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The chemical structure impairs the intensity of genotoxic effects promoted by 1,2-unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids in vitro. Food Chem Toxicol 2022; 164:113049. [PMID: 35500694 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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1,2-unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) represent a large group of secondary plant metabolites exhibiting hepatotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic properties upon bioactivation. To examine how the degree of esterification affects the genotoxic profile of PA we investigated cytotoxicity, histone H2AX phosphorylation, DNA strand break induction, cell cycle perturbation, micronuclei formation, and aneugenic effects in different cell models. Analysis of cytotoxicity and phosphorylation of histone H2AX was structure- and concentration-dependent: diester-type PAs (except monocrotaline) showed more pronounced effects than monoester-type PAs. Cell cycle analysis identified that diester-type PAs induced a S-phase arrest and a decrease in the occurrence of cells in the G1-phase. The same structure-dependency was observed by flow-cytometric analysis of PA-induced micronuclei in CYP3A4-overexpressing V79 cells. Analysis of centromeres induced by lasiocarpine in the micronuclei by fluorescence in situ hybridization indicated an aneugenic effect in V79h3A4 cells. Comet assays revealed no significant induction of DNA strand breaks for all investigated PAs. Overall, diester-type PAs induced more pronounced effects than monoester-type PAs. Furthermore, our results indicate aneugenic effects upon exposure towards lasiocarpine in vitro. These data improve our understanding how structural features of PA influence the genotoxic profile. Especially, the monoester-type PAs seem to induce less severe effects than other PAs.
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Widjaja F, Alhejji Y, Rietjens IMCM. The Role of Kinetics as Key Determinant in Toxicity of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids and Their N-Oxides. PLANTA MEDICA 2022; 88:130-143. [PMID: 34741297 PMCID: PMC8807025 DOI: 10.1055/a-1582-9794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are a large group of plant constituents of which especially the 1,2- unsaturated PAs raise a concern because of their liver toxicity and potential genotoxic carcinogenicity. This toxicity of PAs depends on their kinetics. Differences in absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) characteristics of PAs may substantially alter the relative toxicity of PAs. As a result, kinetics will also affect relative potency (REP) values. The present review summarizes the current state-of-the art on PA kinetics and resulting consequences for toxicity and illustrates how physiologically-based kinetic (PBK) modelling can be applied to take kinetics into account when defining the relative differences in toxicity between PAs in the in vivo situation. We conclude that toxicokinetics play an important role in the overall toxicity of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. and that kinetics should therefore be considered when defining REP values for combined risk assessment. New approach methodologies (NAMs) can be of use to quantify these kinetic differences between PAs and their N-oxides, thus contributing to the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) in animal studies.
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- Frances Widjaja
- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
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- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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Hadi NSA, Bankoglu EE, Schott L, Leopoldsberger E, Ramge V, Kelber O, Sievers H, Stopper H. Genotoxicity of selected pyrrolizidine alkaloids in human hepatoma cell lines HepG2 and Huh6. Mutat Res 2020; 861-862:503305. [PMID: 33551105 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2020.503305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are found in many plant species as secondary metabolites which affect humans via contaminated food sources, herbal medicines and dietary supplements. Hundreds of compounds belonging to PAs have been identified. PAs undergo hepatic metabolism, after which they can induce hepatotoxicity and carcinogenicity. Many aspects of their mechanism of carcinogenicity are still unclear and it is important for human risk assessment to investigate this class of compounds further. MATERIAL AND METHODS Human hepatoma cells HepG2 were used to investigate the genotoxicity of different chemical structural classes of PAs, namely europine, lycopsamine, retrorsine, riddelliine, seneciphylline, echimidine and lasiocarpine, in the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay. The different ester type PAs europine, seneciphylline, and lasiocarpine were also tested in human hepatoma Huh6 cells. Six different PAs were investigated in a crosslink comet assay in HepG2 cells. RESULTS The maximal increase of micronucleus formation was for all PAs in the range of 1.64-2.0 fold. The lowest concentrations at which significant induction of micronuclei were found were 3.2 μM for lasiocarpine and riddelliine, 32 μM for retrorsine and echimidine, and 100 μM for seneciphylline, europine and lycopsamine. Significant induction of micronuclei by lasiocarpine, seneciphylline, and europine were achieved in Huh6 cells at similar concentrations. Reduced tail formation after hydrogen peroxide treatment was found in the crosslink comet assay for all diester type PAs, while an equimolar concentration of the monoesters europine and lycopsamine did not significantly reduce DNA migration. CONCLUSION The widely available human hepatoma cell lines HepG2 and Huh6 were suitable for the assessment of PA-induced genotoxicity. Selected PAs confirmed previously published potency rankings in the micronucleus assay. In HepG2 cells, the crosslinking activity was related to the ester type, which is a first report of PA mediated effects in the comet assay.
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- Naji Said Aboud Hadi
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; School of Health and Human Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Bayer Consumer Health, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Hartwig A, Arand M, Epe B, Guth S, Jahnke G, Lampen A, Martus HJ, Monien B, Rietjens IMCM, Schmitz-Spanke S, Schriever-Schwemmer G, Steinberg P, Eisenbrand G. Mode of action-based risk assessment of genotoxic carcinogens. Arch Toxicol 2020; 94:1787-1877. [PMID: 32542409 PMCID: PMC7303094 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-020-02733-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The risk assessment of chemical carcinogens is one major task in toxicology. Even though exposure has been mitigated effectively during the last decades, low levels of carcinogenic substances in food and at the workplace are still present and often not completely avoidable. The distinction between genotoxic and non-genotoxic carcinogens has traditionally been regarded as particularly relevant for risk assessment, with the assumption of the existence of no-effect concentrations (threshold levels) in case of the latter group. In contrast, genotoxic carcinogens, their metabolic precursors and DNA reactive metabolites are considered to represent risk factors at all concentrations since even one or a few DNA lesions may in principle result in mutations and, thus, increase tumour risk. Within the current document, an updated risk evaluation for genotoxic carcinogens is proposed, based on mechanistic knowledge regarding the substance (group) under investigation, and taking into account recent improvements in analytical techniques used to quantify DNA lesions and mutations as well as "omics" approaches. Furthermore, wherever possible and appropriate, special attention is given to the integration of background levels of the same or comparable DNA lesions. Within part A, fundamental considerations highlight the terms hazard and risk with respect to DNA reactivity of genotoxic agents, as compared to non-genotoxic agents. Also, current methodologies used in genetic toxicology as well as in dosimetry of exposure are described. Special focus is given on the elucidation of modes of action (MOA) and on the relation between DNA damage and cancer risk. Part B addresses specific examples of genotoxic carcinogens, including those humans are exposed to exogenously and endogenously, such as formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and the corresponding alcohols as well as some alkylating agents, ethylene oxide, and acrylamide, but also examples resulting from exogenous sources like aflatoxin B1, allylalkoxybenzenes, 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f] quinoxaline (MeIQx), benzo[a]pyrene and pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Additionally, special attention is given to some carcinogenic metal compounds, which are considered indirect genotoxins, by accelerating mutagenicity via interactions with the cellular response to DNA damage even at low exposure conditions. Part C finally encompasses conclusions and perspectives, suggesting a refined strategy for the assessment of the carcinogenic risk associated with an exposure to genotoxic compounds and addressing research needs.
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- Andrea Hartwig
- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Institute of Applied Biosciences (IAB), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Adenauerring 20a, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Mainz, 55099, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, IfADo-Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, TU Dortmund, Ardeystr. 67, 44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Institute of Applied Biosciences (IAB), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Adenauerring 20a, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Henkestr. 9-11, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Institute of Applied Biosciences (IAB), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Adenauerring 20a, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Max Rubner-Institut, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Retired Senior Professor for Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Kühler Grund 48/1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Benamar H, Tomassini L, Frezza C, Marouf A, Bennaceur M, Nicoletti M. First study on the pyrrolizidine alkaloids of Pardoglossum cheirifolium (L.) E.Barbier & Mathez.: GC-MS analysis of their volatile components in the whole plant. Nat Prod Res 2020; 35:4098-4103. [PMID: 32009463 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1721491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this work, the first study on the pyrrolizidine alkaloids content of Pardoglossum cheirifolium (L.) E.Barbier & Mathez. was reported. The studied exemplar was collected in Algeria and the analysis was carried out by means of GC-MS on the crude base extract deriving from the whole plant. Nine compounds were tentatively identified and they all represent new phytochemicals at the species level. Their presence confirms the botanical classification of the plant as a member of the Boraginaceae family. In addition, it points out some interesting chemosystematic relations within the family.
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- Houari Benamar
- Department of Biology, University of Mostaganem Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, Mostaganem, Algeria.,Department of Biology, University of Oran1, Oran, Algeria.,Laboratory of Research in Arid Areas, Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Sustainable Management of Biological Resources from Arid and Semi-arid Regions, Department of Natural Sciences and Life, Institute of Science and Technology, University Center of Naama, Naama, Algeria
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- Department of Biology, University of Oran1, Oran, Algeria.,Laboratory of Research in Arid Areas, Department of Biology and Physiology of Organisms, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria
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- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
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Prediction of in vivo genotoxicity of lasiocarpine and riddelliine in rat liver using a combined in vitro-physiologically based kinetic modelling-facilitated reverse dosimetry approach. Arch Toxicol 2019; 93:2385-2395. [PMID: 31289892 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-019-02515-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are naturally occurring genotoxic compounds, and PA-containing plants can pose a risk to humans through contaminated food sources and herbal products. Upon metabolic activation, PAs can form DNA adducts, DNA and protein cross links, chromosomal aberrations, micronuclei, and DNA double-strand breaks. These genotoxic effects may induce gene mutations and play a role in the carcinogenesis of PAs. This study aims to predict in vivo genotoxicity for two well-studied PAs, lasiocarpine and riddelliine, in rat using in vitro genotoxicity data and physiologically based kinetic (PBK) modelling-based reverse dosimetry. The phosphorylation of histone protein H2AX was used as a quantitative surrogate endpoint for in vitro genotoxicity of lasiocarpine and riddelliine in primary rat hepatocytes and human HepaRG cells. The in vitro concentration-response curves obtained from primary rat hepatocytes were subsequently converted to in vivo dose-response curves from which points of departure (PoDs) were derived that were compared to available in vivo genotoxicity data. The results showed that the predicted PoDs for lasiocarpine and riddelliine were comparable to in vivo genotoxicity data. It is concluded that this quantitative in vitro-in silico approach provides a method to predict in vivo genotoxicity for the large number of PAs for which in vivo genotoxicity data are lacking by integrating in vitro genotoxicity assays with PBK modelling-facilitated reverse dosimetry.
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Ebmeyer J, Braeuning A, Glatt H, These A, Hessel-Pras S, Lampen A. Human CYP3A4-mediated toxification of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid lasiocarpine. Food Chem Toxicol 2019; 130:79-88. [PMID: 31103741 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) are widely distributed phytotoxins contaminating food and feed. Hepatic enzymes are considered to bioactivate PA. Previous studies showed differences in the metabolism rate in liver homogenates of different species. Thus, uncertainty remains with respect to the relevance of human metabolism. Our study aimed to analyze whether the PA representative lasiocarpine is toxified by human cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. We compared the metabolic elimination of lasiocarpine in the presence of rat and human S9 fractions and liver microsomes. Experiments with the potent CYP3A/Cyp3a inhibitor ketoconazole and supersomes containing individual human and rat CYPs revealed that enzymes of the CYP3A/Cyp3a family of both species are of major relevance for lasiocarpine metabolism. To assess if metabolism by human CYP3A4 results in a toxification of lasiocarpine we performed experiments with V79 cells. γH2AX and micronucleus formation were analyzed as endpoints for genotoxicity. No effects were observed in the wildtype cells, which lack CYP activity. By contrast, a V79 clone engineered for expression of human CYP3A4 showed concentration-dependent γH2AX and micronucleus formation. Concluding, our results showed the CYP3A4-dependent formation of genotoxic metabolites of lasiocarpine. The results confirm previous data indicating the need to include metabolism of PA for human risk assessment.
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- Johanna Ebmeyer
- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Food Safety, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Food Safety, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Food Safety, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Safety in the Food Chain, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Food Safety, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany.
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- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Food Safety, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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Dusemund B, Nowak N, Sommerfeld C, Lindtner O, Schäfer B, Lampen A. Risk assessment of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food of plant and animal origin. Food Chem Toxicol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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He X, Xia Q, Fu PP. 7-Glutathione-pyrrole and 7-cysteine-pyrrole are potential carcinogenic metabolites of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2017; 35:69-83. [PMID: 28418776 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2017.1298358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Many pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are hepatotoxic, genotoxic, and carcinogenic phytochemicals. Metabolism of PAs in vivo generates four (±)-6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)-DNA adducts that have been proposed to be responsible for PA-induced liver tumor formation in rats. In this present study, we determined that the same set of DHP-DNA adducts was formed upon the incubation of 7-glutathione-DHP and 7-cysteine-DHP with cultured human hepatocarcinoma HepG2 cells. These results suggest that 7-glutathione-DHP and 7-cysteine-DHP are reactive metabolites of PAs that can bind to cellular DNA to form DHP-DNA adducts in HepG2 cells, and can potentially initiate liver tumor formation.
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- Xiaobo He
- a National Center for Toxicological Research , US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research , US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research , US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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Fu PP. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Metabolic Activation Pathways Leading to Liver Tumor Initiation. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 30:81-93. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Peter P. Fu
- National Center for Toxicological
Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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7-N-Acetylcysteine-pyrrole conjugate-A potent DNA reactive metabolite of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. J Food Drug Anal 2016; 24:682-694. [PMID: 28911605 PMCID: PMC9337289 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfda.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are widespread throughout the world and are the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock, wildlife, and humans. PAs require metabolic activation to form reactive dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids (dehydro-PAs) that are capable of alkylating cellular DNA and proteins, form (±)-6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)-DNA and DHP-protein adducts, and lead to cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and tumorigenicity. In this study, we determined that the metabolism of riddelliine and monocrotaline by human and rat liver microsomes in the presence of N-acetylcysteine both produced 7-N-acetylcysteine-DHP (7-NAC-DHP) and DHP. Reactions of 7-NAC-DHP with 2'-deoxyguanosine (dG), 2'-deoxyadenosine (dA), and calf thymus DNA in aqueous solution followed by enzymatic hydrolysis yielded DHP-dG and/or DHP-dA adducts. These results indicate that 7-NAC-DHP is a reactive metabolite that can lead to DNA adduct formation.
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Xia Q, Zhao Y, Lin G, Beland FA, Cai L, Fu PP. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid-Protein Adducts: Potential Non-invasive Biomarkers of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid-Induced Liver Toxicity and Exposure. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 29:1282-92. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Qingsu Xia
- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- Biotranex LLC, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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Chou MW, Fu PP. Formation of DHP-derived DNA adducts in vivo from dietary supplements and Chinese herbal plant extracts containing carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Toxicol Ind Health 2016; 22:321-7. [PMID: 17120530 DOI: 10.1177/0748233706071765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We recently determined that the metabolism of a series of tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids resulted in the formation of a set of 6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)- derived DNA adducts. These DHP-derived DNA adducts have been proposed as potential biomarkers of pyrrolizidine alkaloid tumorigenicity, as well as pyrrolizidine alkaloid exposure. In this paper, we report that DHP-derived DNA adducts are formed in the liver of female F344 rats, gavaged with three dietary supplements (comfrey root extract, comfrey compound oil, and coltsfoot root extract), or an extract of a Chinese herbal plant, flos farfara (Kuan Tong Hua).
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- Ming W Chou
- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
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Interim relative potency factors for the toxicological risk assessment of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food and herbal medicines. Toxicol Lett 2016; 263:44-57. [PMID: 27157086 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are among the most potent natural toxins occurring in a broad spectrum of plant species from various families. Recently, findings of considerable contamination of teas/herbal infusions prepared from non-PA plants have been reported. These are obviously due to cross-contamination with minor amounts of PA plants and can affect both food and herbal medicines. Another source of human exposure is honey collected from PA plants. These findings illustrate the requirement for a comprehensive risk assessment of PAs, hampered by the enormous number of different PA congeners occurring in nature. Up to now, risk assessment is based on the carcinogenicity of certain PAs after chronic application to rats using the sum of detected PAs as dose metric. Because of the well-documented large structure-dependent differences between sub-groups of PA congeners with respect to their genotoxicity and (cyto)toxicity, however, this procedure is inadequate. Here we provide an overview of recent attempts to assess the risk of PA exposure and the available literature on the toxic effects and potencies of different congeners. Based on these considerations, we have derived interim Relative Potency (REP) factors for a number of abundant PAs suggesting a factor of 1.0 for cyclic di-esters and open-chain di-esters with 7S configuration, of 0.3 for mono-esters with 7S configuration, of 0.1 for open-chain di-esters with 7R configuration and of 0.01 for mono-esters with 7R configuration. For N-oxides we suggest to apply the REP factor of the corresponding PA. We are confident that the use of these values can provide a more scientific basis for PA risk assessment until a more detailed experimental analysis of the potencies of all relevant congeners can be carried out.
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The long persistence of pyrrolizidine alkaloid-derived DNA adducts in vivo: kinetic study following single and multiple exposures in male ICR mice. Arch Toxicol 2016; 91:949-965. [PMID: 27125825 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1713-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA)-containing plants are widespread in the world and the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock, wildlife, and humans. Our previous studies demonstrated that PA-derived DNA adducts can potentially be a common biological biomarker of PA-induced liver tumor formation. In order to validate the use of these PA-derived DNA adducts as a biomarker, it is necessary to understand the basic kinetics of the PA-derived DNA adducts formed in vivo. In this study, we studied the dose-dependent response and kinetics of PA-derived DNA adduct formation and removal in male ICR mice orally administered with a single dose (40 mg/kg) or multiple doses (10 mg/kg/day) of retrorsine, a representative carcinogenic PA. In the single-dose exposure, the PA-derived DNA adducts exhibited dose-dependent linearity and persisted for up to 4 weeks. The removal of the adducts following a single-dose exposure to retrorsine was biphasic with half-lives of 9 h (t 1/2α) and 301 h (~12.5 days, t 1/2β). In the 8-week multiple exposure study, a marked accumulation of PA-derived DNA adducts without attaining a steady state was observed. The removal of adducts after the multiple exposure also demonstrated a biphasic pattern but with much extended half-lives of 176 h (~7.33 days, t 1/2α) and 1736 h (~72.3 days, t 1/2β). The lifetime of PA-derived DNA adducts was more than 8 weeks following the multiple-dose treatment. The significant persistence of PA-derived DNA adducts in vivo supports their role in serving as a biomarker of PA exposure.
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He X, Xia Q, Ma L, Fu PP. 7-cysteine-pyrrole conjugate: A new potential DNA reactive metabolite of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2016; 34:57-76. [PMID: 26761716 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2015.1135593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) require metabolic activation to exert cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and tumorigenicity. We previously reported that (±)-6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)-derived DNA adducts are responsible for PA-induced liver tumor formation in rats. In this study, we determined that metabolism of riddelliine and monocrotaline by human or rat liver microsomes produced 7-cysteine-DHP and DHP. The metabolism of 7-glutathionyl-DHP by human and rat liver microsomes also generated 7-cysteine-DHP. Further, reaction of 7-cysteine-DHP with calf thymus DNA in aqueous solution yielded the described DHP-derived DNA adducts. This study represents the first report that 7-cysteine-DHP is a new PA metabolite that can lead to DNA adduct formation.
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- Xiaobo He
- a National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- a National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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Jahouh F, Marongiu F, Serra MP, Laconi E, Banoub J. Gas-phase fragmentation of the N-oxide and N-hydroxylated derivatives of retrorsine using liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:1733-1748. [PMID: 26331923 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Revised: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE We report the electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and low-energy collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (CID-MS/MS) analysis of a pyrrolizidine alkaloid extract containing both retrorsine [C18H25NO6] and its N-oxide [C18H25NO7] and N-hydroxyl [C18H26NO7] derivatives measured with a QqTOFMS hybrid instrument. METHODS A solution of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid extract containing retrorsine and its N-oxide and N-hydroxyl derivatives was directly infused into an electrospray ionization-quadrupole-time-of-flight (ESI-QTOF) mass spectrometer and product ion scans of the protonated molecules of each species were acquired. Labile protons of each compound were deuterated and computational energy calculations of the proposed structures of the product ions were used to determine the fragmentation pathways of retrorsine and its N-oxide and N-hydroxyl derivatives. RESULTS ESI-MS of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid extract containing retrorsine and its N-oxide and N-hydroxyl derivatives afforded the protonated retrorsine [M1 + H](+) at m/z 352.1760 and the protonated retrorsine N-oxide [M2 + H](+) at m/z 368.1631 in addition to the formation of the unexpected protonated N-hydroxyl radical [M3 + H](+•) at m/z 369.1686. CID-MS/MS of this series of protonated molecules allowed the evaluation of their gas-phase fragmentations and the establishment of their fragmentation pathways. It was also found that several product ions could be assigned to different structures. Deuterium exchange and computational energy calculations allowed us to determine the most probable structures for the characterized product ions. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, the identification of the protonated retrorsine N-hydroxyl radical [M3 + H](+•) is reported for the first time. In addition, the MS/MS results can be used for the identification of retrorsine and its N-oxide and N-hydroxyl derivatives in different complex biological matrices.
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- Farid Jahouh
- Chemistry Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Saint John's, Canada
- Special Projects, Science Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Saint John's, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Chemistry Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Saint John's, Canada
- Special Projects, Science Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Saint John's, Canada
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Huybrechts B, Callebaut A. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food and feed on the Belgian market. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2015; 32:1939-51. [DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2015.1086821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fashe MM, Juvonen RO, Petsalo A, Räsänen J, Pasanen M. Species-Specific Differences in the in Vitro Metabolism of Lasiocarpine. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:2034-44. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Muluneh M. Fashe
- School
of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O.
Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- School
of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O.
Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- School
of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O.
Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oulu, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland
- Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern Finland, FI-70029 Kuopio, Finland
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- School
of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O.
Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Edgar JA, Molyneux RJ, Colegate SM. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Potential Role in the Etiology of Cancers, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Anomalies, and Liver Disease. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 28:4-20. [PMID: 25483859 DOI: 10.1021/tx500403t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Large outbreaks of acute food-related poisoning, characterized by hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome, hemorrhagic necrosis, and rapid liver failure, occur on a regular basis in some countries. They are caused by 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids contaminating locally grown grain. Similar acute poisoning can also result from deliberate or accidental consumption of 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing herbal medicines, teas, and spices. In recent years, it has been confirmed that there is also significant, low-level dietary exposure to 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids in many countries due to consumption of common foods such as honey, milk, eggs, salads, and meat. The level of 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids in these foods is generally too low and too intermittent to cause acute toxicity. However, these alkaloids are genotoxic and can cause slowly developing chronic diseases such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, cancers, cirrhosis, and congenital anomalies, conditions unlikely to be easily linked with dietary exposure to 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids, especially if clinicians are unaware that such dietary exposure is occurring. This Perspective provides a comprehensive review of the acute and chronic toxicity of 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids and their potential to initiate certain chronic diseases, and suggests some associative considerations or indicators to assist in recognizing specific cases of diseases that may have resulted from dietary exposure to these hazardous natural substances. If it can be established that low-level dietary exposure to 1,2-dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids is a significant cause of some of these costly and debilitating diseases, then this should lead to initiatives to reduce the level of these alkaloids in the food chain.
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- John A Edgar
- CSIRO Food and Nutrition , 11 Julius Avenue, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
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- Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo , 34 Rainbow Drive, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, United States
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- Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory, ARS/USDA , 1150 East 1400 North, Logan, Utah 84341, United States
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Wang CC, Xia Q, Li M, Wang S, Zhao Y, Tolleson WH, Yin JJ, Fu PP. Metabolic activation of pyrrolizidine alkaloids leading to phototoxicity and photogenotoxicity in human HaCaT keratinocytes. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2014; 32:362-384. [PMID: 25436474 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2014.969980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids, produced by a large number of poisonous plants with wide global distribution, are associated with genotoxicity, tumorigenicity, and hepatotoxicity in animals and humans. Mammalian metabolism converts pyrrolizidine alkaloids to reactive pyrrolic metabolites (dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids) that form covalent protein and DNA adducts. Although a mechanistic understanding is currently unclear, pyrrolizidine alkaloids can cause secondary (hepatogenous) photosensitization and induce skin cancer. In this study, the phototoxicity of monocrotaline, riddelliine, dehydromonocrotaline, dehydroriddelliine, and dehydroretronecine (DHR) in human HaCaT keratinocytes under ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation was determined. UVA irradiation of HaCaT cells treated with dehydromonocrotaline, dehydroriddelline, and DHR resulted in increased release of lactate dehydrogenase and enhanced photocytotoxicity proportional to the UVA doses. UVA-induced photochemical DNA damage also increased proportionally with dehydromonocrotaline and dehydroriddelline. UVA treatment potentiated the formation of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine DNA adducts induced by dehydromonocrotaline in HaCaT skin keratinocytes. Using electron spin resistance trapping, we found that UVA irradiation of dehydromonocrotaline and dehydroriddelliine generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), including hydroxyl radical, singlet oxygen, and superoxide, and electron transfer reactions, indicating that cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of these compounds could be mediated by ROS. Our results suggest that dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids formed or delivered to the skin cause pyrrolizidine alkaloid-induced secondary photosensitization and possible skin cancer.
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- Chia-Chi Wang
- a National Center for Toxicological Research , US Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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Xia Q, Zhao Y, Von Tungeln LS, Doerge DR, Lin G, Cai L, Fu PP. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid-Derived DNA Adducts as a Common Biological Biomarker of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid-Induced Tumorigenicity. Chem Res Toxicol 2013; 26:1384-96. [DOI: 10.1021/tx400241c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Qingsu Xia
- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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- Biotranex LLC, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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Zhao Y, Xia Q, Gamboa da Costa G, Yu H, Cai L, Fu PP. Full Structure Assignments of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid DNA Adducts and Mechanism of Tumor Initiation. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:1985-96. [DOI: 10.1021/tx300292h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Yuewei Zhao
- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079,
United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Jackson State University,
Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States
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- Biotranex LLC, Monmouth
Junction, New Jersey 08852, United States
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079,
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Zhao Y, Xia Q, Yin JJ, Lin G, Fu PP. Photoirradiation of dehydropyrrolizidine alkaloids--formation of reactive oxygen species and induction of lipid peroxidation. Toxicol Lett 2011; 205:302-9. [PMID: 21723383 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA)-containing plants are widespread in the world and are probably the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock, wildlife, and human. PAs require metabolic activation to generate pyrrolic metabolites (dehydro-PAs) that bind cellular protein and DNA, leading to hepatotoxicity and genotoxicity, including tumorigenicity. In this study we report that UVA photoirradiation of a series of dehydro-PAs, e.g., dehydromonocrotaline, dehydroriddelliine, dehydroretrorsine, dehydrosenecionine, dehydroseneciphylline, dehydrolasiocarpine, dehydroheliotrine, and dehydroretronecine (DHR) at 0-70 J/cm2 in the presence of a lipid, methyl linoleate, resulted in lipid peroxidation in a light dose-responsive manner. When irradiated in the presence of sodium azide, the level of lipid peroxidation decreased; lipid peroxidation was enhanced when methanol was replaced by deuterated methanol. These results suggest that singlet oxygen is a photo-induced product. When irradiated in the presence of superoxide dismutase, the level of lipid peroxidation decreased, indicating that lipid peroxidation is also mediated by superoxide. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spin trapping studies confirmed that both singlet oxygen and superoxide anion radical were formed during photoirradiation. These results indicate that UVA photoirradiation of dehydro-PAs generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) that mediated the initiation of lipid peroxidation. UVA irradiation of the parent PAs and other PA metabolites, including PA N-oxides, under similar experimental conditions did not produce lipid peroxidation. It is known that PAs induce skin cancer and are secondary (hepatogenous) photosensitization agents. Our results suggest that dehydro-PAs are the active metabolites responsible for skin cancer formation and PA-induced secondary photosensitization.
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- Yuewei Zhao
- National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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Mei N, Guo L, Fu PP, Fuscoe JC, Luan Y, Chen T. Metabolism, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of comfrey. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2010; 13:509-26. [PMID: 21170807 PMCID: PMC5894094 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2010.509013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Comfrey has been consumed by humans as a vegetable and a tea and used as an herbal medicine for more than 2000 years. Comfrey, however, produces hepatotoxicity in livestock and humans and carcinogenicity in experimental animals. Comfrey contains as many as 14 pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA), including 7-acetylintermedine, 7-acetyllycopsamine, echimidine, intermedine, lasiocarpine, lycopsamine, myoscorpine, symlandine, symphytine, and symviridine. The mechanisms underlying comfrey-induced genotoxicity and carcinogenicity are still not fully understood. The available evidence suggests that the active metabolites of PA in comfrey interact with DNA in liver endothelial cells and hepatocytes, resulting in DNA damage, mutation induction, and cancer development. Genotoxicities attributed to comfrey and riddelliine (a representative genotoxic PA and a proven rodent mutagen and carcinogen) are discussed in this review. Both of these compounds induced similar profiles of 6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)-derived DNA adducts and similar mutation spectra. Further, the two agents share common mechanisms of drug metabolism and carcinogenesis. Overall, comfrey is mutagenic in liver, and PA contained in comfrey appear to be responsible for comfrey-induced toxicity and tumor induction.
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- Nan Mei
- Division of Genetic and Reproductive Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, USA.
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are common constituents of many plant species around the world. PA-containing plants are probably the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock and wildlife. They can inflict harm to humans through contaminated food sources, herbal medicines and dietary supplements. Half of the identified PAs are genotoxic and many of them are tumorigenic. The mutagenicity of PAs has been extensively studied in different biological systems. Upon metabolic activation, PAs produce DNA adducts, DNA cross-linking, DNA breaks, sister chromatid exchange, micronuclei, chromosomal aberrations, gene mutations and chromosome mutations in vivo and in vitro. PAs induced mutations in the cII gene of rat liver and in the p53 and K-ras genes of mouse liver tumors. It has been suggested that all PAs produce a set of (+/-)-6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine-derived DNA adducts and similar types of gene mutations. The signature types of mutations are G : C --> T : A transversion and tandem base substitutions. Overall, PAs are mutagenic in vivo and in vitro and their mutagenicity appears to be responsible for the carcinogenesis of PAs.
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- Tao Chen
- National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
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Fu PP, Chou MW, Churchwell M, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Xia Q, Gamboa da Costa G, Marques MM, Beland FA, Doerge DR. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Detection and Quantitation of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid-Derived DNA Adducts in Vitro and in Vivo. Chem Res Toxicol 2010; 23:637-52. [DOI: 10.1021/tx900402x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Peter P. Fu
- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, and Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Silva-Neto J, Barreto R, Pitanga B, Souza C, Silva V, Silva A, Velozo E, Cunha S, Batatinha M, Tardy M, Ribeiro C, Costa M, El-Bachá R, Costa S. Genotoxicity and morphological changes induced by the alkaloid monocrotaline, extracted from Crotalaria retusa, in a model of glial cells. Toxicon 2010; 55:105-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2009] [Revised: 07/08/2009] [Accepted: 07/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Fu PP, Chiang HM, Xia Q, Chen T, Chen BH, Yin JJ, Wen KC, Lin G, Yu H. Quality assurance and safety of herbal dietary supplements. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2009; 27:91-119. [PMID: 19412857 DOI: 10.1080/10590500902885676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Since the U.S. Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) in 1994, use of herbal products has been growing rapidly worldwide. To ensure consumer health protection, the quality and safety of herbal plants, particularly those used for dietary supplement preparations, must be determined. To date, toxicological data on the identification of genotoxic and tumorigenic ingredients in many raw herbs and their mechanisms of action are lacking. Thus, identification of carcinogenic components in herbal plants is timely and important. In this review, the issues of quality control and safety evaluation of raw herbs and herbal dietary supplements are discussed. Two examples of tumorigenicity and mechanism of tumor induction are discussed: aristolochic acid and riddelliine, both of which have been detected in Chinese herbal plants. It is proposed that an organized effort with international participation on cancer risk assessment should be actively pursued so that the safety of commercial herbal plants and herbal dietary supplements can be ensured.
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- Peter P Fu
- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
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Monocrotaline pyrrol is cytotoxic and alters the patterns of GFAP expression on astrocyte primary cultures. Toxicol In Vitro 2008; 22:1191-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2008.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Revised: 02/21/2008] [Accepted: 03/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Yan J, Xia Q, Chou MW, Fu PP. Metabolic activation of retronecine and retronecine N-oxide – formation of DHP-derived DNA adducts. Toxicol Ind Health 2008; 24:181-8. [DOI: 10.1177/0748233708093727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We have previously reported that metabolism of a series of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in vitro and in vivo generated a set of (+/−)6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)-derived DNA adducts. It has also been shown that the levels of the DHP-derived DNA adduct formation correlated closely with the tumorigenic potencies of the mice fed with different doses of riddelliine. Retronecine is the necine base and the structurally smallest chemical of the retronecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Although it has been reported that microsomal metabolism of retronecine generated DHP as a metabolite, it was yet not known whether metabolism of retronecine in vivo could generate DHP-derived DNA adducts and if formed, whether or not the levels of DNA adducts were comparable with those formed from the other tumorigenic retronecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids, such as riddelliine, retrorsine, and monocrotaline. In this investigation, the in-vitro and in-vivo metabolic activation of retronecine was studied. Rat liver microsomal metabolism of retronecine in the presence of calf thymus DNA resulted in the formation of a set of DHP–DNA adducts. The metabolism of retronecine N-oxide under similar conditions also formed the similar set of DHP–DNA adducts. The level of DNA adducts from retronecine was enhanced when metabolism by liver microsomes from phenobarbital (PB)-induced rats were used. The DHP–DNA adducts were also found in the liver DNA of female F344 rats treated with retronecine or retronecine N-oxide. The highest level of the total DHP–DNA adducts was found in liver DNA from the rats treated with dehydroretronecine (DHR). The order of the levels of DNA adducts in the liver DNA samples from rats treated with various pyrrolizidine alkaloids was: DHR > riddelliine > riddelliine N-oxide >> retronecine > retronecine N-oxide. The results indicate that 1) retronecine can be metabolized to form DHP by rat liver microsomal enzymes and interacts with DNA to produce DHP–DNA adducts and 2) retronecine N-oxide undergoes the biotransformation to the parent compound, retronecine. The results from this and our previous findings strongly suggest that formation of DHP–DNA adducts may be a potential biomarker for pyrrolizidine alkaloid carcinogenesis.
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- J Yan
- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA
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Xia Q, Yan J, Chou MW, Fu PP. Formation of DHP-derived DNA adducts from metabolic activation of the prototype heliotridine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloid, heliotrine. Toxicol Lett 2008; 178:77-82. [PMID: 18395999 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2007] [Revised: 02/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing plants are widespread in the world and may be the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock, wildlife, and humans. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids require metabolism to exert their genotoxicity and tumorigenicity. Our mechanistic studies have determined that metabolism of the retronecine-type (riddelliine, retrorsine, and monocrotaline), heliotridine-type (lasiocarpine), and otonecine-type (clivorine) tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in vivo and/or in vitro all generates a common set of 6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)-derived DNA adducts responsible for tumor induction. All the pyrrolizidine alkaloids studied previously are diesters with an ester linkage at the C7 and C9 positions of the necine base. In this study, we report that F344 rat liver microsomal metabolism of heliotrine, a tumorigenic monoester bearing a hydroxyl group at the C7 of the necine base, resulted in the formation of the dehydroheliotridine (DHH) metabolite. When incubations of heliotrine were carried out in the presence of calf thymus DNA, the same set of DHP-derived DNA adducts was formed. These results support that DHP-derived DNA adducts are potential common biomarkers of pyrrolizidine alkaloid exposure and tumorigenicity. For comparison, the dehydroretronecine (DHR)-derived DNA adducts formed from metabolism of riddleiine, retrorsine, monocrotaline, riddelleiine N-oxide, and retrorsine N-oxide were measured in parallel; the levels of DHP-derived DNA adduct formation were in the order: riddelliine approximately retrorsine>monocrotaline>retrorsine N-oxide>or=riddelliine N-oxide>heliotrine.
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- Qingsu Xia
- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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Mei N, Guo L, Liu R, Fuscoe JC, Chen T. Gene expression changes induced by the tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloid riddelliine in liver of Big Blue rats. BMC Bioinformatics 2007; 8 Suppl 7:S4. [PMID: 18047727 PMCID: PMC2099496 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-8-s7-s4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are probably the most common plant constituents that poison livestock, wildlife, and humans worldwide. Riddelliine is isolated from plants grown in the western United States and is a prototype of genotoxic PAs. Riddelliine was used to investigate the genotoxic effects of PAs via analysis of gene expression in the target tissue of rats in this study. Previously we observed that the mutant frequency in the liver of rats gavaged with riddelliine was 3-fold higher than that in the control group. Molecular analysis of the mutants indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the mutational spectra from riddelliine-treated and control rats. Results Riddelliine-induced gene expression profiles in livers of Big Blue transgenic rats were determined. The female rats were gavaged with riddelliine at a dose of 1 mg/kg body weight 5 days a week for 12 weeks. Rat whole genome microarray was used to perform genome-wide gene expression studies. When a cutoff value of a two-fold change and a P-value less than 0.01 were used as gene selection criteria, 919 genes were identified as differentially expressed in riddelliine-treated rats compared to the control animals. By analysis with the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis Network, we found that these significantly changed genes were mainly involved in cancer, cell death, tissue development, cellular movement, tissue morphology, cell-to-cell signaling and interaction, and cellular growth and proliferation. We further analyzed the genes involved in metabolism, injury of endothelial cells, liver abnormalities, and cancer development in detail. Conclusion The alterations in gene expression were directly related to the pathological outcomes reported previously. These results provided further insight into the mechanisms involved in toxicity and carcinogenesis after exposure to riddelliine, and permitted us to investigate the interaction of gene products inside the signaling networks.
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- Nan Mei
- Division of Genetic and Reproductive Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
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Opinion of the Panel on contaminants in the food chain [CONTAM] related to pyrrolizidine alkaloids as undesirable substances in animal feed. EFSA J 2007. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2007.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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