Journal
TOXICON
Volume 119, Issue -, Pages 117-121Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.05.015
Keywords
Aspergillus flavus; Aflatoxin; Arginine methylation; PRMT5; SDMA
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- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Govt. of India [SB/YS/LS-152/2013]
- Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) [016/YIPB/KBC/2013/KSCSTE]
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The exposure of naturally occurring mycotoxins affects human health and play a vital role in cancer initiation and progression. Aflatoxin B-1 is a difuranocoumarin mycotoxin, classified as a group I carcinogen. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of aflatoxin B-1 on epigenetic regulatory proteins. The protein arginine methyltransferase 5 expression was induced upon aflatoxin B-1 treatment in a dose and time dependent manner. Further global arginine methylation was also increased in the same manner. This is the first report showing the induction of epigenetic regulatory protein, protein arginine methyltransferase 5 upon aflatoxin B-1 treatment. Further study is required to establish the detailed pathway of PRMT5 induction. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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