Hepatic Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Responses in the Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Exposed to Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Dibenzanthracene

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• 作者：Tim D. Williams ; Huifeng Wu ; Eduarda M. Santos ; Jon Ball ; Ioanna Katsiadaki ; Margaret M. Brown ; Paul Baker ; Fernando Ortega ; Francesco Falciani ; John A. Craft ; Charles R. Tyler ; James K. Chipman ; Mark
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：August 15, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：43
• 期：16
• 页码：6341-6348
• 全文大小：314K
• 年卷期：v.43,no.16(August 15, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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A three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) cDNA array and one-dimensional ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolomics approach, together with individual biomarkers, were employed to investigate the responses of male sticklebacks to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure. Fish were exposed to 1,2:5,6-dibenzanthracene (DbA) at concentrations between 0.01 and 50 μg per liter dissolved in the ambient water for four days, and hepatic transcript and metabolite profiles were determined in comparison with those of solvent-exposed controls. Induction of gene expression was apparent for cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) and CYP2-family monooxygenases and these responses were strongly correlated with DbA exposure concentrations (for CYP1A r > 0.996). Expression of suites of genes related to bile acid biosynthesis, steroid metabolism, and endocrine function were also affected, as demonstrated by gene ontology analyses. Expression changes in selected genes were confirmed by real-time PCR. Metabolomics highlighted notable changes in concentrations of taurine, malonate, glutamate, and alanine. These statistically significant responses to environmentally relevant concentrations of DbA at the transcriptomic and metabolomic levels provided sensitive markers characteristic of environmentally relevant low-level DbA exposure. Metabolic pathways were identified where both gene expression and metabolite concentrations were altered in response to DbA.