Gene expression profile of butyrate mediated prevention of coloractal cancer in a mouse model. Mus musculus

To further elucidate the mechanism of butyrate mediated chemoprevention of colorectal cancer,we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes that differentially expressed in mice from Butyrate group compared those from DMH group. The mice of DMH group were received normal diet (calcium concentration,1.24%) and subcutaneous injection of 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine at a dose of 20 mg/kg once weekly for 20 weeks; the mice of Butyrate group were received high calcium diet (calcium concentration,3%) with 1.5% Butyrate and subcutaneous injection of 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine at a dose of 20 mg/kg once weekly for 20 weeks. The mice were sarcrificed at 24 week. Nine normal colonic mucosa (3 from DMH group, 3 from Butyrate group mice with tumors, and 3 from Butyrate group mice without tumors) were used for the microarray analysis. Overall design: The differentially expressed genes were identified between butyrate group and DMH group,as long as differentially expressed pathways and gene ontology terms.