| Citation | Selch F, Higashibata A, Imamizo-Sato M, Higashitani A, Ishioka N, Szewczyk NJ, Conley CA. Genomic response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to spaceflight. Adv Space Res, 2008. |
| PubMed ID | 18392117 |
| Short Description | Genomic response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to spaceflight. GEO Record: N.A. Platform: N.A. Download gene-centric, log2 transformed data: WBPaper00031662.ce.mr.csv |
| # of Conditions | 15 |
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On Earth, it is common to employ laboratory animals such as the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to help understand human health concerns. Similar studies in Earth orbit should help understand and address the concerns associated with spaceflight. The "International Caenorhabditis elegans Experiment FIRST" (ICE FIRST), was carried out onboard the Dutch Taxiflight in April of 2004 by an international collaboration of laboratories in France, Canada, Japan and the United States. With the exception of a slight movement defect upon return to Earth, the result of altered muscle development, no significant abnormalities were detected in spaceflown C. elegans. Work from Japan revealed apoptosis proceeds normally and work from Canada revealed no significant increase in the rate of mutation. These results suggest that C. elegans can be used to study non-lethal responses to spaceflight and can possibly be developed as a biological sensor. To further our understanding of C. elegans response to spaceflight, we examined the gene transcription response to the 10 days in space using a near full genome microarray analysis. The transcriptional response is consistent with the observed normal developmental timing, apoptosis, DNA repair, and altered muscle development. The genes identified as altered in response to spaceflight are enriched for genes known to be regulated, in C. elegans, in response to altered environmental conditions (Insulin and TGF-beta regulated). These results demonstrate C. elegans can be used to study the effects of altered gravity and suggest that C. elegans responds to spaceflight by altering the expression of at least some of the same metabolic genes that are altered in response to differing terrestrial environments. Experimental Details: WBPaper00031662:Ground_4_1 WBPaper00031662:solid_vs_liquid WBPaper00031662:Flight_22_1 WBPaper00031662:Flight_22_2 WBPaper00031662:Flight_22_3 WBPaper00031662:Flight_23_1 WBPaper00031662:Flight_23_2 WBPaper00031662:Flight_4 WBPaper00031662:Ground_22_1 WBPaper00031662:Ground_22_2 WBPaper00031662:Ground_22_3 WBPaper00031662:Ground_23_1 WBPaper00031662:Ground_23_3 WBPaper00031662:Ground_4_2 WBPaper00031662:Ground_23_2. |
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