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Series GSE30214 Query DataSets for GSE30214
Status Public on Jun 30, 2012
Title Mechanisms of crystalline silica-induced pulmonary toxicity revealed by global gene expression profiling (A549 cells dataset 4)
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment type Expression profiling by array
Summary A proper understanding of the mechanisms underlying crystalline silica-induced pulmonary toxicity has implications in the management and potential prevention of the adverse health effects associated with silica exposure including silicosis, cancer and several auto-immune diseases. Human lung type II epithelial cells and rat lungs exposed to crystalline silica were employed as experimental models to determine global gene expression changes in order to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying silica-induced pulmonary toxicity. The differential gene expression profile induced by silica correlated with its toxicity in the A549 cells. The biological processes perturbed by silica exposure in the A549 cells and rat lungs, as identified by the bioinformatic analysis of the differentially expressed genes, demonstrated significant similarity. Functional categorization of the differentially expressed genes identified cancer, cellular movement, cellular growth and proliferation, cell death, inflammatory response, cell cycle, cellular development, and genetic disorder as top-ranking biological functions perturbed by silica exposure in the A549 cells and rat lungs. The involvement of oxidative stress and apoptosis in the silica-induced pulmonary toxicity was confirmed by ELISA and confocal microscopy analysis, respectively, of the silica-exposed A549 cells. Results of our study, in addition to confirming several previously identified molecular targets and mechanisms involved in silica toxicity, identified novel molecular targets and mechanisms potentially involved in silica-induced pulmonary toxicity. Further investigations, including those focused on the novel molecular targets and mechanisms identified in the current study, may result in a better management and, possibly, reduction and/or prevention of the potential adverse health effects associated with crystalline silica exposure.
 
Overall design 10 samples were analyzed in this experiment. Exponentially growing human lung epithelial cells (1.5x10^5 cells) were cultured in 6-well cell culture plates. When the cells were approximately 70% confluent, they were treated with crystalline silica (0 or 200 µg/ml) in serum-free medium. Following 2 hours of culturing at 37oC, total RNA was isolated for gene expression studies.
 
Contributor(s) Sellamuthu R, Umbright C, Li S, Kashon M, Pius J
Citation(s) 22087542
Submission date Jun 25, 2011
Last update date Mar 16, 2020
Contact name Rajendran Sellamuthu
E-mail(s) rajsella@indiana.edu
Organization name National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Department HELD
Lab Molecular Carcinogenesis
Street address 1095 Willowdale Rd
City Morgantown
State/province WV
ZIP/Postal code 26505
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL6947 Illumina HumanHT-12 V3.0 expression beadchip
Samples (10)
GSM747938 A549 cells_treated with Silica (0 µg/ml)_2 hours_rep2
GSM747939 A549 cells_treated with Silica (200 µg/ml)_2 hours_rep5
GSM747940 A549 cells_treated with Silica (0 µg/ml)_2 hours_rep1
This SubSeries is part of SuperSeries:
GSE30216 Mechanisms of crystalline silica-induced pulmonary toxicity revealed by global gene expression profiling
Relations
BioProject PRJNA155113

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Supplementary file Size Download File type/resource
GSE30214_RAW.tar 6.2 Mb (http)(custom) TAR
GSE30214_non-normalized.txt.gz 7.1 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT
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