Development and application of a brain-specific cDNA microarray for effect evaluation of neuro-active pharmaceuticals in zebrafish (Danio rerio) |
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Authors: | van der Ven Karlijn De Wit Marijke Keil Dorien Moens Lotte Van Leemput Koen Naudts Bart De Coen Wim |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Biology, Laboratory for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium;bDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Intelligent Systems Laboratory, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium |
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Abstract: | The environmental fate and ecotoxicological effect of pharmaceuticals are poorly understood, and standardized tests to detect and evaluate their potential effects in the environment are not available. We developed a zebrafish brain-specific microarray containing 682 neurologically relevant cDNA-fragments. To investigate the applicability of this microarray for studying neurotoxic modes-of-action and impact assessment of neuro-active pharmaceuticals in zebrafish, chlorpromazine was used as a model compound. After exposure to chlorpromazine (75 μg/L) for 2, 4, 14 and 28 days or control treatment RNA was extracted from brains of males and females. Fluorescently labeled cDNA was prepared and hybridized to the custom microarray. In total, 56 genes were differentially expressed in brains of male and/or female zebrafish, of which most genes were down-regulated. A clear difference in response to chlorpromazine exposure between males and females was observed with exposure time as well as in functional classes of affected genes. The presented study is one of the first reports on molecular effects of human neuro-active pharmaceuticals in aquatic non-target organisms. This new genomic tool successfully detected gene expression effects of exposure to chlorpromazine in the brain of zebrafish. Reported gene expression effects are found to be consistent with literature data for other laboratory animals. |
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Keywords: | Chlorpromazine Custom microarray Neurotoxicity Pharmaceuticals Toxicogenomics Zebrafish |
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