cDNA microarray analysis of adapting bowel after intestinal resection.
OBJECTIVE
Studies of the genetic regulation of various physiologic processes have been hampered by methodologies that are limited to the analysis of individual genes. The advent of cDNA microarray technology has permitted the simultaneous screening of numerous genes for alterations in expression. In this study, cDNA microarrays were used to evaluate gene expression changes during the intestinal adaptive response to massive small bowel resection (SBR).


METHODS
Male ICR mice (n = 20) underwent either a 50% SBR or sham operation and then were given either orogastric epidermal growth factor (EGF, 50 microg/kg/d) or saline. After 3 days, cDNA microarray analysis was performed on mRNA extracted from the remnant ileum.


RESULTS
From over 8,700 different genes, the array identified 27 genes that were altered 2-fold or greater after SBR. Small proline-rich protein 2 (sprr2), the gene with the greatest expression change (4.9-fold), was further upregulated by EGF. This gene has never been characterized in the intestine or described in intestinal adaptation.


CONCLUSIONS
cDNA microarray analysis showed enhanced expression of sprr2, a gene not previously known to be involved in the physiology of adaptation after SBR. This technology provides a more rapid and efficient means of dissecting the complex genetic regulation of gut adaptation.
Stern
L E
LE
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
Erwin
C R
CR
Falcone
R A
RA
Huang
F S
FS
Kemp
C J
CJ
Williams
J L
JL
Warner
B W
BW
D000220:Adaptation, Biological / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015854:Up-Regulation
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor