Transgenerational toxicity induced by maternal AFB1 exposure in Caenorhabditis elegans associated with underlying epigenetic regulations

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Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), usually seriously contaminates in grain and oil foods or feed, displayed significant acute and chronic toxic effects in human and animal populations. However, little is known about the transgenerational toxic effects induced by a maternal AFB1 intake at a lower dose on offspring. In our study, only parental wild-type Caenorhabditis elegans was exposed to AFB1 (0-8 μg/ml) and the following three filial generations were grown on AFB1-free NGM. Results showed that the toxic effects of AFB1 on the growth (body length) and reproduction (brood size, generation time and morphology of gonad arm) can be transmitted through generations. Moreover, the levels of MMP and ATP were irreversibly inhibited in the filial generations. By using RNomics and molecular biology techniques, we found that steroid biosynthesis, phagosome, valine/leucine/isoleucine biosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation (p < 0.05) were the core signaling pathways to exert the transgenerational toxic effects on nematodes. Also, notably increased histone methylation level at H3K36me3 was observed in the first generation. Taken together, our study demonstrated that AFB1 has notable transgenerational toxic effects, which were resulted from the complex regulatory network of various miRNAs, mRNAs and epigenetic modification in C. elegans.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:187

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Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association - 187(2024) vom: 01. Apr., Seite 114599

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Hongyuan [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Sirui [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yulian [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Yuxian [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yuhao [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Liang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aflatoxin B(1)
Caenorhabditis elegans
Epigenetic inheritance
Journal Article
Reproductive development
Transgenerational toxicity

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Date Completed 22.04.2024

Date Revised 22.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.fct.2024.114599

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NLM369800346