Association between Anemia and Aflatoxin B1 Biomarker Levels among Pregnant Women in Kumasi, Ghana

Shuaib, Faisal; Jolly, Pauline E.; Ehiri, John E.; Jiang, Yi; Ellis, William O.; Stiles, Jonathan K.; Yatich, Nelly; Funkhouser, Ellen; Person, Sharina D.; Wilson, C. Garrett; Williams, Jonathan

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0772

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“…Shuaib and others9 reported a cross-sectional association between AF-alb and anemia in 785 pregnant Ghanaian women, with those in the highest quartile of aflatoxin exposure having 1.85-fold increased odds of anemia compared with those in the lowest quartile (confidence interval = 1.16–2.85).…”

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Aflatoxin Exposure During Pregnancy, Maternal Anemia, and Adverse Birth Outcomes

Smith

Prendergast

Turner

et al. 2017

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Pregnant women and their developing fetuses are vulnerable to multiple environmental insults, including exposure to aflatoxin, a mycotoxin that may contaminate as much as 25% of the world food supply. We reviewed and integrated findings from studies of aflatoxin exposure during pregnancy and evaluated potential links to adverse pregnancy outcomes. We identified 27 studies (10 human cross-sectional studies and 17 animal studies) assessing the relationship between aflatoxin exposure and adverse birth outcomes or anemia. Findings suggest that aflatoxin exposure during pregnancy may impair fetal growth. Only one human study investigated aflatoxin exposure and prematurity, and no studies investigated its relationship with pregnancy loss, but animal studies suggest aflatoxin exposure may increase risk for prematurity and pregnancy loss. The fetus could be affected by maternal aflatoxin exposure through direct toxicity as well as indirect toxicity, via maternal systemic inflammation, impaired placental growth, or elevation of placental cytokines. The cytotoxic and systemic effects of aflatoxin could plausibly mediate maternal anemia, intrauterine growth restriction, fetal loss, and preterm birth. Given the widespread exposure to this toxin in developing countries, longitudinal studies in pregnant women are needed to provide stronger evidence for the role of aflatoxin in adverse pregnancy outcomes, and to explore biological mechanisms. Potential pathways for intervention to reduce aflatoxin exposure are urgently needed, and this might reduce the global burden of stillbirth, preterm birth, and low birthweight.

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“…Aflatoxins have been most widely studied as causative agents of liver cancer 7. Chronic exposure has also been associated with other adverse human health outcomes, including growth faltering8 and maternal anemia 9. Exposure during pregnancy has been widely documented,10,11 but the effects on the mother and fetus are not well described.…”

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Aflatoxin Exposure During Pregnancy, Maternal Anemia, and Adverse Birth Outcomes

Smith

Prendergast

Turner

et al. 2017

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…Also, rural populations suffer poverty more frequently than urban populations in Uganda (Mukwaya et al 2012). The association of AF exposure with poverty has been well proven (Shuaib et al 2012;Adejumo et al 2013).…”

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Longitudinal evaluation of aflatoxin exposure in two cohorts in south-western Uganda

Kang

Nkurunziza

Muwanika

et al. 2015

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A

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“…It has been reported that there is a relationship between the maternal blood AFB 1 level and development of maternal anemia and following fetal hypoxia as demonstrated in pregnant women in Ghana (Shuaib et al, 2010). Experimentally, it is reported that chronic hypoxia impairs brain development and hippocampal neurogenesis involving reduced proliferation of granule cell lineages and reduced brain weight and hippocampal volume in suckling rats (Raman et al, 2011).…”

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Developmental exposure of aflatoxin B1 reversibly affects hippocampal neurogenesis targeting late-stage neural progenitor cells through suppression of cholinergic signaling in rats

Tanaka¹,

Mizukami²,

Hasegawa-Baba³

et al. 2015

Toxicology

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Association between Anemia and Aflatoxin B1 Biomarker Levels among Pregnant Women in Kumasi, Ghana

Cited by 53 publications

References 22 publications

Aflatoxin Exposure During Pregnancy, Maternal Anemia, and Adverse Birth Outcomes

Aflatoxin Exposure During Pregnancy, Maternal Anemia, and Adverse Birth Outcomes

Longitudinal evaluation of aflatoxin exposure in two cohorts in south-western Uganda

Developmental exposure of aflatoxin B1 reversibly affects hippocampal neurogenesis targeting late-stage neural progenitor cells through suppression of cholinergic signaling in rats

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