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Mycotoxins, Immunity, and Inflammation 2024

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Toxicology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1040

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Prof. Dr. Yuseok Moon

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Laboratory of Mucosal Exposome and Biomodulation, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University, Yangsan 50612, Republic of Korea
Interests: immunotoxicity; mycotoxin; intestine; ribosome; mucosal immunology
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Dear Colleagues,

This is a continue issue of our hot topic “Mycotoxins, Immunity, and Inflammation 2022”.

Toxic fungal components or metabolites, including mycotoxins, that are exposed to humans and animals, lead to detrimental effects on health and are closely associated with acute and chronic diseases. Among the targets of biological systems, the immune system is frequently affected and mediates the process of homeostasis and pathogenesis including inflammation. The immune system, including immune cells and cytokines, plays a pivotal role in modulating immune responses and inflammation during the disease process. Recent advances have greatly increased our understanding of mycotoxicoses in association with immune systems in health and immune-related pathogenesis of inflammation, infection, sepsis, tumor, immunosuppression, metabolic diseases, autoimmune disorders, degenerative diseases, and other diseases. Moreover, many mycotoxins interfering with homeostatic immune regulation may lead to immune suppression or cause excessive immune responses to autoantigens and hypersensitivity. We invite authors to submit original research articles and literature reviews that define the actions of toxic fungal components or metabolites including mycotoxins in immunological networks and the associated disease outcomes of exposure in humans and animals.

Prof. Dr. Yuseok Moon
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • mycotoxin
  • immunity
  • inflammation
  • immunotoxicity
  • immunology

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A Sensitive, Cell-Based Assay for Measuring Low-Level Biological Activity of α-Amanitin
by Reuven Rasooly, Paula Do, Xiaohua He and Bradley Hernlem
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(22), 16402; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242216402 - 16 Nov 2023
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Abstract
α-Amanitin is one of the primary toxins produced by the poisonous mushroom genus, Amanita. Because it is odorless and tasteless, it is an important cause of death from the consumption of misidentified mushrooms. To study the thermal stability of α-amanitin, novel cell-based [...] Read more.
α-Amanitin is one of the primary toxins produced by the poisonous mushroom genus, Amanita. Because it is odorless and tasteless, it is an important cause of death from the consumption of misidentified mushrooms. To study the thermal stability of α-amanitin, novel cell-based assays were developed to measure the toxin’s activity, based on the inhibition of RNA polymerase II by α-amanitin. First, an MTT–formazan cell viability assay was used to measure the biological activity of α-amanitin through the inhibition of cellular activity. This method can detect 10 μg/mL of α-amanitin in a time-dependent manner. Second, a more sensitive quantitative PCR approach was developed to examine its inhibition of viral replication. The new RT-qPCR assay enabled the detection of 100 ng/mL. At this level, α-amanitin still significantly reduced adenovirus transcription. Third, a simpler GFP expression-based assay was developed with an equal sensitivity to the RT-qPCR assay. With this assay, aqueous α-amanitin heated at 90 °C for 16 h or treated in the microwave for 3 min retained its biological activity when tested in HEK293 cells, but a slight reduction was observed when tested in Vero cells. Beyond detecting the activity of α-amanitin, the new method has a potential application for detecting the activity of other toxins that are RNA polymerase inhibitors. Full article
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Title: A sensitive cell-based assay for measuring low-level biological activity of α-amanitin
Author: Rasooly
Highlights: The GFP fluorescence emission-based assay was developed, enabling quantification of α-amanitin of 100 ng/ml, a sensitivity similar to the qPCR assay. Using this activity assay, it was found that heating α-amanitin did not reduce α-amanitin biological activity. This work suggests that the reported heat degradation of α-amanitin detected by HPLC may not indicate loss of α-amanitin toxicity.

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