Fish model for assessing the in vivo estrogenic potency of the mycotoxin zearalenone and its metabolites
Fish model for assessing the in vivo estrogenic potency of the mycotoxin zearalenone and its metabolites
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DOI:
10.1016/s0048-9697(99)00275-2
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发表时间:
1999-09-15
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Goksoyr, A
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作者:
Arukwe, A;Grotmol, T;Goksoyr, A
The in vivo estrogenic potency of zearalenone (ZEA), a mycotoxin produced by different strains of Fusarium fungi, and its metabolites (alpha- and beta-zearalenol), have been studied in fish. Estrogenicity was evaluated using an in vitro competitive receptor binding assay and in vivo induction of vitellogenesis and zonagenesis, two estrogen receptor (ER)-mediated responses that are integral aspects of fish oogenesis. The ER binding affinities of alpha-zearalenol and ZEA in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were approximately 1/150 and 1/300 to that of estradiol, respectively. Juvenile salmon (Salmo salar) were exposed to a single intraperitoneal injection of ZEA, a-zearalenol and beta-zearalenol (each at 1 and 10 mg/kg) and compared to fish injected with estradiol-17 beta (E-2; 5 mg/kg) and controls. Using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with homologous antibodies, a dose-dependent induction of vitellogenin (Vtg) and eggshell zona radiata proteins (Zr-proteins) were observed 7 days after exposure to ZEA and alpha-zearalenol. beta-Zearalenol did not elevate plasma Vtg levels, but a non-significant elevation of plasma Zr-proteins levels was observed at the highest dose (10 mg/kg). Generally, alpha-zearalenol and ZEA possess estrogenic potencies that are approximately 50% compared to that of E-2, and their order of estrogenic potency (in both in vitro receptor competitive binding and in vivo induction of Vtg and Zr-proteins levels) is: alpha-zearalenol > ZEA > beta-zearalenol. Our results show that blood plasma analysis of Vtg and Zr-proteins levels provides a suitable in vivo fish model for assessing the estrogenic potencies of ZEA and its metabolites. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.