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Ali O, Szabó A. Fumonisin distorts the cellular membrane lipid profile: A mechanistic insight. Toxicology 2024; 506:153860. [PMID: 38871209 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2024.153860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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Monitoring modifications in membrane lipids in association with external stimuli/agents, including fumonisins (FUMs), is a widely employed approach to assess cellular metabolic response/status. FUMs are prevalent fusariotoxins worldwide that have diverse structures with varying toxicity across species; nevertheless, they can induce metabolic disturbances and disease, including cancer. The capacity of FUMs to disrupt membrane lipids, demonstrated across numerous species and organs/tissues, is ascribed to a multitude of factors/events, which range from direct to indirect effects. Certain events are well established, whereas the potential consequences of others remain speculative. The most notable effect is their resemblance to sphingoid bases, which impacts the synthesis of ceramides leading to numerous changes in lipids' composition that are not limited to sphingolipids' composition of the membranes. The next plausible scenario involves the induction of oxidative stress, which is considered an indirect/secondary effect of FUMs. Additional modes of action include modifications of enzyme activities and nuclear signals related to lipid metabolism, although these are likely not yet fully comprehended. This review provides in-depth insight into the current state of these events and their potential mechanistic actions in modifying membrane lipids, with a focus on long-chain fatty acids. This paper also presents a detailed description of the reported modifications to membrane lipids by FUMs.
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- Omeralfaroug Ali
- Agribiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Physiology and Health, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Guba Sándor Str. 40, Kaposvár 7400, Hungary.
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- Agribiotechnology and Precision Breeding for Food Security National Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Physiology and Health, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Guba Sándor Str. 40, Kaposvár 7400, Hungary; HUN-REN-MATE Mycotoxins in the Food Chain Research Group, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Guba Sándor Str. 40, Kaposvár 7400, Hungary
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Szabó A, Fébel H, Ali O, Kovács M. Fumonisin B 1 induced compositional modifications of the renal and hepatic membrane lipids in rats - Dose and exposure time dependence. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2019; 36:1722-1739. [PMID: 31437116 DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2019.1652772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Male Wistar rats were intraperitoneally dosed with fumonisin B1 (FB1; 0, 20, 50 and 100 mg kg-1 dietary dose equivalent) for 5 & 10 days to assess dose- and time-dependent effects on renal and hepatic phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) fatty acid (FA) profiles. Renal PC showed increasing FA saturation (SAT) after 5 days; after 10 days polyunsaturation (PUFA) decreased markedly (Σ n3 (total n3), Σ n6, PUFA, unsaturation index (UI) and average FA chain length (ACL)), mostly with linear dose response. In the PI FAs similar changes were observed, decreasing monounsaturated FA, PUFA, UI and ACL (5 & 10 days), while the PE fraction was responsive in Σ n6 (↓) and SAT (↑), but only after 5 days (without dose response for both PI & PE). Liver PC exhibited increasing saturation (C16:0), decreasing polyunsaturation (C20:3 n6 [dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, DGLA]; C20:3 n3); the PI FA profile showed similar alterations after 5 days. PC & PI FA failed to respond in a dose-dependent manner to FB1. In PE FA profile DGLA decreased, with a decrease of the total n6 FA proportion and dose-dependent increase of n3 FAs. Results revealed expressed renal sensitivity, supporting our earlier published results in terms of oxidative stress and histopathological modifications.
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- András Szabó
- MTA-KE-SZIE Mycotoxins in the Food Chain Research Group, Kaposvár University, Kaposvár, Hungary.,Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, Kaposvár, Hungary
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- National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre, Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, Kaposvár, Hungary
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- MTA-KE-SZIE Mycotoxins in the Food Chain Research Group, Kaposvár University, Kaposvár, Hungary.,Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, Kaposvár, Hungary
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Burger HM, Abel S, Gelderblom WCA. Modulation of key lipid raft constituents in primary rat hepatocytes by fumonisin B 1 - Implications for cancer promotion in the liver. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 115:34-41. [PMID: 29510220 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Fumonisin B1 (FB1), a group 2B natural occurring carcinogenic mycotoxin, modulated lipid and fatty acid (FA) constituents of lipid rafts isolated from primary hepatocytes following exposure to a cytotoxic concentration of FB1 (250 μM). The major effects observed in rafts, included a significant (p < 0.05) increase in raft cholesterol (CHOL) and glycerophospholipid such as phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), whereas sphingomyelin (SM) decreased (p < 0.05). Changes in lipid constituents resulted in the disruption of important membrane fluidity parameters represented as a decreased (p < 0.05) in the phosphatidylcholine (PC)/PE and PC/(PE+SM) ratios and an increase (p < 0.05) in the CHOL/PL (PL=PC+PE) ratio, suggesting the preservation of lipid raft rigidity and integrity. Observed FA changes in the raft PE fraction included a significant (p < 0.05) increase in C18:2ω-6, C20:3ω-6, C20:4ω-6, C22:4ω-6, C22:5ω-3 and C22:6ω-3, with an increase in total ω-6 and ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Modulation of the FA content in PE, specifically the C20:4ω-6 PC/PE ratio and PUFA levels, together with changes in CHOL and SM are key determinants regulating the integrity and function of lipid rafts. In primary hepatocytes these changes are associated with the inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis. A lipogenic mechanism is proposed whereby FB1 modulates lipid rafts and differentially target cell survival indices of normal and preneoplastic hepatocytes during cancer promotion in the liver.
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- H-M Burger
- Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville 7535, South Africa; Department of Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
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Riedel S, Abel S, Burger HM, van der Westhuizen L, Swanevelder S, Gelderblom WCA. Differential modulation of the lipid metabolism as a model for cellular resistance to fumonisin B1-induced cytotoxic effects in vitro. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2016; 109:39-51. [PMID: 27269712 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Differential sensitivity of primary hepatocytes and Chang cells to the cancer promoter fumonisin B1 (FB1)-induced cytotoxic effects were investigated in relation to changes in membrane lipid distribution. In contrast to primary hepatocytes, Chang cells were resistant to FB1-induced cytotoxic effects. This was associated with a high cholesterol (Chol) and sphingomyelin (SM) and low phosphatidylcholine (PC) content, resulting in a significant (P<0.05) decrease in phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)/PC ratio, increased Chol/total phosphoglyceride (TPG) ratios and low total polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) content in PC and PE, suggesting a more rigid membrane structure. High levels of C18:1 and reduced polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels are likely to provide selective resistance to FB1-induced oxidative stress. FB1-associated lipid changes included decreases in SM and Chol, increases in sphinganine (Sa) and PE with the increases in key saturated, monounsaturated, and PUFAs in PE as key role players in the differential responses to FB1-induced cell growth responses in cells.
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- S Riedel
- Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.
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- Mycotoxicology and Chemoprevention Research Group, Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
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- Mycotoxicology and Chemoprevention Research Group, Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
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- Oxidative Stress Research Centre, Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
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- Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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- Mycotoxicology and Chemoprevention Research Group, Institute of Biomedical and Microbial Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, PO Box 1906, Bellville 7535, South Africa; Department of Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa.
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Gelderblom WCA, Marasas WFO. Controversies in fumonisin mycotoxicology and risk assessment. Hum Exp Toxicol 2011; 31:215-35. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327110395338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- WCA Gelderblom
- PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
- Department of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, 7602 South Africa
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- PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
- Department of Plant Pathology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch, 7602 South Africa
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Burger HM, Abel S, Snijman PW, Swanevelder S, Gelderblom WCA. Altered lipid parameters in hepatic subcellular membrane fractions induced by fumonisin B1. Lipids 2007; 42:249-61. [PMID: 17393230 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-007-3025-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2006] [Accepted: 12/16/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Alteration of lipid constituents of cellular membranes has been proposed as a possible mechanism for cancer promotion by fumonisin B(1 )(FB(1)). To further investigate this hypothesis a dietary dosage which initiates and promotes liver cancer (250 mg FB(1)/kg) was fed to male Fischer rats for 21 days and the lipid composition of plasma, microsomal, mitochondrial and nuclear subcellular fractions determined. The effect of FB(1) on the cholesterol, phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), as well as sphingomyelin (SM) and the phospholipids-associated fatty acid (FA) profiles, were unique for each subcellular membrane fraction. PE was significantly increased in the microsomal, mitochondrial and plasma membrane fractions, whereas cholesterol was increased in both the microsomal and nuclear fraction. In addition SM was decreased and increased in the mitochondrial and nuclear fractions, respectively. The decreased PC/PE and polyunsaturated/saturated (P/S) FA ratio in the different membrane fractions suggest a more rigid membrane structure. The decreased levels in polyunsaturated fatty acids in PC together with a pronounced increase in C18:1omega9 and C18:2omega6 were indicative of an impaired delta-6 desaturase. The increased omega6/omega3 ratio and decreased C20:4omega6 PC/PE ratio due to an increase in C20:4omega6 in PE relatively to PC in the different subcellular fractions suggests a shift towards prostanoid synthesis of the E2 series. Changes in the PE and C20:4omega6 parameters in the plasma membrane could alter key growth regulatory and/or other cell receptors in lipid rafts known to be altered by FB(1). An interactive role between C20:4omega6 and ceramide in the mitochondria, is suggested to regulate the balance between proliferation and apoptosis in altered initiated hepatocytes resulting in their selective outgrowth during cancer promotion effected by FB(1).
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- H-M Burger
- PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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Agostini M, Silva SD, Zecchin KG, Coletta RD, Jorge J, Loda M, Graner E. Fatty acid synthase is required for the proliferation of human oral squamous carcinoma cells. Oral Oncol 2004; 40:728-35. [PMID: 15172643 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2003] [Accepted: 01/07/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is the enzyme responsible for the endogenous synthesis of saturated long-chain fatty acids from the precursors acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA. A growing body of evidence indicates that FAS is over expressed in several human cancers, such as prostate, breast, bladder, liver, lung, melanoma and oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). In the present study we used human oral SCC cell lines (SCC-4, -9, -15 and -25) as a model to investigate the role of FAS in the pathogenesis of oral cancer. RT-PCR and western blot experiments demonstrated that FAS is differentially expressed by the four oral SCC cell lines, with the highest production in SCC-9 followed by SCC-25. FAS expression in SCC-4 and -15 was similarly lower than the other cell lines. Proliferation curves and immunocytochemistry for PCNA and Ki-67 demonstrated that SCC-25 has the highest proliferative potential. In addition, the specific inhibitor of FAS activity cerulenin was able to significantly reduce the proliferation of oral SCC cells. Expression of androgen receptor was low in SCC-4, -9 and -15 and undetectable in SCC-25, whereas EGFR and c-erb-B2 were expressed in high amounts by the four cell lines. Immunocytochemical reactions showed that SCC-25 expresses higher levels of EGF compared to the other three cell lines. Finally, oral SCC cells exposed to nanomolar concentrations of exogenous EGF presented a reduction in the FAS protein levels concomitant with a decrease in their proliferation rates. Taken together, our results indicate that FAS is expressed in an apparently androgen-independent fashion in oral SCC cells and it is necessary for their proliferation.
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- Michelle Agostini
- Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry of Piracicaba, UNICAMP, Av. Limeira 901, CP 52, Areão, SP 13414-018, Brazil
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Gelderblom WCA, Moritz W, Swanevelder S, Smuts CM, Abel S. Lipids and delta6-desaturase activity alterations in rat liver microsomal membranes induced by fumonisin B1. Lipids 2002; 37:869-77. [PMID: 12458622 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-002-0973-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Alterations in the membrane structure and function of hepatocyte membranes by fumonisin B1 (FB1) have been proposed to play an important role in the disruption of growth regulatory effects and hence in the cancer-promoting ability of the mycotoxin. Detailed analyses of lipids in liver microsomal fractions of rats exposed to different dietary levels of FB1 over a period of 21 d indicated an increase in PC, PE, PI, and cholesterol (Chol). These changes decreased the PC/PE and increased the total phospholipid/Chol ratios. When considering FA content, the quantities of total FA increased (P < 0.05) in the major phospholipid fractions as a result of the increased phospholipid levels. However, when considering the relative levels (mg/100 mg of the total FA) of specific FA, the monounsaturated FA (16:1 n-7 and 18:1n-9) and 18:2n-6 increased (P < 0.05), whereas the long-chain PUFA decreased (P < 0.05) in the main phospholipid fractions. Enzyme analyses indicated that the activity of the delta6-desaturase was significantly reduced in liver microsomal preparations in a dose-dependent manner. An increase in the 20:3n-6/20:4n-6 ratio also suggested a decrease in the activity of the delta5-desaturase. Disruption of microsomal lipid metabolism at different levels by FB1 could play an important role in the alteration of growth regulatory effects in the liver.
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- W C A Gelderblom
- PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.
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Spotti M, Maas RF, Fink-Gremmels J. Effect of fumonisin B(1) on rat hepatic P450 system. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2000; 8:197-204. [PMID: 10925073 DOI: 10.1016/s1382-6689(00)00040-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The effects of the mycotoxin fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) on the hepatic cytochrome P450 system were investigated in male rats dosed daily by oral gavage with 3 mg FB(1) per kg body weight for 9 consecutive days. FB(1) treatment resulted in a reduced weight gain. At the same time, CYP2E activity was increased, which is considered to mark the metabolic changes inherent to growth retardation in young rats. Treatment with FB(1) also resulted in a selective inhibition of CYP2C11 and to a lesser extent, CYP1A2 in liver microsomes obtained from treated animals, whereas it did not affect significantly the activity of CYP2A1/2A2, CYP2B1/2B2, CYP3A1/3A2 and CYP4A. The significant inhibition of CYP2C11 is considered to reflect a suppressed activity of protein kinase activity resulting from the inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis caused by FB(1).
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- M Spotti
- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80152, 3508 TD, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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