Abia Wilfred A, Warth Benedikt, Sulyok Michael, Krska Rudolf, Tchana Angele, Njobeh Patrick B, Turner Paul C, Kouanfack Charles, Eyongetah Mbu, Dutton Mike, Moundipa Paul F
Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon; Center for Analytical Chemistry, Department for Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, A-3430 Tulln, Austria; Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein Campus, 2028 Gauteng, South Africa.
Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Dec;62:927-34. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.10.003. Epub 2013 Oct 12.
Bio-monitoring of human exposure to mycotoxin has mostly been limited to a few individually measured mycotoxin biomarkers. This study aimed to determine the frequency and level of exposure to multiple mycotoxins in human urine from Cameroonian adults. 175 Urine samples (83% from HIV-positive individuals) and food frequency questionnaire responses were collected from consenting Cameroonians, and analyzed for 15 mycotoxins and relevant metabolites using LC-ESI-MS/MS. In total, eleven analytes were detected individually or in combinations in 110/175 (63%) samples including the biomarkers aflatoxin M1, fumonisin B1, ochratoxin A and total deoxynivalenol. Additionally, important mycotoxins and metabolites thereof, such as fumonisin B2, nivalenol and zearalenone, were determined, some for the first time in urine following dietary exposures. Multi-mycotoxin contamination was common with one HIV-positive individual exposed to five mycotoxins, a severe case of co-exposure that has never been reported in adults before. For the first time in Africa or elsewhere, this study quantified eleven mycotoxin biomarkers and bio-measures in urine from adults. For several mycotoxins estimates indicate that the tolerable daily intake is being exceeded in this study population. Given that many mycotoxins adversely affect the immune system, future studies will examine whether combinations of mycotoxins negatively impact Cameroonian population particularly immune-suppressed individuals.
对人类接触霉菌毒素的生物监测大多局限于少数几种单独测量的霉菌毒素生物标志物。本研究旨在确定喀麦隆成年人尿液中多种霉菌毒素的暴露频率和水平。从同意参与的喀麦隆人那里收集了175份尿液样本(83%来自艾滋病毒阳性个体)和食物频率问卷调查回复,并使用液相色谱-电喷雾串联质谱法(LC-ESI-MS/MS)分析了15种霉菌毒素及相关代谢物。总共在110/175(63%)的样本中单独或组合检测到了11种分析物,包括生物标志物黄曲霉毒素M1、伏马菌素B1、赭曲霉毒素A和总脱氧雪腐镰刀菌烯醇。此外,还测定了重要的霉菌毒素及其代谢物,如伏马菌素B2、雪腐镰刀菌烯醇和玉米赤霉烯酮,其中一些是在饮食暴露后的尿液中首次测定。多重霉菌毒素污染很常见,有一名艾滋病毒阳性个体接触了五种霉菌毒素,这是一种严重的共同暴露情况,此前在成年人中从未有过报道。本研究首次在非洲或其他地方对成年人尿液中的11种霉菌毒素生物标志物进行了定量和生物测量。对于几种霉菌毒素,估计结果表明本研究人群中每日可耐受摄入量正在被超过。鉴于许多霉菌毒素会对免疫系统产生不利影响,未来的研究将考察霉菌毒素组合是否会对喀麦隆人群,特别是免疫抑制个体产生负面影响。
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