Comment[ArrayExpressAccession] E-GEOD-45029 MAGE-TAB Version 1.1 Public Release Date 2013-04-22 Investigation Title Doxycycline alters metabolism and proliferation of human cell lines Comment[Submitted Name] Doxycycline alters metabolism and proliferation of human cell lines Experiment Description The tetracycline antibiotics are widely used in biomedical research as mediators of inducible gene expression systems. Despite many known effects of tetracyclines on mammalian cells -- including inhibition of the mitochondrial ribosome -- there have been few reports on potential off-target effects at concentrations commonly used in inducible systems. Here, we report that in human cell lines, commonly used concentrations of doxycycline change gene expression patterns and concomitantly shift metabolism towards a more glycolytic phenotype, evidenced by increased lactate secretion and reduced oxygen consumption. We also show that these concentrations are sufficient to slow proliferation and alter cell cycle progression in vitro. These findings suggest that researchers using doxycycline in inducible expression systems should design appropriate controls to account for potential confounding effects of the drug on cellular metabolism. Total RNA was extracted from MCF12A cells treated with either vehicle control or Dox at 1 ug/mL. The experiment was performed in biological triplicate. Microarray results were processed using the RMA method. Term Source Name ArrayExpress EFO Term Source File http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/ http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/efo.owl Person Last Name Sullivan Ahler Sullivan Cass Braas York Bensinger Graeber Christofk Person First Name William Ethan William Ashley Daniel Autumn Steven Thomas Heather Person Mid Initials J G J G R Person Email wsullivan@mednet.ucla.edu Person Affiliation University of California, Los Angeles Person Phone (310) 206-0163 Person Address Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, 650 Charles E Young Drive S, CHS 34-115, Los Angeles, California, USA Person Roles submitter Protocol Name P-GSE45029-1 P-GSE45029-5 P-GSE45029-6 P-GSE45029-2 P-GSE45029-3 P-GSE45029-4 P-GSE45029-7 Protocol Description Data was processed with R/Bioconductor via the RMA method. ID_REF = VALUE = RMA signal (non-log-transformed) Labeling was performed with the Ambion MessageAmp Premier kit (cat#: 4383452). Labeled cRNA was mixed with hybridization mix according to the Affymetrix protocol and hybridized in an Affymetrix GeneChip hybridization oven 645 at 45C for 16 hours with rotation at 60 rpm. Cells were treated with doxycycline (dissolved in water) at 1 μg/mL or with vehicle for 4 days. Media, with appropriate treatment, was refreshed after 2 days. MCF12A breast epithelial cells were grown in 10 cm culture plates in DMEM/F12 supplemented with 5% horse serum, 1% penicillin/streptomycin, 10μg/mL insulin, 0.5 μg/mL hydrocortisone, 20 ng/mL EGF, and 10 μg/mL cholera toxin. Total RNA was extracted using the Qiagen RNeasy kit using the manufacturer's guidelines. Scanning was performed on an Affymetrix 7G scanner with target intensity 500. Protocol Type normalization data transformation protocol labelling protocol hybridization protocol sample treatment protocol growth protocol nucleic acid extraction protocol array scanning protocol Experimental Factor Name TREATMENT Experimental Factor Type treatment Comment[SecondaryAccession] GSE45029 Comment[GEOReleaseDate] 2013-04-22 Comment[ArrayExpressSubmissionDate] 2013-03-11 Comment[GEOLastUpdateDate] 2013-04-24 Comment[AEExperimentType] transcription profiling by array SDRF File E-GEOD-45029.sdrf.txt