PMID- 37062343 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230508 LR - 20230508 IS - 1879-3150 (Electronic) IS - 0041-0101 (Linking) VI - 228 DP - 2023 Jun 1 TI - Aflatoxin B(1) can aggravate BALB/c mice allergy to ovalbumin through changing their Th2 cells immune responses. PG - 107121 LID - S0041-0101(23)00107-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107121 [doi] AB - Foods contaminated by Aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1)) frequently happen in the world and can cause a lot healthy damages to human beings, meanwhile, some of these foods are easily irritate food allergy. To investigate the effect of AFB(1) exposure on food allergy, three doses of AFB(1) were set, including 0.3 mug/kg . bw (LDAF), 7.5 mug/kg . bw (MDAF), and 100.0 mug/kg . bw (HDAF), respectively; food allergy model was constructed by the BALB/c mice allergy to ovalbumin (OVA). The changes of titer in OVA-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE), IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, as well as level of the mMCP-1 in sera were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively; the levels of interleukin (IL-4, IL-5, IL-13) and interferon (IFN)-gamma in spleen were separately assessed using ELISA kits, and their relative genes expression were verified by Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (Q-PCR); the population of Th1/Th2/Treg cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Results showed that when OVA-allergic mice were exposed to AFB(1), the production of OVA-specific IgE, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13, and mMCP-1 were all increased, whereas the level of IFN-gamma was decreased; the Th1/Th2 balance was disrupted and the development of Th cells tilted to the Th2 phenotype. The study would contribute to further understand the risk of fungal toxins in food allergy. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Deng, Yujue AU - Deng Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China; College of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, PR China. FAU - Chen, Hongbing AU - Chen H AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China; Jiangxi-OAI Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China. FAU - Wu, Yong AU - Wu Y AD - Jiangxi-OAI Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China. FAU - Yuan, Jin AU - Yuan J AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China; College of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, PR China. FAU - Shi, Qiang AU - Shi Q AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China; College of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, PR China. FAU - Tong, Ping AU - Tong P AD - State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China. Electronic address: tongping@ncu.edu.cn. FAU - Gao, Jinyan AU - Gao J AD - College of Food Science & Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, PR China. Electronic address: gaoyj2013@ncu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230414 PL - England TA - Toxicon JT - Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology JID - 1307333 RN - 9006-59-1 (Ovalbumin) RN - 9N2N2Y55MH (Aflatoxin B1) RN - 0 (Interleukin-13) RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 0 (Interleukin-5) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Cytokines) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Humans MH - Animals MH - Ovalbumin/pharmacology MH - *Th2 Cells MH - Aflatoxin B1/toxicity MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Interleukin-13/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-4/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-5/pharmacology MH - *Food Hypersensitivity MH - Immunoglobulin E MH - Immunoglobulin G MH - Immunity MH - Cytokines OTO - NOTNLM OT - Aflatoxin B(1) OT - Cytokine OT - Food allergy OT - IgE OT - Oral ministration OT - Ovalbumin COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/04/17 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/08 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/16 19:21 PHST- 2023/01/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/08 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/16 19:21 [entrez] AID - S0041-0101(23)00107-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107121 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicon. 2023 Jun 1;228:107121. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107121. Epub 2023 Apr 14.