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Table 2 Canonical pathways and supporting differentially expressed genes (DEGs) that were commonly regulated by 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 mg/L nominal concentrations of depleted uranium (DU)

From: Hepatic transcriptomic profiling reveals early toxicological mechanisms of uranium in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Apical toxicological category

Ingenuity canonical pathways

Supporting DEGs

Amino acids degradation

Tryptophan Degradation to 2-amino-3-carboxymuconate Semialdehyde

KMO↑,TDO2↑

Valine Degradation I

DLD↑,ALDH6A1↑,BCKDHB↑

Cell growth and development

Epithelial Adherens Junction Signaling

MET↑,CDH1↓,MYL6↑,ARPC5L↑,MYH7↑,TCF7L1↓,CDC42↑,ACTG1↓,TUBA1B↑

Sertoli Cell-Sertoli Cell Junction Signaling

MAP2K4↑,CDH1↓,MAPK14↓,PPAP2B↑,CLDN18↓,IGSF5↑,CDC42↑,ACTG1↓,TUBA1B↑

Germ Cell-Sertoli Cell Junction Signaling

MAP2K4↑,CDH1↓,MAPK14↓,RHOB↑,PPAP2B↑,CDC42↑,RHOF↑,ACTG1↓,TUBA1B↑,FNBP1↑

Remodeling of Epithelial Adherens Junctions

MET↑,DNM1↓,CDH1↓,ARPC5L↑,ACTG1↓,TUBA1B↑

ILK Signaling

MAP2K4↑,CDH1↓,FN1↓,MYL6↑,RHOB↑,PPAP2B↑,MYH7↑,CDC42↑,RHOF↑,ACTG1↓,FNBP1↑,DSP↓

Actin Cytoskeleton Signaling

FN1↓,MYL6↑,ARPC5L↑,PIKFYVE↑,RDX↓,MYH7↑,CDC42↑,GIT1↓,TTN↓,ACTG1↓

Cellular immune response

HMGB1 Signaling

MAP2K4↑,MAPK14↓,RHOB↑,CDC42↑,RHOF↑,FNBP1↑

IL-22 Signaling

MAP2K4↑,JAK1↓,MAPK14↓

Free radical scavenging and apoptosis

Mitochondrial Dysfunction

MAP2K4↑,SDHA↑,COX6B1↑,CPT1A↓,UQCR11↑,SDHC↑,COX7A2L↑,DHODH↑,MAOB↓,PRDX3↑,TXN2↑,UQCRFS1↑,NDUFS2↑,SDHD↑,NDUFA3↑,AIFM1↑,COX15↑

NAD biosynthesis II (from tryptophan)

KMO↑,TDO2↑,QPRT↑

Tight Junction Signaling

MYL6↑,RAB13↑,CLDN18↓,IGSF5↑,MYH7↑,CDC42↑,ACTG1↓,CSTF3↑

Hematological response

Hypoxia Signaling in the Cardiovascular System

TP53↑,P4HB↑,HSP90AB1↑,SUMO1↑,NQO1↑,UBE2D4↓,UBE2E1↑

Inhibition of Angiogenesis by TSP1

MAP2K4↑,HSPG2↑,TP53↑,MAPK14↓

Intrinsic Prothrombin Activation Pathway

F10↑,F9↑,COL18A1↓

Coagulation System

F10↑,F9↑,F7↑,SERPINF2↑,SERPIND1↑

Role of JAK family kinases in IL-6-type Cytokine Signaling

MAP2K4↑,JAK1↓,MAPK14↓

Intracellular signal transduction

Signaling by Rho Family GTPases

MAP2K4↑,CDH1↓,RHOB↑,MYL6↑,ARPC5L↑,GNB2L1↑,SEPT7↑,RDX↓,PIKFYVE↑,RHOF↑,CDC42↑,ACTG1↓,FNBP1↑

Actin Nucleation by ARP-WASP Complex

RHOB↑,ARPC5L↑,CDC42↑,RHOF↑,FNBP1↑

RhoA Signaling

MYL6↑,ARPC5L↑,SEPT7↓,PIKFYVE↑,RDX↓,TTN↓,ACTG1↓

Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling

MAP2K4↑,GTF2A2↑,POLR2F↑,JAK1↓,MAPK14↓,HSP90AB1↑,SUMO1↑,GTF2E2↑,HLTF↑,POLR2I↑,TAF13↑

RhoGDI Signaling

CDH1↓,MYL6↑,RHOB↑,ARPC5L↑,GNB2L1↑,PIKFYVE↑,RDX↓,CDC42↑,RHOF↑,ACTG1↓,FNBP1↑

  1. Full descriptions of gene symbols can be found in Additional file 1: Table S3. Arrow sign ↑ indicates up-regulation, ↓ indicates down-regulation.