Fumonisins are mainly produced by Fusarium verticillioides and proliferatum, which causes a variety of toxicities in humans and animals, including fumonisin Bs (FBs) as the main form. After they are metabolized by plants or microorganisms, modified fumonisins are difficult to detect by conventional methods, which result in an underestimation of their contamination level. Fumonisins widely contaminate maize and maize products, especially in broiler feed. As an economically important food, broilers are often adversely affected by mycotoxins, leading to food safety hazards and high economic losses. However, there are few studies regarding the adverse effects of FBs on broiler growth and health, especially modified FBs. Our data shows that after exposure to FBs or hydrolyzed fumonisin Bs (HFBs), the body weight and tissue weight of broilers decreased significantly, especially the testes. Moreover, they significantly affect the intestinal microbiota and the relative abundance of bacteria from phylum-to-species levels, with the differentially affected bacteria mainly belonging to Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. Our findings suggest that both the parent and hydrolyzed FBs could induce growth retardation, tissue damage and the imbalance of intestinal microbiota in broilers. This indicated that the harmful effects of HFBs cannot be ignored during food safety risk assessment.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are ubiquitous
environmental
pollutants, causing environmental threats and public health concerns,
but information regarding PFAS hepatotoxicity remains elusive. We
investigated the effects of PFASs on lipid metabolism in black-spotted
frogs through a combined field and laboratory study. In a fluorochemical
industrial area, PFASs seriously accumulate in frog tissues. PFAS
levels in frog liver tissues are positively related to the hepatosomatic
index along with triglyceride (TG) and cholesterol (TC) contents.
In the laboratory, frogs were exposed to 1 and 10 μg/L PFASs,
respectively (including PFOA, PFOS, and 6:2 Cl-PFESA). At 10 μg/L,
PFASs change the hepatic fatty acid composition and significantly
increase the hepatic TG content by 1.33 to 1.87 times. PFASs induce
cross-talk accumulation of TG, TC, and their metabolites between the
liver and serum. PFASs can bind to LXRα and PPARα proteins,
further upregulate downstream lipogenesis-related gene expression,
and downregulate lipolysis-related gene expression. Furthermore, lipid
accumulation induced by PFASs is alleviated by PPARα and LXRα
antagonists, suggesting the vital role of PPARα and LXRα
in PFAS-induced lipid metabolism disorders. This work first reveals
the disruption of PFASs on hepatic lipid homeostasis and provides
novel insights into the occurrence and environmental risk of PFASs
in amphibians.
Fumonisins (FBs) are toxic mycotoxins that commonly exist in food and feed. FBs can induce many aspects of toxicity, leading to adverse effects on human and animal health; therefore, investigating methods to reduce fumonisin contamination is necessary. In our study, we generated a recombinant fusion enzyme called FUMDI by linking the carboxylesterase gene (fumD) and the aminotransferase gene (fumI) by overlapping polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The fusion enzyme FUMDI was successfully, secretively expressed in the host Pichia pastoris (P. pastoris) GS115, and its expression was optimized. Our results demonstrated that the fusion enzyme FUMDI had high biodegradation activity of fumonisin B1 (FB1) and other common FBs, such as fumonisin B2 (FB2) and fumonisin B3 (FB3), and almost completely degraded 5 μg/mL of each toxin within 24 h. We also found that FUMDI enzyme and its reaction products had no negative effect on cell viability and did not induce cell apoptosis, oxidative stress, or endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in a human gastric epithelial cell line (GES-1). The results indicated that these FBs degradation products cannot have adverse effects in a cell model. In conclusion, a safe and efficient fumonisin-degrading enzyme was discovered, which could be a new a technical method for hazard control of FBs in the future.
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