• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.367-370
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• 1992

Aflatoxin은 세계 여러 곳에서 식품에 오염되어 발견되며 증가하는 인간의 간암발생과 빈번히 역학적으로 관련하여 보고되는 발암물질이다. 이러한 aflatoxin의 발암성 규명에 대한 연구의 일환으로 20 mg calf thynmus DNA와 8 mg 표준 aflatoxin $B_1$을 반응시켜 화학적으로 aflatoxin $B_1$을 반응시켜 화학적으로 aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adduct를 합성하였다. 합성된 aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adduct는 산가수분해와 열처리에 의해 거대한 DNA 분자를 절단하였고, immunoaffinity column을 통과시켜 aflatoxin $B_1-DNA$ adduct만 선택적으로 정제한 후 HPLC법으로 정량하였다. 그 결과 반응생성물의 대부분은 aflatoxin $B_1-guanine$ adduct였으며, 그 함량은 aflatoxin $B_1$으로 5.2 mg이었다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.747-756
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• 2014

본 연구는 흰쥐에게 $AFB_1$을 투여하거나 방사선과 $AFB_1$을 병합처리함으로 유발된 흰쥐의 간세포에서의 $AFB_1$-DNA 부가체의 형성과 세포의 산화적 손상에 대한 vitamin C의 효과를 조사하기 위하여 수행되었다. X-ray 조사는 실험기간 내 단 1회로 실험사육기간 1일에 조사 하였고 X-ray 조사 후 vitamin C를 투여하였으며 vitamin C 투여 1시간 후 $AFB_1$을 투여하였다. Vitamin C와 $AFB_1$은 모두 복강투여로 실험 사육 첫 일부터 1회 시작하여 3일에 한번씩, 5회 반복 투였으며 실험동물 사육기간은 총 15일로 하였다. ELISA에 의한 흰쥐의 혈청 내 $AFB_1$ 잔여 농도는 $AFB_1$ 단독 투여군에서 $5.17{\pm}0.34ng/mL$이었으나 여기에 vitamin C 혼합 투여군에서는 $3.23{\pm}0.76ng/ml$가 검출되었다. 간세포의 $AFB_1$-DNA adduct 농도는 $AFB_1$ 단독 투여군에서는 $9.38{\pm}0.41ng/mL$이었으며 2군에 vitamin C를 함께 투여한 3군에서는 $5.28{\pm}0.32ng/ml$로 나타나 2군에 비해 유의적으로(p<0.001) 44% 감소한 양상을 나타내었다. 한편 X선 조사와 $AFB_1$ 병합처리한 4군에 비해 4군에 vitamin C를 투여한 5군에서 혈청 내 $AFB_1$ 함량과 간세포의 $AFB_1$-DNA adduct 함량이 다소 감소하였으나 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 또한 면역조직화학적 관찰에서 $AFB_1$ 단독 투여군에서는 중심정맥과 혈관주변에서 $AFB_1$ 축적이 관찰되었는데 이러한 현상은 vitamin C를 혼합 투여함으로써 중심정맥과 혈관 주변의 갈색 침전이 현저하게 감소한 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 X선 조사와 $AFB_1$ 병합 처리한 군에서는 그 정도가 약했다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.669-675
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• 2001

본 연구는 aflatoxin $B_1(AFB_1)$에 의하여 유발된 마우스 간세포에서의 $AFB_1-DNA$ 부가체 형성과 세포의 산화적 손상에 대한 항산화 비타민의 효과를 조사하기 위하여 수행되었다. 먼저, 비타민 C와 비타민 E를 6 주령 수컷 ICR 마우스에 10mg/kg, 63.8mg/kg의 농도로 복강내에 각각 주사(i.p.; intraperitoneal injection) 하였고, $AFB_1$과 비타민 혼합 투여군은 비타민을 주사한 후 1시간이 경과한 다음 0.4mg/kg의 $AFB_1$을 투여하였다. 투여 횟수는 2일 간격으로 동일한 방법에 의해 4회 반복 투여하였다. 반면, $AFB_1$ 단독 투여군은 위와 같은 방법으로 비타민 없이 $AFB_1$만 투여하였다. ELISA에 의한 마우스 혈청내 $AFB_1$의 잔여 농도는 $AFB_1$ 단독 투여군에서 12.28, 18.78 ng/mL이 검출되었다. 그러나 항산화비타민 C 혼합 투여군에서는 7.60 ng/mL, 항산화 비타민 E 혼합 투여군에서는 4.85 ng/mL이 각각 검출되었다. 마우스의간에서 분석된 $AFB_1-DNA$ 부가체 농도에 의하면, $AFB_1$ 단독 투여군에서는 23.78, 25.48 ng/mL이었으며, 항산화 비타민 C 혼합 투여된 군에서는 5.26 ng/mL, 항산화 비타민 E 혼합투여군에서 7.81 ng/mL로 각각 조사되었다. 이들 결과에 대한 통계적 유의성은 p<0.01이었다. 또한 면역조직화학적 관찰에서 $AFB_1$ 단독 투여군에서는 중심정맥과 동양혈관 주변에 갈색의 침전이 두드러지게 나타났으며 이러한 현상은 항산화비타민 혼합 투여군에서 유의하게 감소한 것으로 나타났다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2005

Aflatoxins are produced by Aspergillus flavus, parasiticus that grows in improperly stored cereals. Aflatoxin $B_1\;(AFB_1)$ is a potent hepatocarcinogen in a variety of experimental animals including human beings. In spite of a high attention to the hepatocarcinogenecity of aflatoxins, the relative toxicity of other types $(AFB_2,\;AFG_1\;and\;AFG_2)$ of the toxins is not fully clarified. Sprague-Dawley male rats were orally administered with $AFB_1,\;AFB_2,\;AFG_1\;and\;AFG_2$ at the dose of 250, 1250, and $2500\;{\mu}g/kg$ body weight. Animals were then killed at 12, 24 or 48 hrs following aflatoxin adminstration. Subsequently the relative weight of liver was measured and histopathological examination on the liver was performed. Level of 8-OxodG and expression of ras gene in the liver was determined. The relative liver weights at high doses of $AFB_1\;and\;AFG_1$ was significantly low. The treatment of $AFB_1$ at the high dose of $2500\;{\mu}g/kg$ showed vacuolar degeneration and centrilobular hepatic necrosis with inflammatory cells. The pathological changes by $AFB_2\;AFG_1,\;and\;AFG_2$ were not clearly found. The formation of 8-OxodG by $AFB_1$ increased in a dose-dependent manner up to 24 hrs after a single treatment of $AFB_1$ thereafter decreased to the level of the control. The treatments of $AFB_2\;AFG_1,\;and\;AFG_2$ showed an inconsistent pattern in the formation of 8-OxodG in the liver of rats with increasing time. The expression of ras oncogene in the liver by $AFB_1$ at the dose of $1250\;{\mu}g/kg$ was increased twice compared to the control. The treatments of $AFB_2\;AFG_1,\;and\;AFG_2$ at all doses decreased the expression of ras in the liver. These results in the present study indicate that $AFB_1$ among aflatoxins with low comparable levels is the most toxic as determined by early biomarkers such as 8-OxodG formation and ras expression. However, the levels of 8-OxodG and ras as biomarkers were not useful to predict the relative hepatocarcinogenicity of aflatoxins to $AFB_1$ in the present model. Further studies are required to look for other biomarkers to predict carcinogenic potency of aflatoxins.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.59-59
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• 2003

Aflatoxins are produced by Aspergillus flavus, parasiticus and their related fungi that grow in improperly stored foods such as com, rice, peanuts and other cereals. In addition to its high mutagenicity and cytotoxicity, aflatoxin B$_1$ (AFB$_1$) is a potent hepatocarcinogen in experimental animals and an important factor for the human liver cancer. In spite of a high attention to the hepatocarcinogenicity of aflatoxins, the relative toxicity, for the risk assessment, of other types (AFB$_2$, AFG$_1$ and AFG$_2$) of the toxin was not fully studies.(omitted)

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.99-107
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• 1999

A series of organosulfur compounds were synthesized with the aim of developing chemopreventive compounds active against hepatotoxicity and chemical carcinogesis. 2-(Allylthio) prazine (2-AP) was effective in inhibiting cytochrome P450 2E1-mediated catalytic activities and protein expression, and in inducing microsomal epoxide hydrolase and major glutathione S-transferases. 2-AP reduced the hepatotoxicity caused by toxicant sand elevated cellular GSH content. Development of skin tumors, pulmonary adenoma and aberrant crypt foci in colon by various chemical carcinogens was inhibited by 2-AP pretreatment. Anticarcinogenic effects of 2-AP at the stage of initiation of tumors were also observed in the aflatoxin B1 ($AFB_1$)-induced three-step medium-term hepatocarcinogenesis model. Reduction of $AFB_1$-DNA adduct by 2-AP appeared to result from the decreased formation of $AFB_1$-8,9-epoxide via suppression of cytochrome P450, while induction of GST 2-AP increases the excretion of glutathione-conjugated $AFB_1$ . 2-AP was a radioprotective agent effective against the lethal dose of total body irradiation and reduced radiation-induced injury in association with the elevation of detoxifying gene expression. 2-AP produces reactive oxygen species in vivo, which is not mediated with the thiol-dependent production of oxidants and that NF-KB activation is not involved in the induction of the detoxifying enzymes. the mechanism of chemoprotection by 2-AP may involve inhibition of the P450-mediated metabolic activation of chemical carcinogens and enhancement of electrophilic detoxification through induction of phase II detoxification enzymes which would facilitate the clearance of activated metabolites through conjugation reaction.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.507-513
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• 2004

Aflatoxins are produced mainly by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus that grow in improperly stored cereals. Aflatoxin B1 ($AFB_1$) is a potent hepatocarcinogen in a variety of experimental animals including human beings. In spite of a high attention to the hepatocarcinogenecity of $AFB_1$, the relative toxicity of aflatoxins ($AFB_2$ and $AFG_1$) is not fully clarified. Sprague-Dawley male rats were orally administered with $AFB_1$, $AFB_2$, and $AFG_1$ at the dose of 250 ${\mu}g/kg$ (additionally including a dose of $1250{\mu}g/kg $ for $AFB_1$) body weight. Animals were then killed at 12, 24 or 48 hrs following aflatoxin exposure. Subsequently the immunohistochemical examination of p53, cytochrome p450 1A1 (CYP450 1A1), and glutathione-S-transferase placental form (GST-P) were performed. The level of the 8-OxodG in the liver was determined. Expressions of CYP450 1A1 and p53 were high in the liver of rats through 48 hrs after treatment of $AFB_1$ at the single dose of $250{\mu}g/kg $. This pattern was more clear as increasing doses. The treatment of $AFB_2$ and $AFG_1$ did not affect the expression of CYP450 1A1 but it caused weak expression of p53. The activity of GST were not found in the liver of rats treated with aflatoxins. The formation of 8-OxodG by $AFB_1$ increased in a dose-dependent manner up to 24 hrs after a single treatment of $AFB_1$ thereafter decreased to the level of control. The treatment of $AFB_2$ and $AFG_1$ did not affect the levels of 8-OxodG in the liver of rats with increasing time. These results in the present study indicate that $AFB_1$ among aflatoxins with low comparable levels is the most toxic as determined by early biomarkers such as CYP450 1A1, p53, GST-P, and 8-OxodG.