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Immunopathological effects of experimental T-2 mycotoxicosis in Wistar rats

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HUMAN & EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 772-790

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0960327120968852

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T-2 toxin; immune response; cytokines expression; qRT PCR; immunoglobulins assay; pathomorphological study; Wistar rats

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  1. Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

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This study found that T-2 toxin has significant suppressive effects on humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in rats after 12 weeks of exposure, leading to decreased levels of immunoglobulins and lymphocyte functions. The dose and duration of toxin exposure play a crucial role in this dose-dependent effect on the immune system.
It is well known that T-2 toxin has cytotoxic radiomimetic like effects on the immune system. Because of scant research data demonstrating the chronic effects of low doses of the T-2 toxin on humoral and cellular responses in rats, the present experiment was undertaken. The animals were divided into four groups, namely, group I (0.5 ppm), group II (0.75 ppm) and group III (1.0 ppm) and group IV (control) were given toxin-free diet for 12 weeks and eight animals each were sacrificed at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12-week of the experimental period. The humoral immune response was evaluated based on hemagglutination test (HA), and levels of serum immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM) while the cell-mediated immune response was evaluated by delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to ovalbumin, lymphocyte stimulation index, analyses of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes and mRNA expression levels of selected cytokines like IL-2, IFN-gamma, IL-4 and IL-10 by quantitative Real-time PCR in experimental groups. T-2 treatment caused suppression in both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses as evidenced by a decrease in all these parameters in toxin fed animals compared to the control in the dose and duration-dependent manner. This dose-dependent effect on the immune system has been further reflected largely by the depletion of lymphocytes from lymphoid organs as observed histopathologically in the spleen, thymus, and Peyer's patches in the present study.

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