Suggestions for applications of toxicogenomic approaches in the adverse outcome pathway of 2,4-dinitrotoluene

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 109-118 - 2020
Hyun Soo Kim1, Jun Hyuek Yang1, Doo Seok Kang1, Nam Gook Kee1, Cheol Min Lee2, Jong-Hyeon Jung3, Yeon-Soon Ahn4, Young Rok Seo1
1Department of Life Science, Institute of Environmental Medicine for Green Chemistry, Dongguk University Biomedi Campus, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
2Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seokyeong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
3Faculty of Health Science, Daegu Haany University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
4Department of Preventive Medicine and Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Yonsei Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Tóm tắt

The risks of harmful chemicals are actively investigated with diverse toxicological in vitro and in vivo models, although such approaches may have critical problems, such as ethical issues or difficulties extrapolating between animal and human data. Adverse outcome pathways (AOP), in which a conceptually constructed pathway describes the sequential linkage between a molecular initiating event and its final adverse outcome, are actively studied in chemical risk assessment as an alternative prediction tool for understanding the mode of action induced by exposure to a certain chemical. Researchers have recently suggested integrated forms of toxicogenomic approaches and presented general draft AOPs for chemical risk assessment. In this review, we introduce the concept and application status of AOP and suggest possible complementary points for AOP frameworks using the toxicogenomic data analysis of 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) as an example, considering the high risk of environmental pollution and chemical explosion. To explore the biological events induced by 2,4-DNT, a literature-based pathway analysis was conducted using selected animal genomic data relating to 2,4-DNT retrieved from public databases. Biological network connections among the retrieved genes provided additional knowledge on possible occurrences of inflammation, diabetes mellitus, and carcinogenesis mediated by alteration of cellular processes (oxidative stress, autophagy, and inflammatory responses) and protein functions (NF-kB family, proteasome endopeptidase complex, and Jun/Fos) derived from gene expression changes by 2,4-DNT exposure. This review provides a novel approach using large-scale toxicological literature-based biological pathway analysis to improve confidence in the existing putative AOPs.

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