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Apolinário LA, Ramalho LNZ, Moosavi MH, Jager AV, Augusto MJ, Trotta MR, Petta T, Khaneghah AM, Oliveira CAF, Ramalho FS. Oncogenic and tumor suppressor pathways in subchronic aflatoxicosis in rats: Association with serum and urinary aflatoxin exposure biomarkers. Food Chem Toxicol 2021; 153:112263. [PMID: 34015426 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2021.112263] [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: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study, the changes in oncogenic and tumor suppressor signaling pathways in liver and their association with serum and urinary biomarkers of aflatoxin exposure were evaluated in Wistar rats fed diets containing aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) for 90 days. Rats were divided into four groups (n = 15 per group) and assigned to dietary treatments containing 0 (control), 50 (AFB50), 100 (AFB100) and 200 μg AFB1 kg-1 diet (AFB200). Multiple preneoplastic foci of hepatocytes marked with glutathione-S-transferase-placental form (GST-P) were identified in AFB100 and AFB200 groups. Hepatocellular damage induced by AFB1 resulted in overexpression of cyclin D1 and β-catenin. The liver expression of retinoblastoma (Rb) and p27Kip1 decreased in AFB100 and AFB200 groups, confirming the favorable conditions for neoplastic progression to hepatocellular carcinoma. All samples from rats fed AFB1-contaminated diets had quantifiable AFB1-lysine in serum or urinary AFM1 and AFB1-N7-guanine, with mean levels of 20.42-50.34 ng mL-1, 5.31-37.68 and 39.15-126.37 ng mg-1 creatinine, respectively. Positive correlations were found between AFB1-lysine, AFM1 or AFB1-N7-guanine and GST-P+, β-catenin+ and cyclin D1+ hepatocytes, while Rb + cells negatively correlated with those AFB1 exposure biomarkers. The pathways evaluated are critical molecular mechanisms of AFB1-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in rats.
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- Letícia A Apolinário
- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n, CEP, 14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n, CEP, 14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Bio Molecular Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n, CEP, 14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n, CEP, 14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n, CEP, 14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Actinobac Agrosciences. Supera - Parque de Inovação e Tecnologia de Ribeirão Preto, Av. Dra. Nadir Águiar, 1805, CEP, 14056-680, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP). R. Monteiro Lobato, 80, CEP, 13083-862, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food Engineering, School of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo. Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, CEP, 13635-900, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n, CEP, 14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Tanaka T, Mizukami S, Hasegawa-Baba Y, Onda N, Sugita-Konishi Y, Yoshida T, Shibutani M. Developmental exposure of aflatoxin B1 reversibly affects hippocampal neurogenesis targeting late-stage neural progenitor cells through suppression of cholinergic signaling in rats. Toxicology 2015; 336:59-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Red ginseng extract protects against aflatoxin B1 and fumonisins-induced hepatic pre-cancerous lesions in rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2010; 48:733-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2009] [Revised: 11/06/2009] [Accepted: 12/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Williams GM, Iatropoulos MJ, Jeffrey AM. Thresholds for DNA-Reactive (Genotoxic) Organic Carcinogens. J Toxicol Pathol 2005. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.18.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Gelderblom WCA, Marasas WFO, Lebepe-Mazur S, Swanevelder S, Vessey CJ, Hall PDLM. Interaction of fumonisin B(1) and aflatoxin B(1) in a short-term carcinogenesis model in rat liver. Toxicology 2002; 171:161-73. [PMID: 11836022 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(01)00573-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The co-existence of the fumonisin and aflatoxin mycotoxins in corn merited studies to investigate their possible synergistic toxicological and carcinogenic effects. When utilising a short-term carcinogenesis model in rat liver, both the compounds exhibited slow cancer initiating potency as monitored by the induction of foci and nodules stained positively for the placental form of gluthatione-S-transferase (GSTP(+)). However, when rats were treated in a sequential manner with AFB(1) and FB(1) the number and size of GSTP(+) lesions significantly increased as compared to the separate treatments. Histopathological analyses indicated that the individual treatments showed far less toxic effects, including occasional hepatocytes with dysplastic nuclei, oval cell proliferation and, in the case of FB(1), a few apoptotic bodies in the central vein regions. The sequential treatment regimen induced numerous foci and dysplastic hepatocyte nodules, and with oval cells extending from the periportal regions into the centrilobular regions. This would imply that, in addition to the cancer promoting activity of FB(1) of AFB(1)-initiated hepatocytes, the AFB(1) pre-treatment enhanced the FB(1) initiating potency, presumably by rendering the liver more susceptible to the toxic effects of FB(1). The co-occurrence of AFB(1) and FB(1) in corn consumed as a staple diet could pose an increased risk and should be included in establishing risk assessment parameters in humans.
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- W C A Gelderblom
- PROMEC Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, 7505, Tygerberg, South Africa.
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Qin G, Ning Y, Lotlikar PD. Chemoprevention of aflatoxin B1-initiated and carbon tetrachloride-promoted hepatocarcinogenesis in the rat by green tea. Nutr Cancer 2002; 38:215-22. [PMID: 11525600 DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc382_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Chemoprevention of hepatocarcinogenesis by green tea (GT) has been examined in young male Fischer rats fed AIN-76A diet with aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and CCl4 as the initiator and promoter, respectively. Animals were administered AFB1 (0.25 mg/kg body wt ip) twice a week for 2 weeks, and 2 weeks later, CCl4 was injected (0.8 ml/kg body wt ip) once per week for 11 weeks. Rats given 0.5% GT in their drinking water before and during initiation (0-4 wk) or during promotion (6-16 wk) or throughout the experimental period were sacrificed 24 hours after the last dose of CCl4. Bromodeoxyuridine incorporation as a measure of cell proliferation and glutathione S-transferase placentalform- and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase-positive hepatic foci were analyzed by histochemical methods. Feeding of GT during initiation or promotion inhibited the number of glutathione S-transferase placental form- and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase-positive hepatic foci by 30-40% and the area and volume by 50%. GT treatment throughout the period inhibited the number of both types of hepatic foci by 60% and the area and volume by 75-80%. Cell proliferation was inhibited 35% by GT given during promotion, whereas inhibition was 65% when GT was given during initiation or throughout the period. These results indicate that GT feeding inhibits initiation and promotion steps of AFB1 hepatocarcinogenesis and that the inhibition of cell proliferation is responsible for the inhibition of promotion.
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- G Qin
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and the Department of Biochemistry, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Hiruma S, Gopalan-Kriczky P, Qin G, Gaughan JP, Lotlikar PD. Differential effects of acetaminophen pretreatment on hepatic aflatoxin B(1)-DNA binding, cellular proliferation, and aflatoxin B1-induced hepatic foci in rats and hamsters. Cancer Lett 2001; 170:117-24. [PMID: 11463488 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00594-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Effects of acetaminophen (AAP) pretreatment on hepatic aflatoxin B1 (AFB(1))-DNA binding, cellular proliferation, and AFB(1)-induced glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P) positive hepatocytes and foci have been examined in young male rats and hamsters. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) dosing of 600mg AAP 3h before AFB(1) i.p. injection showed three-fold more AFB(1)-DNA binding in hamsters and 40% less binding in rats. Cell proliferation analyzed by bromodeoxyuridine incorporation was not significant (0.4-0.6%) 24-96h after AAP (600mg) treatment of rats; however, proliferation was stimulated and was maximum (11%) in hamsters at 72h after AAP treatment. Dosing of rats with AFB(1) alone at 0.5 or 2.5mg level gave an appreciable number of GST-P positive minifoci (two to nine cells) with a few foci larger than 100 microm; pretreatment with AAP (300 or 600mg) 48h before 0.5 or 2.5mg AFB(1) had no effect on the number and focal area of foci. In hamsters, 1 or 2mg AFB(1) alone yielded GST-P positive hepatocytes without any minifoci. Pretreatment with AAP (600mg) 48 or 72h before 1 or 2mg AFB(1) produced increases in both GST-P positive hepatocytes and minifoci. Thus, marked changes are observed after AAP pretreatment in hamsters compared to rats.
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- S Hiruma
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Sakai H, Tsukamoto T, Yamamoto M, Yanai T, Masegi T, Inada K, Nakanishi H, Tatematsu M. Summation of initiation activities of low doses of the non-hepatocarcinogen 1,2-dimethylhydrazine in the liver after carbon tetrachloride administration. Cancer Lett 2000; 148:59-63. [PMID: 10680593 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00306-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Summation of initiation by low doses of the indirect-acting non-hepatocarcinogen, 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) after proliferative stimulation with a necrogenic dose of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was investigated in terms of the induction of glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P) positive liver cell foci. Cell kinetics of liver after CCl4 i.g. treatment were examined with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling (experiment I). To assess the correlation between cell proliferation and induction of liver cell foci, DMH (10 mg/kg i.g.) was administrated to 7-week-old male F344 rats at 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 96 h after CCl4 i.g. and initiated populations expanded using the resistant hepatocyte model (experiment IIA). Subsequently, effects of repeated administration (10 mg/kg, four times, i.g.) of DMH were compared with the results of a single administration (40 mg/ kg, i.g.) with the same total dose (experiment IIB). In experiments I and IIA, the numbers and areas of GST-P-positive foci increased with the BrdU labeling index at the time of DMH treatment (maximum after 60 h). In experiment HB, repeated exposure of DMH at 10 mg/kg, four times resulted in significant (P<0.05) increase in number and area of GST-P-positive foci compared with the single administration (40 mg/kg). Thus, multiple low dose treatments during cell proliferation might be most effective for detection of weak initiation activity.
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- H Sakai
- Laboratory of Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Kanokoden, Nagoya, Japan
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Kitano M, Wanibuchi H, Morimura K, Sukata T, Shizusawa M, Fukushima S. Morphological Changes in Silver-stained Nucleolar Organizar Regions (AgNORs) Related to Proliferative Activity in Glutathione S-transferase Placental From (GST-P) Positive Foci of Rat Liver. J Toxicol Pathol 2000. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.13.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Mitsuaki Kitano
- First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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- First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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- First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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- First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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- First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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- First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-54 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Abd-Allah GA, el-Fayoumi RI, Smith MJ, Heckmann RA, O'Neill KL. A comparative evaluation of aflatoxin B1 genotoxicity in fish models using the Comet assay. Mutat Res 1999; 446:181-8. [PMID: 10635340 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(99)00181-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is classified as a Group I hepatocarcinogen in humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The alkaline Comet assay is a simple and rapid method by which DNA damage can be demonstrated as a function of tail moment. The present work is the first to evaluate the genotoxicity of AFB1 in fish using the Comet assay. Two different species of fish were selected as models due to previously established sensitivity to AFB1: rainbow trout (sensitive) and channel catfish (resistant). Fish were i.p. injected with 0.5 mg AFB1/1 ml DMSO/1 kg body weight. The Comet assay was performed after 4 and 24 h on whole blood, liver, and kidney cells of both species. Trout blood and kidney tissue tested displayed significant (p < 0.05) and extensive DNA damage (shown by increased tail moment) after 4 h which then decreased by 24 h. In liver cells, damage progressively increased over time. Conversely, similarly treated catfish showed no elevation in DNA damage over controls at the same doses. These results suggest that the Comet assay is a useful tool for monitoring the genotoxicity of mycotoxins such as AFB1 and for evaluating organ specific effects of these agents in different species.
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- G A Abd-Allah
- Department of Zoology, Damietta Fac. Sci., Mansoura University, Damietta, Egypt
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