Food Chem Toxicol
Centre of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address:
Published: December 2023
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by fungi such as Aspergillus, Alternaria, and Penicillium, affecting nearly 80% of global food crops. Tenuazonic acid (TeA) is the major mycotoxin produced by Alternaria alternata, a prevalent pathogen affecting plants, fruits, and vegetables. TeA is notably prevalent in European diets, however, TeA biomarkers of exposure and metabolites remain unknown. This research aims to bridge this knowledge-gap by gaining insights about human TeA exposure and metabolization. Nine subjects were divided into two groups. The first group received a single bolus of TeA at the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) to investigate the presence of TeA urinary biomarkers, while the second group served as a control. Sixty-nine urinary samples were prepared and analyzed using UPLC-Xevo TQ-XS for TeA quantification and UPLC-Orbitrap Exploris for polar metabolome acquisition. TeA was rapidly excreted during the first 13 h and the fraction extracted was 0.39 ± 0.22. The polar metabolome compounds effectively discriminating the two groups were filtered using Orthogonal Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis and subsequently annotated (n = 122) at confidence level 4. Finally, the urinary metabolome was compared to in silico predicted TeA metabolites. Nine metabolites, including oxidized, N-alkylated, desaturated, glucuronidated, and sulfonated forms of TeA were detected.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2023.114183 | DOI Listing |
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