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ArticleBrain research bulletin2009

Transcriptional profiles reveal similarities and differences in the effects of developmental neurotoxicants on differentiation into neurotransmitter phenotypes in PC12 cells.

Theodore Slotkin, Frederic Seidler

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Article in Brain research bulletin, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theodore SlotkinDepartment of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, NC 27710, USA. t.slotkin@duke.edu
Frederic Seidler
Duke University · US

Funding

Zebrafish as a Detector of Organophosphate ExposureP42ES010356 · NIEHS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI EDWARD D LEVIN · 2000 to 2026
$56.2M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES010356
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unrelated developmental neurotoxicants nevertheless converge on common functional and behavioral outcomes. We used PC12 cells, a model of neuronal development, to explore similarities and differences for organophosphate pesticides (chlorpyrifos, diazinon), an organochlorine pesticide (dieldrin) and a metal (Ni(2+)), focusing on transcriptional profiles related to differentiation into acetylcholine, dopamine and norepinephrine phenotypes. Agents were introduced at 30 microM for 24 or 72 h, treatments devoid of cytotoxicity. Using microarrays, we examined the mRNAs encoding the proteins involved in neurotransmitter biosynthesis, storage, and degradation, along with the complete panoply of receptors for each transmitter. All three pesticides evoked concordant patterns of effects on genes involved in neural growth and neurite extension, with a distinctly different pattern for Ni(2+). All four toxicants promoted differentiation into the dopamine phenotype at the expense of the acetylcholine phenotype, involving separable effects of each agent on the various gene families; however, there were major differences in the ability of each to promote or repress the norepinephrine phenotype. Chlorpyrifos and diazinon, although displaying many similarities in their transcriptional profiles, also showed major disparities in keeping with their known differences in synaptic and behavioral outcomes after neonatal exposures to these agents in vivo. Surprisingly, there were closer similarities among diazinon, dieldrin and Ni(2+) than for each agent to chlorpyrifos. Our results illustrate how cell culture systems, combined with microarray technology, can screen for developmental neurotoxicants, serving as a model for alternative approaches to the detection and characterization of the impact of exogenous chemicals on brain development.

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Gene Expression ProfilingAcetylcholineAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsCell DifferentiationChlorpyrifosDiazinonDieldrinDopamineGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalInsecticidesNeuronsNeurotransmitter AgentsNickelNorepinephrineOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisAcetylcholineChlorpyrifosDiazinonDieldrinDopamineInsecticidesNeurotransmitter AgentsNickelNorepinephrineOrganophosphorus CompoundsRNA, MessengerTrace Elements

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PMID18812211
PMCPMC2649705
OpenAlexW1991886909

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