title: Gene expression and pathologic alterations in juvenile rainbow trout due to chronic dietary TCDD exposure.
abstract: The goal of this project was to use functional genomic methods to identify molecular biomarkers as indicators of the impact of TCDD exposure in rainbow trout. Specifically, we investigated the effects of chronic dietary TCDD exposure on whole juvenile rainbow trout global gene expression associated with histopathological analysis. Juvenile rainbow trout were fed Biodiet starter with TCDD added at 0, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 ppb (ngTCDD/g food), and fish were sampled from each group at 7, 14, 28 and 42 days after initiation of feeding. 100 ppb TCDD caused 100% mortality at 39 days. Fish fed with 100 ppb TCDD food had TCDD accumulation of 47.37 ppb (ngTCDD/g fish) in whole fish at 28 days. Histological analysis from TCDD-treated trout sampled from 28 and 42 days revealed that obvious lesions were found in skin, oropharynx, liver, gas bladder, intestine, pancreas, nose and kidney. In addition, TCDD caused anemia in peripheral blood, decreases in abdominal fat, increases of remodeling of fin rays, edema in pericardium and retrobulbar hemorrhage in the 100 ppb TCDD-treated rainbow trout compared to the control group at 28 days. Dose- and time-dependent global gene expression analyses were performed using the cGRASP 16,000 (16K) cDNA microarray. TCDD-responsive whole body transcripts identified in the microarray experiments have putative functions involved in various biological processes including growth, cell proliferation, metabolic process, and immune system processes. Nine microarray-identified genes were selected for QPCR validation. CYP1A3 and CYP1A1 were common up-regulated genes and HBB1 was a common down-regulated gene among each group based on microarray data, and their QPCR validations are consistent with microarray data for the 10 and 100 ppb TCDD treatment groups after 28 days exposure (p<0.05). In addition, in the 100 ppb group at 28 days, expression of complement component C3-1 and trypsin-1 precursor have a more than 10-fold induction from the microarray experiments, and their QPCR validations are consistent and showed significant induction in the 100 ppb group at 28 days (p<0.05). Overall, lesion in nasal epithelium is a novel and significant result in this study, and TCDD-responsive rainbow trout transcripts identified in the present study may lead to the development of new molecular biomarkers for assessing the potential impacts of environmental TCDD on rainbow trout populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Lapham Hall, 3209 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Matthew L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rise
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Spitsbergen
authors.forename: Tiago S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mieritz
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geis
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: McGraw
authors.forename: Giles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goetz
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Reinhold J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hutz
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carvan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D029941:Fish Proteins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Biomarker; Juvenile; Lesions; Microarray; Rainbow trout; TCDD
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