Genomic and proteomic profiling of responses to toxic metals in human lung cells

Andrew, AS; Warren, AJ; Barchowsky, A; Temple, KA; Klei, L; Soucy, NV; O'Hara, KA; Hamilton, JW

HERO ID

627451

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2003

Language

English

PMID

12760830

HERO ID 627451
In Press No
Year 2003
Title Genomic and proteomic profiling of responses to toxic metals in human lung cells
Authors Andrew, AS; Warren, AJ; Barchowsky, A; Temple, KA; Klei, L; Soucy, NV; O'Hara, KA; Hamilton, JW
Journal Environmental Health Perspectives
Volume 111
Issue 6
Page Numbers 825-835
Abstract Examining global effects of toxic metals on gene expression can be useful for elucidating patterns of biological response, discovering underlying mechanisms of toxicity, and identifying candidate metal-specific genetic markers of exposure and response. Using a 1,200 gene nylon array, we examined changes in gene expression following low-dose, acute exposures of cadmium, chromium, arsenic, nickel, or mitomycin C (MMC) in BEAS-2B human bronchial epithelial cells. Total RNA was isolated from cells exposed to 3 M Cd(II) (as cadmium chloride), 10 M Cr(VI) (as sodium dichromate), 3 g/cm2 Ni(II) (as nickel subsulfide), 5 M or 50 M As(III) (as sodium arsenite), or 1 M MMC for 4 hr. Expression changes were verified at the protein level for several genes. Only a small subset of genes was differentially expressed in response to each agent: Cd, Cr, Ni, As (5 M), As (50 M), and MMC each differentially altered the expression of 25, 44, 31, 110, 65, and 16 individual genes, respectively. Few genes were commonly expressed among the various treatments. Only one gene was altered in response to all four metals (hsp90), and no gene overlapped among all five treatments. We also compared low-dose (5 M, noncytotoxic) and high-dose (50 M, cytotoxic) arsenic treatments, which surprisingly, affected expression of almost completely nonoverlapping subsets of genes, suggesting a threshold switch from a survival-based biological response at low doses to a death response at high doses.
Doi 10.1289/txg.6249
Pmid 12760830
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Keyword arsenic; cadmium; chromium; DNA microarray; hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha; kinase; mitomycin C; nickel; toxicogenomics; toxicoproteomics