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- Title
Finding transcriptomics biomarkers for in vivo identification of (non-)genotoxic carcinogens using wild-type and Xpa/p53 mutant mouse models.
- Authors
Jonker, Martijs J.; Bruning, Oskar; Van Iterson, Maarten; Schaap, Mirjam M.; Van der Hoeven, Tessa V.; Vrieling, Harry; Beems, Rudolf B.; De Vries, Annemieke; Van Steeg, Harry; Breit, Timo M.; Luijten, Mirjam
- Abstract
The carcinogenic potential of chemicals and pharmaceuticals is traditionally tested in the chronic, 2 year rodent bioassay. This assay is not only time consuming, expensive and often with a limited sensitivity and specificity but it also causes major distress to the experimental animals. A major improvement in carcinogenicity testing, especially regarding reduction and refinement of animal experimentation, could be the application of toxicogenomics. The ultimate aim of this study is to demonstrate a proof-of-principle for transcriptomics biomarkers in various tissues for identification of (subclasses of) carcinogenic compounds after short-term in vivo exposure studies. Both wild-type and DNA repair-deficient Xpa−/−/p53+/− (Xpa/p53) mice were exposed up to 14 days to compounds of three distinct classes: genotoxic carcinogens (GTXC), non-genotoxic carcinogens (NGTXC) and non-carcinogens. Subsequently, extensive transcriptomics analyses were performed on several tissues, and transcriptomics data were screened for potential biomarkers using advanced statistical learning techniques. For all tissues analyzed, we identified multigene gene-expression signatures that are, with a high confidence, predictive for GTXC and NGTXC exposures in both mouse genotypes. Xpa/p53 mice did not perform better in the short-term bioassay. We were able to achieve a proof-of-principle for the identification and use of transcriptomics biomarkers for GTXC or NGTXC. This supports the view that toxicogenomics with short-term in vivo exposure provides a viable tool for classifying (geno)toxic compounds.
- Subjects
CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENS; DNA repair; DRUGS; GENETIC transcription
- Publication
Carcinogenesis, 2009, Vol 30, Issue 10, p1805
- ISSN
0143-3334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/carcin/bgp190