title: [Differentially expressed genes in diabetes-induced embryopathy].
abstract: To determine molecular mechanism in hyperglycemia induced congenital neural tube defects, yolk sac cells were harvested at gestational day 12 from streptozotocin (STZ) -induced diabetic rats with congenital neural tube defects in offspring, STZ-induced diabetic rats without neural tube defects and normal control group. We analyzed gene expression profiles in yolk sac cells using a DNA microarray technique. Changes in apoptotic and MAP Kinase signaling pathways were detected by Western blotting analyses. Comparison of genes in yolk sac cells with a total of 1 200 genes in the control cells, 79 genes differently expressed between the two groups were detected. Forty-two of them were up-regulated and 37 were down-regulated. There was strong characteristic apoptotic DNA ladder in yolk sac cells in embryopathic offspring from experimentally-induced diabetic rats. The activity of ERK1/2 was dramatically decreased and the activity of JNK1/2 was significantly increased. Differentially expressed genes, MAP Kinase, and apoptotic signal pathways play very important roles in hyperglycemia induced neural tube defects. We hope that these could provide useful hallmark to rapid identification of early diabetic embryopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xijing Hospital of Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China. maxiang01@fmmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Xiang-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xiao-Ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Bi-Liang
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: De-Tang
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006943:Hyperglycemia; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3