Gene expression profiles in liver of F344 rat treated with chemical

The rodent carcinogenicity test requires extremely long test term and large examination cost. Therefore, now we need to develop a short term and low cost screening method. We already developed a chemical carcinogenicity short term screening method CARCINOscreen®. This study was performed to validate this screening method. We conducted 28 days-repeated dose experiments in male F344 rats with 4 carcinogens and 2 non-carcinogens, and the gene expression profiles in liver were measureed by custom oligo microarrays. Two-condition experiment, control vs. chemical treated rat liver. Biological replicates: 4 control, 4 treated, control samples were pooled. One replicate per array. Compound treatments: 4 carcinogens: Hexachloroethane, 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, 1-Amino-2-methylanthraquinone, 3-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea 2 non-carcinogens: 1,2-Dichlorobenzene and Tetracycline hydrochloride