title: 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-mediated gene expression in the immature rat thymus.
abstract: To examine the effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on thymic gene expression in vitro, freshly isolated rat thymocytes were incubated with 10 nM TCDD, and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction experiments were performed using primers specific for prostaglandin G/H synthase (PGHS) and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. TCDD selectively repressed PGHS gene expression, with maximal inhibition occurring within 60 min. Gel retardation assays demonstrated that dioxin transiently induced binding of the ubiquitous transcription factor NF kappa B to its cognate response element at early time points. However, TCDD had little ability to induce transformation of the Ah receptor to the xenobiotic responsive element in thymic cytosol. These results indicate that TCDD exerts changes in thymocyte gene expression prior to inducing toxicity.
authors: Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, R.I.
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Olnes
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Verma
authors: R N
authors: RN
authors: Kurl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases