AFM1 exposure in male balb/c mice and intervention strategies against its immuno-physiological toxicity using clay mineral and Lactic acid bacteria alone or in combination
Aloui A., Ben Salah-Abbès J., Belgacem H., Dhif H., Zinedine A., Riba A., Meile J.C., Durand N., Brabet C., Abbes S.. 2024. Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, 46 (2) : p. 199-211.
Context: Aflatoxins are the most harmful mycotoxins that cause human and animal health concerns. Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is the primary hydroxylated metabolite of aflatoxin B1 and is linked to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma and immunotoxicity in humans and animals. Because of the important role of dairy products in human life, especially children, AFM1 is such a major concern to humans because of its frequent occurrence in dairy products at concentrations high enough to cause adverse effects to human and animal health. Reduced its bioavailability becomes a high priority in order to protect human and animal health. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate, in vivo, the ability of lactic acid bacteria (lactobacillus rhamnosus GAF01, LR) and clay mineral (bentonite, BT) mixture to mitigate/reduce AFM1-induced immunotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, nephrotoxicity and oxidative stress in exposed Balb/c mice. Materials and methods: The in vivo study was conducted using male Balb/c mice that treated, orally, by AFM1 alone or in combination with LR and/or BT, daily for 10¿days as follows: group 1 control received 200¿µl of PBS, group 2 treated with LR alone (2.108 CFU/mL), group 3 treated with BT alone (1¿g/kg bw), group 4 treated with AFM1 alone (100¿µg/kg), group 5 co-treated with LR¿+¿AFM1, group 6 co-treated with BT¿+¿AFM1, group 7 co-treated with BT¿+¿LR¿+¿AFM1. Forty-eight h after the end of the treatment, the mice were sacrificed and the blood, spleen, thymus, liver and kidney were collected. The blood was used for biochemical and immunological study. Spleen and thymus samples were used to thymocytes and splenocytes assessments. Liver and kidney samples were the target for evaluation of oxidative stress enzymes status and for histological assays. Results: The results showed that AFM1 caused toxicities in male Blab/c mice at different levels. Treatment with AFM1 resulted in severe stress of liver and kidney organs indicated by a significant change in the biochemi
Mots-clés : mycotoxine; bactérie lactique; oxydation biochimique; aflatoxine; immunologie; bentonite; souris; toxicité; minéral toxique; stress oxydatif; capacité d'échange ionique; tunisie
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Agents Cirad, auteurs de cette publication :
- Brabet Catherine — Persyst / UMR QUALISUD
- Durand Noel — Persyst / UMR QUALISUD
- Meile Jean-Christophe — Persyst / UMR QUALISUD
