title: [The study of the differential gene expression profiles related to toxic effects in rats exposed to silica].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the differential gene expression profiles related to toxic effects in rats exposed to silica.
  
  
  METHODS
  Wistar rats exposed to SiO2 (50 mg/ml) and 1 ml normal saline by intratracheal injection served as the exposure and control groups, on the 14th day after exposure all rats were executed and the rat lung tissues were obtained. The differential gene expression profiles in the lung tissues of rats exposed to silica were detected using confocal fiber beads gene chip technique, and the differential expression profiling data were analyzed using the database for annotation, visualization and integrated discovery (DAVID) bioinformation analysis tool.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of present study indicated that 1567 genes with differential expression were identified in 22107 genes of rat lung tissues in exposure group, including 765 up-regulated genes and 802 down-regulated genes as compared to control group. In the 461 genes related to toxic effects, 285 genes were up-regulated and 176 genes were down-regulated in exposure group. The trends of up-regulation of HMOX1 and SOD2 genes in RT-PCR assay were similar to those in gene chip technique.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A large number of genes related to toxic effects in the rats with silica-induced pulmonary fibrosis appeared up-regulation or down-regulation. There may be a complex gene regulation network in the pulmonary fibrosis induced by SiO2, and the toxicological mechanism is an important part in the development of pulmonary fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Laboratory, Chongqing University of Medical Science, Chongqing 400016, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Le
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hai-xia
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Shi-xin
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhi-guang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide