An Keying, Yan Dan, Lv Xueze, Liu Yanhan, Xia Zhaofei
College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; Beijing General Station of Animal Husbandry, Beijing 100107, China.
Poult Sci. 2025 Jul 16;104(10):105577. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.105577.
T-2 toxin (T-2), a foodborne mycotoxin, causes gut and liver injury in organisms. However, its effects on intestine in ducks and the mediating role of gut microbiota in pathogenesis remain unclear. This study investigated the involvement of gut microbiota in T-2-induced enterotoxicity and hepatotoxicity in ducks. Thirty 1-day-old ducklings were divided into control (CON) and T-2-exposed (400 μg/kg BW/day via oral gavage) groups for two weeks. Alterations in gut microbiota composition and barrier function were assessed. To further elucidate the role of microbiota, antibiotics mixture (ABX) treatment and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) were employed. Results revealed that T-2 exposure induced ileal dysbiosis characterized by increased relative abundance of Firmicutes, Candidatus Arthromitus, and Lactococcus, decreased Corynebacterium abundance with diminished α-diversity. For gut physical barrier function, ileal villi heights and mRNA levels of mucin2, Occludin, zonula occludens-1 were significantly downregulated by T-2, and serum concentration of lipopolysaccharide was increased. Notably, ABX treatment prevented T-2-induced gut barrier disruption, completely suppressed hepatic inflammation via toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) pathway inhibition. Hepatic lipid accumulation induced by T-2 was significantly attenuated by ABX treatment. Furthermore, FMT confirmed the essential role of T-2-altered microbiota in recapitulating pathological features including intestinal leakage, hepatic inflammation and steatosis, and upregulated TLR4 pathway and lipid metabolism genes (angiopoietin-like 4, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B, perilipin 1) expression. These findings establish gut microbiota as a critical mediator in T-2-induced multiorgan toxicity, providing new insights into the potential therapeutic strategies.
T-2毒素(T-2)是一种食源性霉菌毒素,可导致生物体的肠道和肝脏损伤。然而,其对鸭肠道的影响以及肠道微生物群在发病机制中的介导作用仍不清楚。本研究调查了肠道微生物群在T-2诱导的鸭肠毒性和肝毒性中的作用。将30只1日龄雏鸭分为对照组(CON)和T-2暴露组(通过口服灌胃给予400μg/kg体重/天),为期两周。评估肠道微生物群组成和屏障功能的变化。为了进一步阐明微生物群的作用,采用了抗生素混合物(ABX)处理和粪便微生物群移植(FMT)。结果显示,T-2暴露导致回肠微生物群失调,其特征为厚壁菌门、类节杆菌属和乳球菌属的相对丰度增加,棒状杆菌属丰度降低,α-多样性减少。对于肠道物理屏障功能,T-2显著下调了回肠绒毛高度以及粘蛋白2、闭合蛋白、紧密连接蛋白-1的mRNA水平,并增加了血清脂多糖浓度。值得注意的是,ABX处理可防止T-2诱导的肠道屏障破坏,通过抑制Toll样受体4(TLR4)途径完全抑制肝脏炎症。ABX处理显著减轻了T-2诱导的肝脏脂质积累。此外,FMT证实了T-2改变的微生物群在重现包括肠道渗漏、肝脏炎症和脂肪变性等病理特征以及上调TLR4途径和脂质代谢基因(血管生成素样4、肉碱棕榈酰转移酶1B、脂滴包被蛋白1)表达方面的重要作用。这些发现表明肠道微生物群是T-2诱导的多器官毒性的关键介质,为潜在的治疗策略提供了新的见解。