PUBLICATION

Comprehensive understanding of PM2.5 on gene and microRNA expression patterns in zebrafish (Danio rerio) model.

Authors
Duan, J., Yu, Y., Li, Y., Jing, L., Yang, M., Wang, J., Li, Y., Zhou, X., Miller, M.R., Sun, Z.
ID
ZDB-PUB-170222-22
Date
2017
Source
The Science of the total environment   586: 666-674 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Li, Yang
Keywords
Air pollution, Bioinformatics, Microarray, PM(2.5), Zebrafish, microRNA
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Gene Expression/drug effects
  • MicroRNAs/genetics*
  • Particulate Matter/adverse effects*
  • Xenobiotics/metabolism
  • Zebrafish*
PubMed
28215799 Full text @ Sci. Total Environ.
CTD
28215799
Abstract
PM2.5 is a major public health concern and some severe diseases have been attributed to exposure to PM2.5. However, a comprehensive understanding of gene and microRNA expression patterns induced by PM2.5 is missing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of PM2.5 via genome-wide transcriptional analysis in the model teleost fish, zebrafish (Danio rerio). Gene ontology analysis revealed that the most impact gene functional categories induced by PM2.5 included oxidation-reduction process, transport, response to xenobiotic stimulus, response to chemical stimulus and metabolic process. Pathway and Signal-net analysis showed that the critical pathway involved in the response to exposure to PM2.5 was the metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450. Results from verification experiments also demonstrated that the key genes with degree higher than 10 induced by PM2.5 were related to metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450, including cyp3a65, mgst2, gstp1, gsto2, gsto1, cyp1a, ehx1, gstal and aldh3b1. The differential expression of 8 microRNAs corresponding to those in the human genome, revealed that PM2.5 could up-regulate let-7b, miR-153b-3p, miR-122, miR-24 and down-regulate let-7i, miR-19a-3p, miR-19b-3p and miR-7a, which suggested PM2.5 had multiple means through which it induced toxicity in living organisms, such as suppression of adaptive immune responses, autophagy, deregulation of metabolism, impaired vasorelaxation, progression of cancers, as well as hypertension, atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction.
Genes / Markers
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Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping