PUBLICATION
Parental exposure to gamma radiation causes progressively altered transcriptomes linked to adverse effects in zebrafish offspring
- Authors
- Hurem, S., Martín, L.M., Lindeman, L., Brede, D.A., Salbu, B., Lyche, J.L., Aleström, P., Kamstra, J.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-171219-10
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) 234: 855-863 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Aleström, Peter
- Keywords
- Gene expression, Ionizing radiation, Radioecology, Zebrafish, mRNA sequencing
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE98539
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Biomarkers/metabolism
- DNA Damage/radiation effects
- Female
- Gamma Rays
- Male
- Maternal Exposure/adverse effects*
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/etiology
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/genetics*
- Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/metabolism
- Radiation Exposure/adverse effects*
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Reproduction/radiation effects
- Transcriptome/radiation effects*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- PubMed
- 29248853 Full text @ Environ. Pollut.
Citation
Hurem, S., Martín, L.M., Lindeman, L., Brede, D.A., Salbu, B., Lyche, J.L., Aleström, P., Kamstra, J.H. (2017) Parental exposure to gamma radiation causes progressively altered transcriptomes linked to adverse effects in zebrafish offspring. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 234:855-863.
Abstract
Ionizing radiation causes a variety of effects, including DNA damage associated to cancers. However, the effects in progeny from irradiated parents is not well documented. Using zebrafish as a model, we previously found that parental exposure to ionizing radiation is associated with effects in offspring, such as increased hatching rates, deformities, increased DNA damage and reactive oxygen species. Here, we assessed short (one month) and long term effects (one year) on gene expression in embryonic offspring (5.5 h post fertilization) from zebrafish exposed during gametogenesis to gamma radiation (8.7 or 53 mGy/h for 27 days, total dose 5.2 or 31 Gy) using mRNA sequencing. One month after exposure, a global change in gene expression was observed in offspring from the 53 mGy/h group, followed by embryonic death at late gastrula, whereas offspring from the 8.7 mGy/h group was unaffected. Interestingly, one year after exposure newly derived embryos from the 8.7 mGy/h group exhibited 2390 (67.7% downregulated) differentially expressed genes. Overlaps in differentially expressed genes and enriched biological pathways were evident between the 53 mGy/h group one month and 8.7 mGy/h one year after exposure, but were oppositely regulated. Pathways could be linked to effects in adults and offspring, such as DNA damage (via Atm signaling) and reproduction (via Gnrh signaling). Comparison with gene expression analysis in directly exposed embryos indicate transferrin a and cytochrome P450 2x6 as possible biomarkers for radiation response in zebrafish. Our results indicate latent effects following ionizing radiation exposure from the lower dose in parents that can be transmitted to offspring and warrants monitoring effects over subsequent generations.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping