PUBLICATION
Cardiovascular gene expression profiles of dioxin exposure in zebrafish embryos
- Authors
- Handley-Goldstone, H.M., Grow, M.W., and Stegeman, J.J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-050221-6
- Date
- 2005
- Source
- Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 85(1): 683-693 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Goldstone, Heather M. H., Grow, Matthew, Stegeman, John J.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Environmental Pollutants/toxicity*
- Gene Expression/drug effects*
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Heart/drug effects
- Heart/embryology*
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 15716485 Full text @ Toxicol. Sci.
- CTD
- 15716485
Citation
Handley-Goldstone, H.M., Grow, M.W., and Stegeman, J.J. (2005) Cardiovascular gene expression profiles of dioxin exposure in zebrafish embryos. Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology. 85(1):683-693.
Abstract
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a widespread environmental contaminant that causes altered heart morphology, circulatory impairment, edema, hemorrhage, and early life stage mortality in fish. TCDD toxicity is largely dependent upon the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, but understanding of the molecular mechanism of cardiovascular embryotoxicity remains incomplete. In order to identify genes potentially involved in cardiovascular impacts, we constructed custom cDNA microarrays consisting of 4,896 zebrafish adult heart cDNA clones and over 200 genes with known developmental, toxicological, and housekeeping roles. Gene expression profiles were obtained for 3-day old zebrafish following early embryonic exposure to either 0.5 or 5.0 nM TCDD. 516 clones were significantly differentially expressed (p-value < 0.005) under at least one treatment condition; 123 high-priority clones were selected for further investigation. CYP1A, CYP1B1, and other members of the AHR gene battery, were strongly and dose-dependently induced by TCDD. Importantly, altered expression of cardiac sarcomere components, including cardiac troponin T2 and multiple myosin isoforms, was consistent with the hypothesis that TCDD causes dilated cardiomyopathy. Observed increases in expression levels of mitochondrial energy transfer genes also may be related to cardiomyopathy. Other TCDD-responsive genes included fatty acid and steroid metabolism enzymes, ribosomal and signal transduction proteins, and 18 ESTs with no known protein homologs. As the first broad-scale study of TCDD-modulated gene expression in a non-mammalian system, this work provides an important perspective on mechanisms of TCDD toxicity.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping