Accession Number:
ADA558946
Title:
Transcriptional Responses of The Nerve Agent-Sensitive Brain Regions Amygdala, Hippocampus, Piriform Cortex, Septum, And Thalamus Following Exposure to the Organophosphonate Anticholinesterase Sarin
Descriptive Note:
Journal article
Corporate Author:
ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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Report Date:
2011-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
To advance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in sarin-induced toxicity, we analyzed gene expression changes in four other areas of the rat brain known to be affected by nerve agent-induced seizure amygdala, hippocampus, septum, and thalamus. Methods We compared the transcriptional response of these four brain regions to sarin-induced seizure with the response previously characterized in the piriform cortex. In this study, rats were challenged with 1.0 x LD50 sarin and subsequently treated with atropine sulfate, 2-pyridine aldoxime methlychloride, and diazepam. The four brain regions were collected at 0.25, 1, 3, 6 and 24 h after seizure onset, and total RNA was processed for microarray analysis. Results Principal component analysis identified brain region and time following seizure onset as a major sources of variability within the dataset. Analysis of variance identified genes significantly changed following sarin-induced seizure, and gene ontology analysis identified biological pathways, functions and networks of genes significantly affected by sarin-induced seizure over the 24-h time course. Many of the molecular functions and pathways identified as being most significant across all of the brain regions were indicative of a inflammatory response. There were also a number of molecular responses that were unique for each brain region, with the thalamus having the most distinct response to nerve agent-induced seizure.
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Subject Categories:
- Toxicology
- Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare