PUBLICATION
Analysis of MicroRNA Expression in Embryonic Developmental Toxicity Induced by MC-RR
- Authors
- Zhao, Y., Xiong, Q., and Xie, P.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-110811-34
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- PLoS One 6(7): e22676 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE29329
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Biomarkers/metabolism
- Carcinogens/toxicity*
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Embryonic Development
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects*
- Humans
- MicroRNAs/physiology*
- Microcystins/toxicity*
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Proteins/metabolism*
- Proteomics
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Survival Rate
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- PubMed
- 21829477 Full text @ PLoS One
Citation
Zhao, Y., Xiong, Q., and Xie, P. (2011) Analysis of MicroRNA Expression in Embryonic Developmental Toxicity Induced by MC-RR. PLoS One. 6(7):e22676.
Abstract
As cynobacterial blooms frequently occur in fresh waters throughout the world, microcystins (MCs) have caused serious damage to both wildlife and human health. MCs are known to have developmental toxicity, however, the possible molecular mechanism is largely unknown. This is the first toxicological study to integrate post-transcriptomic, proteomic and bioinformatics analysis to explore molecular mechanisms for developmental toxicity of MCs in zebrafish. After being microinjected directly into embryos, MC-RR dose-dependently decreased survival rates and increased malformation rates of embryos, causing various embryo abnormalities including loss of vascular integrity and hemorrhage. Expressions of 31 microRNAs (miRNAs) and 78 proteins were significantly affected at 72 hours post-fertilisation (hpf). Expressions of miR-430 and miR-125 families were also significantly changed. The altered expressions of miR-31 and miR-126 were likely responsible for the loss of vascular integrity. MC-RR significantly reduced the expressions of a number of proteins involved in energy metabolism, cell division, protein synthesis, cytoskeleton maintenance, response to stress and DNA replication. Bioinformatics analysis shows that several aberrantly expressed miRNAs and proteins (involved in various molecular pathways) were predicted to be potential MC-responsive miRNA-target pairs, and that their aberrant expressions should be the possible molecular mechanisms for the various developmental defects caused by MC-RR.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping