Open TG-GATEs

2012/07/04

HTTPS Site: https://dbarchive.biosciencedbc.jp/data/open-tggates/

The database of gene expression and toxicity when exposing rats and rat and human liver cells to 170 compounds.

README Content

  1. Database Component
  2. Data Description
  3. License
  4. Update History
  5. Literature
  6. Contact address

1. Database Component

  1. README
  2. Compound list
  3. Gene expression data (CEL files)
  4. CEL file attributes
  5. Cell sample
  6. Cell viability
  7. Individual list
  8. Organ weight
  9. Hematology
  10. Biochemistry
  11. Body weight
  12. Food consumption
  13. Pathology items
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2. Data Description

2.1 README

Data name README
Description of data contents HTML file to describe "Open TG-GATEs" data.
File README_e.html(English)
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2.2 Compound list

Data name Compound list
Description of data contents Compiled list of compounds and links to gene expression data and its attribute information of each compound in Open TG-GATEs.
File open_tggates_main.zip (6.4 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
COMPOUND_ABBREVIATION Abbreviated compound name
COMPOUND_NO Number assigned to each compound. Numbers are not in serial order.
Human - in vitro Gene expression data of in vitro tests with human liver cells (Link to a zip file which contains multiple CEL files)
Rat - in vitro Gene expression data of in vitro tests with rat liver cells (Link to a zip file which contains multiple CEL files)
Rat - in vivo - Liver - Single Gene expression data of single-dose in vivo tests with rat liver (Link to a zip file which contains multiple CEL files)
Rat - in vivo - Liver - Repeat Gene expression data of repeat-dose in vivo tests with rat liver (Link to a zip file which contains multiple CEL files)
Rat - in vivo - Kidney - Single Gene expression data of single-dose in vivo tests with rat kidney (Link to a zip file which contains multiple CEL files)
Rat - in vivo - Kidney - Repeat Gene expression data of repeat-dose in vivo tests with rat kidney (Link to a zip file which contains multiple CEL files)
Pathological items (Liver) Pathological findings and slide images of in vivo tests with rat liver (Link to "Pathological items", "Pathological images" and "CEL file attributes")
Pathological items (Kidney) Pathological findings and slide images of in vivo tests with rat kidney (Link to "Pathological items", "Pathological images" and "CEL file attributes")

2.3 Gene expression data (CEL files)

Data name Gene expression data (CEL files)
Description of data contents CEL files available in Open TG-GATEs are grouped by the test, and then they are compressed separately into a zip file. In each zip file, a CEL file attribute file in Tab Separated Value (TSV) format is included.
CEL is one of the file formats that expresses gene expression data (raw data) generated from Affymetrix GeneChip®.
File File name: Gene expression data from rat samples
File URL: https://dbarchive.biosciencedbc.jp/data/open-tggates/LATEST/Rat/
File size: 12.0GB total

File name: Gene expression data from human samples
File URL: https://dbarchive.biosciencedbc.jp/data/open-tggates/LATEST/Human/
File size: 53.6GB total

2.4 CEL file attributes

Data name CEL file attributes
Description of data contents List of attribute information explain about each CEL file.
File open_tggates_cel_file_attribute.zip (199 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
BARCODE Bar-code assigned to each GeneChip in order to indentify. Bar-code matches CEL file name without extension.
ARR_DESIGN In the project, HG-U133_Plus_2 was used for human and Rat230_2 was used for rat.
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual/sample within a group. IDs are in single digit.
ORGAN Organ evaluated in tests. Liver or Kidney.
MATERIAL_ID ID assigned to each tissue section which was used to acquire gene expression data. IDs are in a single letter.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
COMPOUND_ABBREVIATION Abbreviated compound name
COMPOUND_NO Number assigned to each compound. Numbers are not in serial order.
SPECIES Species
EXP_TEST_TYPE Type of test. In vivo test or in vitro test.
SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE Type of in vivo test. Single-dose test or 28-day repeat-dose test.
SEX_TYPE Gender. Male or Female.
STRAIN_TYPE Rat strain used with in vivo tests
ADMINISTRATION_ROUTE_TYPE Administration route
ANIMAL_AGE(week) Age of animal (weeks). Only rats at 6 weeks of age were used.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period.
DOSE Dose
DOSE_UNIT Unit of dose
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.

2.5 Cell sample

Data name Cell sample
Description of data contents The list of liver cell samples from which gene expression and toxicity (cell viability) data were acquired.
File open_tggates_cell.zip (54 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each sample within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
SPECIES Species
SEX_TYPE Gender. Male or Female.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Duration of exposure on in vitro test.
DOSE Concentration
DOSE_UNIT Unit of concentration
DOSE_LEVEL Exposure level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
BARCODE Link to "CEL file attributes"
CELL_VIABILITY Link to "Cell viability"

2.6 Cell viability

Data name Cell viability
Description of data contents The list of liver cell viability data obtained from in vitro tests.
File open_tggates_cell_viablity.zip (51 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each sample within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
SPECIES Species
SEX_TYPE Gender. Male or Female.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Duration of exposure on in vitro test.
DOSE Concentration
DOSE_UNIT Unit of concentration
DOSE_LEVEL Exposure level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
DNA(%) Relative survival rate calculated from DNA content.
LDH(%) Relative survival rate calculated from the activity value of lactate dehydrogenase which is leaked in the culture supernatant.

2.7 Individual list

Data name Individual list
Description of data contents The list of rats from which gene expression and toxicity data were acquired.
File open_tggates_individual.zip (97 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE Type of in vivo test. Single-dose test or 28-day repeat-dose test.
SEX_TYPE Gender. Male or Female.
STRAIN_TYPE Rat strain used with in vivo tests
ADMINISTRATION_ROUTE_TYPE Administration route
ANIMAL_AGE(week) Age of animal (weeks). Only rats at 6 weeks of age were used.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period on in vivo test.
DOSE Dose
DOSE_UNIT Unit of dose
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
BARCODE (Liver) Link to "CEL file attributes (Liver)"
BARCODE (Kidney) Link to "CEL file attributes (Kidney)"
HEMATOLOGY Link to "Hematology"
BIOCHEMISTRY Link to "Biochemistry"
ORGAN_WEIGHT Link to "Organ weight"
BODY_WEIGHT Link to "Body weight"
FOOD_CONSUMPTION Link to "Food consumption"
PATHOLOGY (Liver) Link to "Pathological items (Liver)"
PATHOLOGY (Kidney) Link to "Pathological items (Kidney)"
PATHOLOGICAL_IMAGE (Liver) Link to "Pathological images (Liver)"
PATHOLOGICAL_IMAGE (Kidney) Link to "Pathological images (Kidney)"

2.8 Organ weight

Data name Organ weight
Description of data contents The list of organ weights acquired from in vivo tests. Information of terminal body weights is also included.
File open_tggates_organ_weight.zip (379 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE Type of in vivo test. Single-dose test or 28-day repeat-dose test.
SEX_TYPE Gender. Male or Female.
STRAIN_TYPE Rat strain used with in vivo tests
ADMINISTRATION_ROUTE_TYPE Administration route
ANIMAL_AGE(week) Age of animal (weeks). Only rats at 6 weeks of age were used.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period on in vivo test.
DOSE Dose
DOSE_UNIT Unit of dose
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
TERMINAL_BW(g) Terminal body weight
LIVER(g) The weight of the liver
KIDNEY_TOTAL(g) The total weight of the kidneys
KIDNEY_R(g) The weight of the right kidney
KIDNEY_L(g) The weight of the left kidney

2.9 Hematology

Data name Hematology
Description of data contents The list of hematological assessment data acquired from rats used in the in vivo tests.
File open_tggates_hematology.zip (636 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE Type of in vivo test. Single-dose test or 28-day repeat-dose test.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period on in vivo test.
DOSE Dose
DOSE_UNIT Unit of dose
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
RBC(x10_4/ul) red blood cell count
Hb(g/dL) hemoglobin
Ht(%) hematocrit value
MCV(fL) mean corpuscular volume
MCH(pg) mean corpuscular hemoglobin
MCHC(%) mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
Ret(%) reticulocyte
Plat(x10_4/uL) platelet count
WBC(x10_2/uL) white blood cell count
Neu(%) neutrophil
Eos(%) eosinophil
Bas(%) basophil
Mono(%) monocyte
Lym(%) lymphocyte
PT(s) prothrombin time
APTT(s) activated partial thromboplastin time
Fbg(mg/dL) fibrinogen

2.10 Biochemistry

Data name Biochemistry
Description of data contents The list of biochemical test data acquired from rats used in the in vivo tests.
File open_tggates_biochemistry.zip (666 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE Type of in vivo test. Single-dose test or 28-day repeat-dose test.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period on in vivo test.
DOSE Dose
DOSE_UNIT Unit of dose
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
ALP(IU/L) alkaline phosphatase
TC(mg/dL) total cholesterol
TG(mg/dL) triglyceride
PL(mg/dL) phospholipid
TBIL(mg/dL) total bilirubin
DBIL(mg/dL) direct bilirubin
GLC(mg/dL) glucose
BUN(mg/dL) blood urea nitrogen
CRE(mg/dL) creatinine
Na(meq/L) sodium
K(meq/L) potassium
Cl(meq/L) chlorine
Ca(mg/dL) calcium
IP(mg/dL) inorganic phosphorus
TP(g/dL) total protein
RALB(g/dL) albumin
A/G albumin globulin ratio
AST(IU/L) aspartate aminotransferase
ALT(IU/L) alanine aminotransferase
LDH(IU/L) lactate dehydrogenase
GTP(IU/L) γ-glutamyltranspeptidase

2.11 Body weight

Data name Body weight
Description of data contents Serial measurement of body weights of rats used in the in vivo tests. Information of slaughter weight is included in "Organ Weight".
File open_tggates_body_weight.zip (339 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period on in vivo test.
PROGRESS_TIME Measurement date of body weight. The unit is day. The day when the administration was started is counted as day 1.
BODY_WEIGHT Body weight of the rat on the day of PROGRESS_TIME. The unit is gram.

2.12 Food consumption

Data name Food consumption
Description of data contents The list regarding results of food consumption measurement acquired from rats used in the in vivo tests.
File open_tggates_food_consumption.zip (108 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period on in vivo test.
PROGRESS_TIME Measurement date of food consumption. The unit is day. The day when the administration was started is counted as day 1.
FC_AMOUNT The amount of daily food intake. The unit is gram per day (g/day).

2.13 Pathological items

Data name Pathological items
Description of data contents The list of pathological findings obtained from in vivo tests.
File open_tggates_pathology.zip (89 KB)
Data items are the following:
Data item Description
BARCODE Bar-code assigned to each GeneChip in order to indentify. Bar-code matches CEL file name without extension. Data with the value "No ChipData" don't have a corresponding CEL file since the microarray gene expression analysis wasn't performed.
EXP_ID ID assigned to each test which can be indentified by a combination of COMPOUND_NAME, SPECIES, EXP_TEST_TYPE, and SINGLE_REPEAT_TYPE. IDs for in vivo tests are assigned from #0040. IDs for in vitro tests are assigned from #5000.
GROUP_ID ID assigned to each group which can be indentified by a combination of DOSE_LEVEL and SACRIFICE_PERIOD. IDs are in double digits. (e.g. 01, 16)
INDIVIDUAL_ID ID assigned to each individual within a group. IDs are in single digit.
COMPOUND_NAME Compound name
DOSE_LEVEL Dose level. The ascending order of the levels is Control, Low, Middle, High.
SACRIFICE_PERIOD Sampling time or period on in vivo test.
ORGAN Organ evaluated in tests. Liver or Kidney.
FINDING_TYPE Pathological findings.
TOPOGRAPHY_TYPE Region of the organ where the pathological changes were found.
GRADE_TYPE Magnitude of pathological changes. The ascending order of the magnitude is P(present), minimal, slight, moderate, severe.
SP_FLG The flag shows whether the lesion occurred spontaneously. The flag value is "1" if the lesion occurred spontaneously.
PATHOLOGICAL_IMAGE Link to "Pathological images"
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3. License

Last updated : 2012/05/24

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4. Update History

Date Update contents
2012/07/04 A part of the hematology and biochemistry data obtained from the in vivo tests with rats is corrected.
For details, please refer to the following link.

Data correction

2012/05/24 Open TG-GATEs English archive site is opened.
2012/02/25 Open TG-GATEs(http://toxico.nibio.go.jp/) is released.
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5. Literature

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6. Contact address

When you have any question about "Open TG-GATEs", contact the following:

Toxicogenomics Informatics Project, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
7-6-8, Saito-asagi, Ibaraki-city, Osaka 567-0085, Japan
Tel: +81-72-641-9826
E-mail: opentggates[at]nibio[dot]go[dot]jp

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