exposure to and contamination by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which include pesticides used worldwide and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, is detrimental to human health and diverse ecosystems. Although most mechanistic studies have focused on single compounds, living organisms are exposed to multiple environmental xenobiotics, simultaneously, throughout their lives. The experimental evidence useful for assessing the effects of exposure to pollutant mixtures is scarce. We investigated the effects of exposure to a combination of two POPs, which employ different xenosensors, on global gene expression in a human hepatocyte cell model, HepaRG. Whole genome microarrays were used to investigate the effects on the HepaRG transcriptome following exposure to the combination of POPs as compared to each compound individually. Differentiated HepaRG cells were treated with either 2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, alpha-endosulfan (an organochlorine pesticide), the mixture or the DMSO vehicle for 30 hours after which RNA was extracted for hybridization on Affymetrix whole human genome microarrays.