Hepatic gene expression in C57BL/6 mice intratracheally instilled with Printex 90 carbon black nanoparticles

We investigated hepatic mRNA profiles of female mice exposed to 0.162 mg Printex 90 carbon black nanoparticles by single intra-tracheal instillation. We examined responses to this dose 1, 3 and 28 days after exposure, alongside respective controls. We show that genes part of the 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase pathway to be up-regulated by exposure to Printex 90. individual total RNA (200 ng) from 6 mice per treatment group (control and 0.162mg) and universal reference total RNA (Stratagene, Mississauga, ON, Canada) was used to synthesize double stranded cDNA.