Efeitos genotóxico e citotóxico ex vivo da Micotoxina fumonisina b1 em leucócitos humanos

Abstract

Fungi produce several secondary metabolites, where many of these have been associated with the induction of toxic effects in animals and humans. The toxicological effect, including the carcinogenic, has been observed in more than 300 structurally known mycotoxins. Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced mainly by Fusarium verticillioides and Fusarium proliferatum, which often contaminate various foods, especially corn and its derivatives, leading to the appearance of pathological conditions in humans. Fumonisin B1 (FB1) is the most prevalent, accounting for approximately 70% of the total mycotoxicosis. This mycotoxin is associated with leukoencephalomalacia (LEM) in horses, pulmonary edema in pigs and hepatocarcinoma in rats, besides being related to the inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis and to the increasing risk of esophageal cancer in humans.The present study aimed to investigate the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of fumonisin B1 through the cell viability and the cell proliferation test in human leukocyte culture. The tested concentrations tested were 200; 100; 50; 5; 0,5; 0,05; 0,005 μg/mL e 300; 30; 3; 1; 0,1; 0,01 fg/mL. All the tests were performed in triplicates,and it was used H2O2 4mM as a positive control, and PBS 7.4 bufferas a negative control. All concentrations tested were cytotoxic (p <0.05), except the 3fg/mL, 0,1fg/mL and 0,01fg/mL concentrations. Regarding to the genotoxicity test, except the 0.1fg/mL and 0.01fg/mL concentrations of, they demonstrated to significantly interfere in the cell proliferation. In an unprecedented way , it can be concludedthat only in extremely low concentrations, in the order of phentograms per milliliter, the Fumonisin B1 decreased the induced damage in human leukocytes.