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Development and Limitations of Exposure Biomarkers to Dietary Contaminants Mycotoxins. Toxins (Basel) 2021; 13:toxins13050314. [PMID: 33924868 PMCID: PMC8147022 DOI: 10.3390/toxins13050314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mycotoxins are toxic secondary fungal metabolites that frequently contaminate cereal crops globally, presenting exposure hazards to humans and livestock in many settings. The heterogeneous distribution of mycotoxins in food restricts the usefulness of food sampling and intake estimates for epidemiological studies, making validated exposure biomarkers better tools for informing epidemiological investigations. While biomarkers of exposure have served important roles for understanding the public health impact of mycotoxins such as aflatoxins (AF), the science of biomarkers must continue advancing to allow for better understanding of mycotoxins' roles in the etiology of disease and the effectiveness of mitigation strategies. This review will discuss mycotoxin biomarker development approaches over several decades for four toxins of significant public health concerns, AFs, fumonisins (FB), deoxynivalenol (DON), and ochratoxin A (OTA). This review will also highlight some knowledge gaps, key needs and potential pitfalls in mycotoxin biomarker interpretation.
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Knutsen HK, Barregård L, Bignami M, Brüschweiler B, Ceccatelli S, Cottrill B, Dinovi M, Edler L, Grasl-Kraupp B, Hogstrand C, Hoogenboom LR, Nebbia CS, Petersen A, Rose M, Roudot AC, Schwerdtle T, Vleminckx C, Vollmer G, Wallace H, Dall'Asta C, Gutleb AC, Humpf HU, Galli C, Metzler M, Oswald IP, Parent-Massin D, Binaglia M, Steinkellner H, Alexander J. Appropriateness to set a group health-based guidance value for fumonisins and their modified forms. EFSA J 2018; 16:e05172. [PMID: 32625807 PMCID: PMC7009576 DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) established a tolerable daily intake (TDI) for fumonisin B1 (FB 1) of 1.0 μg/kg body weight (bw) per day based on increased incidence of megalocytic hepatocytes found in a chronic study with mice. The CONTAM Panel considered the limited data available on toxicity and mode of action and structural similarities of FB 2-6 and found it appropriate to include FB 2, FB 3 and FB 4 in a group TDI with FB 1. Modified forms of FBs are phase I and phase II metabolites formed in fungi, infested plants or farm animals. Modified forms also arise from food or feed processing, and include covalent adducts with matrix constituents. Non-covalently bound forms are not considered as modified forms. Modified forms of FBs identified are hydrolysed FB 1-4 (HFB 1-4), partially hydrolysed FB 1-2 (pHFB 1-2), N-(carboxymethyl)-FB 1-3 (NCM-FB 1-3), N-(1-deoxy-d-fructos-1-yl)-FB 1 (NDF-FB 1), O-fatty acyl FB 1, N-fatty acyl FB 1 and N-palmitoyl-HFB 1. HFB 1, pHFB 1, NCM-FB 1 and NDF-FB 1 show a similar toxicological profile but are less potent than FB 1. Although in vitro data shows that N-fatty acyl FBs are more toxic in vitro than FB 1, no in vivo data were available for N-fatty acyl FBs and O-fatty acyl FBs. The CONTAM Panel concluded that it was not appropriate to include modified FBs in the group TDI for FB 1-4. The uncertainty associated with the present assessment is high, but could be reduced provided more data are made available on occurrence, toxicokinetics and toxicity of FB 2-6 and modified forms of FB 1-4.
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van der Westhuizen L, Shephard G, Gelderblom W, Torres O, Riley R. Fumonisin biomarkers in maize eaters and implications for human disease. WORLD MYCOTOXIN J 2013. [DOI: 10.3920/wmj2013.1589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Maize is the predominant food source contaminated by fumonisins and this has particular health risks for communities consuming maize as a staple diet. The main biochemical effect of fumonisins is the inhibition of ceramide biosynthesis causing an increase in sphingoid bases and sphingoid base 1-phosphates and a depletion of the complex sphingolipids, thereby disrupting lipid metabolism and sphingolipid-mediated processes and signalling systems. Attempts to use the elevation of sphinganine as a human biomarker of fumonisin exposure have to date been unsuccessful. Consequently, recent research has focussed on developing a urinary exposure biomarker based on the measurement of the nonmetabolised toxin. In animals, fumonisins are poorly absorbed in the gut and are mostly excreted unmetabolised in faeces, with only a small percentage (0.25-2.0%) in urine. This appears to also be true in humans were fumonisin B1 (FB1) is detectable in urine soon after exposure, but in very small amounts relative to total intake. However, with modern sensitive and selective analytical methods such as liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, these low levels can be readily determined. The first study to show a positive correlation between consumption of maize and urinary FB1 was conducted in a Mexican population consuming tortillas as a staple food. Further validation of this relationship was achieved in a South African subsistence farming community with a positive correlation between urinary FB1 and fumonisin exposure, as assessed by food analysis and food intake data. The most recent developments are aimed at measuring multiple mycotoxin biomarkers in urine, including FB1. Current exposure studies in Guatemala are combining the urinary biomarker with measurement of sphinganine-1-phosphate in blood spots as a measure of biochemical effect. Thus, the urinary FB1 biomarker could contribute considerably in assessing the adverse health impact of fumonisin exposure.
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- PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, 7505 Tygerberg, South Africa
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- PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, 7505 Tygerberg, South Africa
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Nutrición y Salud, Laboratorio Diagnóstico Molecular, S.A., 2a. calle 25-19 zona 15 VHI, 01015 Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- USDA-ARS, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, R.B. Russell Research Center, 950 College Station Rd, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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Benlashehr I, Repussard C, Jouglar JY, Tardieu D, Guerre P. Toxicokinetics of fumonisin B2 in ducks and turkeys. Poult Sci 2011; 90:1671-5. [PMID: 21753202 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two extraction steps combined with HPLC with fluorescence detection were developed to determine the toxicokinetics of fumonisin B(2) (FB(2)) in ducks and turkeys. The limit of quantification of the method was 25 ng of FB(2)/mL. The mean extraction was 63%. After intravenous administration (single dose: 1 mg of FB(2)/kg of BW), plasma concentration time curves were best described by a 2-compartment open model. In ducks, elimination half-life, mean residence time, and clearance of FB(2) were 32 min, 12.9 min, and 9.3 mL/min per kilogram, respectively. In turkeys, these toxicokinetics parameters were 12.4 min, 5 min, and 8.7 mL/min per kilogram, respectively. Only a small amount of FB(2) was detected in plasma after oral dosing of 10 mg of FB(2)/kg of BW.
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- I Benlashehr
- UR Mycotoxicologie, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Cano-Sancho G, Marin S, Ramos A, Sanchis V. Biomonitoring of Fusarium spp. Mycotoxins: Perspectives for an Individual Exposure Assessment Tool. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2010; 16:266-76. [DOI: 10.1177/1082013210368884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fusarium species are probably the most prevalent toxin-producing fungi of the northern temperate regions and are commonly found on cereals grown in the temperate regions of America, Europe and Asia. Among the toxins formed by Fusarium we find trichothecenes of the A-type or B-type, zearalenone, fumonisins or nivalenol. The current exposure assessment consists of the qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation based on the knowledge of the mycotoxin occurrence in the food and the dietary habits of the population. This process permits quantifying the mycotoxin dietary intake through deterministic or probabilistic methods. Although these methods are suitable to assess the exposure of populations to contaminants and to identify risk groups, they are not recommended to evaluate the individual exposition, due to a low accuracy and sensitivity. On the contrary, the use of biochemical indicators has been proposed as a suitable method to assess individual exposure to contaminants. In this work, several techniques to biomonitor the exposure to fumonisins, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone or T-2 toxin have been reviewed.
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- G. Cano-Sancho
- Food Technology Department, University of Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida. Spain
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- Food Technology Department, University of Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida. Spain
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- Food Technology Department, University of Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida. Spain
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- Food Technology Department, University of Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida. Spain,
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Fumonisins determination in urine by LC-MS-MS. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 396:809-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3231-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Revised: 10/07/2009] [Accepted: 10/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nikiema P, Worrilow L, Traore A, Wild C, Turner P. Fumonisin exposure and the sphinganine/sphingosine ratio in urine, serum and buccal cells in adults from Burkina Faso, West Africa. WORLD MYCOTOXIN J 2008. [DOI: 10.3920/wmj2008.1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fumonisins are mycotoxins that frequently contaminate maize, a dietary staple in Burkina Faso. Fumonisins have been linked with both the incidence of oesophageal cancer, and to neural tube defects. However, epidemiological studies of these associations are hampered by lack of validated exposure biomarkers. One candidate biomarker is the sphinganine/sphingosine (Sa/So) ratio in biological samples. Twenty husband-wife pairs aged 20-40 were recruited from Dingasso-1, western Burkina Faso. Plate ready food was sampled over three consecutive days (day one to three) for fumonisin B1 and B2, to provide a measure of total fumonisin intake. The Sa/So ratio was determined in (1) first morning urines taken on days two to four, (2) buccal cells and (3) serum on days one and four only. Fumonisin intake was moderate (mean 0.81 µg/kg bw/day (range 0.01-2.40 µg/kg bw/day) compared to exposures reported in China and South Africa. For each person the mean fumonisin intake over three days was compared to the mean Sa, So and Sa/So ratio in urine, buccal cells and serum. A modest positive trend between mean fumonisin intake and mean serum Sa/So was observed (P=0.067). When individuals were dichotomised based on the median fumonisin intake (<0.75 µg/kg bw/day), the serum Sa/So ratio was moderately higher (P=0.044) in the high intake group (geometric mean 0.64; 95% CI: 0.54, 0.75) compared to the low intake group (0.49; 95% CI: 0.41, 0.59). Neither urinary nor buccal cell Sa/So ratio was associated with mean fumonisin intake. Neither mean individual Sa nor So level for urine, buccal cells or urine was associated with mean individual fumonisin intake. The study population was exposed to moderate levels of fumonisin with limited evidence of altered Sa/So ratio. Further work on serum Sa/So ratio is merited in comparison with other biomarker approaches such as urinary fumonisin B1 or sphingolipid 1-phosphate metabolites.
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- P. Nikiema
- Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Biologiques, Alimentaires et Nutritionnelles, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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- Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Biologiques, Alimentaires et Nutritionnelles, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso
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- Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Fodor J, Balogh K, Weber M, Mézes M, Kametler L, Pósa R, Mamet R, Bauer J, Horn P, Kovács F, Kovács M. Absorption, distribution and elimination of fumonisin B1metabolites in weaned piglets. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2007; 25:88-96. [DOI: 10.1080/02652030701546180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- J. Fodor
- a Research Group of Animal Breeding and Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Animal Science , University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- a Research Group of Animal Breeding and Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Animal Science , University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- c Department of Nutrition , Szent István University , H-2103 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- a Research Group of Animal Breeding and Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Animal Science , University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
- c Department of Nutrition , Szent István University , H-2103 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- b Faculty of Animal Science, University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- b Faculty of Animal Science, University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- d Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Tierhygiene , D-85350 Freising, Germany
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- d Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Tierhygiene , D-85350 Freising, Germany
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- a Research Group of Animal Breeding and Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Animal Science , University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
- b Faculty of Animal Science, University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- a Research Group of Animal Breeding and Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Animal Science , University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
- b Faculty of Animal Science, University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- a Research Group of Animal Breeding and Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Animal Science , University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
- b Faculty of Animal Science, University of Kaposvár , H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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Cai Q, Tang L, Wang JS. Validation of fumonisin biomarkers in F344 rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2007; 225:28-39. [PMID: 17904604 PMCID: PMC2129219 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Revised: 06/05/2007] [Accepted: 06/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Fumonisins (FNs) are ubiquitous contaminants of cereal grains. Fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) was linked to several animal and human diseases. To validate FB(1) biomarkers for studying human disease risks, F344 rats were administered by gavage with either a single dose of 0, 10 or 25 mg FB(1)/kg body weight (BW) or repeated doses of 0, 1.0, or 2.5 mg FB(1)/kg BW/day for 5 weeks. FB(1) excretion and FB(1)-induced metabolic alterations of sphingolipids in rat urine, feces and serum were assessed. Dose-dependent urinary and fecal excretion of free FB(1) were found in both single-dose- and repeat-dose-treated rats. In the single-dose study, urinary sphinganine (Sa) to sphingosine (So) ratio (Sa/So) reached a maximum at day 7 for the high-dose group and at day 5 for the low-dose group, whereas serum Sa/So showed only marginal changes. In the repeat-dose study, urinary Sa/So was persistently elevated at 2 weeks, while serum Sa/So was unchanged. Time course changes of sphinganine 1-phosphate (SaP) and sphingosine 1-phosphate (SoP) were also examined. Although serum Sa/So and SaP/SoP ratios showed no signs of time- or dose-dependent changes, a 10-fold increase in urinary SaP/SoP was observed, suggesting that urinary SaP/SoP is a more sensitive biomarker for FB(1) exposure. The accumulation of SaP and SoP was evident in the time course of SaP/Sa and SoP/So, which may reflect activity changes of enzymes closely related to the metabolism and catabolism of SaP and SoP. These results provide concrete evidence towards the practical use of excreted FB(1), Sa/So and SaP/SoP as biomarkers of exposure to FNs.
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- Qingsong Cai
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Box 41163, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1163, USA
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Fodor J, Meyer K, Riedlberger M, Bauer J, Horn P, Kovacs F, Kovacs M. Distribution and elimination of fumonisin analogues in weaned piglets after oral administration of Fusarium verticillioides fungal culture. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 23:492-501. [PMID: 16644597 DOI: 10.1080/02652030500544964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The distribution and elimination of fumonisins after oral administration of 50 mg FB(1), 20 mg FB(2) and 5 mg FB(3) per animal day(-1) for 22 days was studied in weaned barrows. At the end of the trial, the lung, heart, liver, kidney, spleen, brain, serum, bile, muscle, fat, urine and faeces samples were collected and their content of fumonisins (FB(1), FB(2)) determined by LC-MS. The highest FB(1) concentrations were found in the liver (99.4 +/- 37.5 ng g(-1)) and kidneys (30.6 +/- 10.1 ng g(-1)), whilst the highest average amount of FB(2) was in the liver (1.4 +/- 2.3 ng g(-1)) and fat (2.6 ng g(-1) +/- 4.8) samples. Comparing the FB(1)/FB(2) ratio in different organs (19/1), it was found that the ratio in the abdominal and subcutaneous fat samples (4/1) was markedly different from those in all other tissues, namely the relative proportion of FB(2) was higher in latter cases. Of the total quantity of FB(1), the 13% taken up during 5 days was excreted unchanged with the faeces and urine. On average, in the urine and faeces, FB(1) was detected in nine- and 14-fold quantities, as compared with FB(2).
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- J Fodor
- Research Group of Animal Breeding and Animal Hygiene, University of Kaposvár, Faculty of Animal Science [corrected] Guba S. 40., Kaposvár, H-7400, Hungary.
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Hendriks AJ, van der Linde A, Cornelissen G, Sijm DT. The power of size. 1. Rate constants and equilibrium ratios for accumulation of organic substances related to octanol-water partition ratio and species weight. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2001; 20:1399-1420. [PMID: 11434281 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620200703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Most of the thousands of substances and species that risk assessment has to deal with are not investigated empirically because of financial, practical, and ethical constraints. To facilitate extrapolation, we have developed a model for accumulation kinetics of organic substances as a function of the octanol-water partition ratio (Kow) of the chemical and the weight, lipid content, and trophic level of the species. The ecological parameters were obtained from a previous review on allometric regressions. The chemical parameters, that is, resistances that substances encounter in water and lipid layers of organisms, were calibrated on 1,939 rate constants for absorption from water for assimilation from food and for elimination. Their ratio was validated on 37 laboratory bioconcentration and biomagnification regressions and on 2,700 field bioaccumulation data. The rate constant for absorption increased with the hydrophobicity of the substances with a Kow up to about 1,000 and then leveled off, decreasing with the weight of the species. About 39% of the variation was explained by the model, while deviations of more than a factor of 5 were noted for labile, large, and less hydrophobic molecules as well as for algae, mollusks, and arthropods. The efficiency for assimilation of contaminants from food was determined mainly by the food digestibility and thus by the trophic level of the species. A distinction was made between substances that are stable, that is, with a minimum elimination only, and those that are labile, that is, with an excess elimination probably largely due to biotransformation. The rate constant for minimum elimination decreased with the hydrophobicity of the substance and the weight of the species. About 70% of the variation was explained by the model, while deviations of more than a factor of 5 were noted for algae, terrestrial plants, and benthic animals. Labile substances were eliminated faster than isolipophilic stable compounds, but differences in laboratory elimination and accumulation were small compared with those in field accumulation. Excess elimination by vertebrates was faster than by invertebrates. Differences between terrestrial and aquatic species were attributed to water turnover rates, whereas differences between trophic levels were due to the food digestibility. Food web accumulation, expressed as organism-organic solids and organism-food concentrations ratios could be largely explained by ecological variables only. The model is believed to facilitate various types of scientific interpretation as well as environmental risk assessment.
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- A J Hendriks
- Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment, P.O. Box 17, 8200 AA Lelystad, The Netherlands.
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Raynal M, Bailly JD, Benard G, Guerre P. Effects of fumonisin B1 present in Fusarium moniliforme culture material on drug metabolising enzyme activities in ducks. Toxicol Lett 2001; 121:179-90. [PMID: 11369472 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(01)00338-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effects of fumonisin B1 (0, 5, 15 and 45 mg/kg/day), obtained from culture material of Fusarium moniliforme, on drug metabolising enzyme activities were investigated in four groups of five growing ducks by daily oral administration over 12 days. No lethality or sign of toxicosis occurred. The liver and kidney weights were increased, whereas microsomal and cytosolic tissue fractions were unaffected. Although the total microsomal P450 content was unaffected, benzphetamine, ethylmorphine, erythromycin N-demethylases and ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activities were together increased (respectively by 114, 242, 57 and 27% with 5 mg/kg/day and 1024, 969, 200 and 147% with 45 mg/kg/day). By contrast, aminopyrine and nitrosodimethylamine N-demethylases, methoxyresorufin and pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylases, and UDP-glucuronyltransferase activities were only increased by using 45 mg/kg/day, whereas glutathione S-transferases activities remained unaffected.
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- M Raynal
- Mycotoxicology Laboratory, Veterinary School of Toulouse, 23 Chemin des Capelles, 31076, Toulouse, France
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van der Westhuizen L, Shephard GS, van Schalkwyk DJ. The effect of a single gavage dose of fumonisin B(2) on the sphinganine and sphingosine concentrations in vervet monkeys. Food Chem Toxicol 2001; 39:455-9. [PMID: 11313111 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(00)00154-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The disruption in sphinganine (Sa) and sphingosine (So) concentrations in plasma and urine of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) was measured following a single gavage dose of either 1 (low dose) or 10 mg (high dose) fumonisin B(2) (FB(2))/kg body weight. Blood and urine were collected over a 51-day period. In the low-dose monkeys, none of the parameters measured increased significantly above the control values. In the high-dose monkeys the plasma Sa/So ratios were significantly increased (P< 0.05) above the corresponding control ratios after 3 days and continued to be significantly raised for another 27 days, whereafter the ratios declined to control values after 51 days. The plasma aspartate transaminase (AST) activities increased significantly above their control values from day 5 to day 23 and the gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activities from day 7 until the end of the study period. The plasma cholesterol concentration and alanine transaminase (ALT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities increased transiently, but not significantly, and returned to control values within the study period. The urinary Sa/So ratio, plasma creatinine and urea values in both groups of monkeys did not increase above the control values. This study demonstrated that a single large dose of FB(2) can cause transient disruption of sphingoid metabolism in vervet monkeys.
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- L van der Westhuizen
- Programme on Mycotoxins and Experimental Carcinogenesis, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, 7505, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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Shier WT. THE FUMONISIN PARADOX: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY OF FUMONISIN B1, A MYCOTOXIN PRODUCED BYFUSARIUM MONILIFORME. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1081/txr-100100319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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