title: Gene expression profiling in fetal rat lung during gestational perfluorooctane sulfonate exposure.
abstract: Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is a persistent environmental contaminant found in the tissues of humans and wildlife. It has been reported that gestational exposure to PFOS causes neonatal death of rats. However, the mechanism is still unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of gestational PFOS exposure on the gene expression profiling of fetal rat lung at pseudoglandular stage. Adult Sprague Dawley dams were dosed orally from gestational day 12-18 with 0 (control), 5 mg/kg/day or 20 mg/kg/day PFOS. Animals were euthanized on day 18.5, fetal lung samples were collected for histochemical staining and RNA profiling analysis. PFOS did not cause apparent microscopic changes of fetal lungs. Gene expression profiling revealed that PFOS dose-dependently up-regulated the expression of 21 (5 mg/kg) and 43 (20 mg/kg) genes. These genes include five PPARα target genes (Acot1, Hmgcs2, Fabp4, Fabp1 and Myh7), and 4 of them are involved in lipid metabolism. The other genes were primarily included in the categories of cytoskeletal structure (Tpm1, Tnnt2, Actn3, Myoz2, Tmod1, and Mfap5), extracellular matrix (Ckm, Lum, Tnnc1, Art3, Dcn, Col17a1, Aspn, Ctsk, Itm2a, Spock2 and Orm1), transporting (Cox8h, Cox6a2 and Scnn1a) and secreted proteins (Scgb3a1, Nppb and Spp1). Our study demonstrates that in utero PFOS exposure resulted in the alteration of a set of genes which are involved in significant cytoskeletal, extracellular matrix remodeling, lipid metabolism and secreted proteins in the fetal rat lung.
authors.affiliation: The 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Affiliated Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, PR China.
authors.forename: Leping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Binghai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Kaiming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yanhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Changchong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Qing-Quan
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Ren-Shan
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ge
mesh_terms: D017738:Alkanesulfonic Acids / Q000633:toxicity*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000633:toxicity*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects*; D005865:Gestational Age; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018811:Maternal Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D038081:Organogenesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D017738:Alkanesulfonic Acids; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005466:Fluorocarbons; C076994:perfluorooctane sulfonic acid