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TitleToxicogenomic Analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans Reveals Genes Involved in the Resistance to Cadmium Toxicity
DescriptionExposure to cadmium is associated with a variety of human diseases. At low concentrations, cadmium activates the transcription of stress-responsive genes, which can prevent or repair the adverse effects caused by this metal. Using C. elegans, 290 genes were identified that are differentially expressed (1.5-fold) following a 4 or 24 hour exposure to cadmium. Several of these genes are known to be involved in metal detoxification, including mtl-1, mtl-2, cdr-1 and ttm-1, confirming the efficacy of the study. The majority, however, were not previously associated with metal-responsiveness and are novel. Gene Ontology analysis mapped these genes to cellular/ion trafficking, metabolic enzymes and proteolysis categories. RNAi-mediated inhibition of 50 cadmium-responsive genes resulted in an increased sensitivity to cadmium toxicity, demonstrating that these genes are involved in the resistance to cadmium toxicity. Several functional protein interacting networks were identified by interactome analysis. Within one network, the signaling protein KEL-8 was identified. Kel-8 protects C. elegans from cadmium toxicity in a mek-1 (MAPKK)-dependent manner. Because many C. elegans genes and signal transduction pathways are evolutionarily conserved, these results may contribute to the understanding of the functional roles of various genes in cadmium toxicity in higher organisms. Keywords: gene expression time course
Categoryresponse to chemical
Microarray_experimentWBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep1
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep10
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep11
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WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep15
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep16
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep17
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep18
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep2
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep3
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep4
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep5
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep6
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep7
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep8
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_24h_rep9
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep1
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep10
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep11
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep12
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep13
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep14
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep15
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep16
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep17
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep18
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep2
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep3
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep4
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep5
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep6
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep7
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep8
WBPaper00030811:C.elegans_Cd_4h_rep9
Species_in_analysisCaenorhabditis elegans
ReferenceWBPaper00030811