期刊
TOXINS
卷 12, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins12020113
关键词
mycotoxins; zearalenone; intestine; pig; Wnt; beta-catenin; estrogen
资金
- European Union [722634]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-17-Carn012]
The mycotoxin zearalenone (ZEN), which frequently contaminates cereal-based human food and animal feed, is known to have an estrogenic effect. The biological response associated with exposure to ZEN has rarely been reported in organs other than the reproductive system. In the intestine, several studies suggested that ZEN might stimulate molecular changes related to the activation of early carcinogenesis, but the molecular mechanisms behind these events are not yet known. In this study, we investigated gene expression and changes in protein abundance induced by acute exposure to ZEN in the jejunum of castrated male pigs using an explant model. Our results indicate that ZEN induces the accumulation of ER alpha but not ER beta, modulates Wnt/beta-catenin and TGF-beta signaling pathways, and induces molecular changes linked with energy sensing and the antimicrobial activity without inducing inflammation. Our results confirm that the intestine is a target for ZEN, inducing changes that promote cellular proliferation and could contribute to the onset of intestinal pathologies.
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