The effects of T-2 toxin on mouse peritoneal macrophages were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy of macrophages treated in vitro with T-2 toxin revealed retraction of pseudopodia. Protein synthesis was inhibited after in vitro contact with T-2 toxin but was not affected 24 h after injection of a sublethal dose of toxin into mice. There was reduction in the phagocytosis of Pseudomonas ae...

T-2 toxin was rapidly converted in the 9,000 X g supernatant fraction of rat liver homogenate into HT-2 toxin, T-2 tetraol, and two unknown metabolites designated as TMR-1 and TMR-2. TMR-1 was characterized as 4-deacetylneosolaniol (15-acetoxy-3 alpha, 4 beta, 8 alpha-trihydroxy-12,13-epoxytrichothec-9-ene) by spectroscopic analyses. Since the same metabolites were also obtained from HT-2 toxin...

T-2 toxin is one of the type A trichothecenes produced mainly by the Fusarium genus. Due to its broad distribution and highly toxic nature, it is of great concern as a threat to human health and animal breeding. In addition to its ribotoxic effects, T-2 toxin exposure leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and eventually cell apoptosis. We observed that m...

Incubation of Fusarium tricinctum NRRL 3299 on a solid rice medium in the presence of [1-14C]sodium acetate, [2-3H]mevalonic acid, [2-14C]mevalonic acid, or [5-3H]mevalonic acid yielded preparations of radiolabeled T-2 toxin with specific activities of 1.008, 1.64, 0.656, and 7.35 muCi/mmol, respectively.

In this study, conducted for three years on eleven malting barley varieties cultivated in central Italy, the incidence of different mycotoxigenic fungal genera, the identification of the Fusarium species associated with the Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) complex, and kernels contamination with deoxynivalenol (DON) and T-2 mycotoxins were determined. The influence of climatic conditions on Fusarium ...

A Fusarium metabolite, T-2 toxin, inhibits the growth of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The growth inhibitory concentrations of T-2 toxin were 40 and 100 mug/ml, respectively, for exponentially growing cultures of the two yeasts. S. carlsbergensis was more sensitive to the toxin and exhibited a biphasic dose-response curve. Addition of the toxin at 10 mug/ml of S. ca...

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to identify various T-2 toxin metabolites in chicken excreta and organs 18 h after intraperitoneal injection of the toxin. No trichothecenes were detected in the heart and kidneys, and only trace amounts were detected in the lungs. Most of the T-2 metabolites were found in the excreta, although considerable amounts were also found in the liver. In a...

objective: the major fusarium toxins found in cereals and cereal-based products that can be harmful to both human and animal health are some trichothecenes, such as deoxynivalenol (don). methods: a recent scoop project, since toxinogenic fungi are cosmopolitan, mycotoxins are environmental pollutants present in virtually all parts of the world and causing diseases (mycotoxicoses) . this cross-s...

Bacterial communities isolated from 17 of 20 samples of soils and waters with widely diverse geographical origins utilized T-2 toxin as a sole source of carbon and energy for growth. These isolates readily detoxified T-2 toxin as assessed by a Rhodotorula rubra bioassay. The major degradation pathway of T-2 toxin in the majority of isolates involved side chain cleavage of acetyl moieties to pro...