The toxicity and metabolism of the cyanobacterial toxins microcystin-LR (MCLR), Dhb-microcystin-HtyR and nodularin were investigated in the cysts, nauplii and adults of the brine shrimp Artemia salina. The presence of the phase II detoxication system glutathione S-transferase (sGST) in these stages was shown using different substrates. Exposure of adult A. salina to the toxins led to an elevation of GST activity in vivo. All three toxins were conjugated to glutathione via GST, which has been shown as an initial step of microcystin and nodularin detoxication.
There is inadequate evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of nodularins ... There is inadequate evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of nodularins. Overall evaluation: ... Nodularins are not classifiable as to their carcinogenicity to humans (Group 3).
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
毒理性
致癌物分类
国际癌症研究机构致癌物:结节性毒素
IARC Carcinogenic Agent:Nodularins
来源:International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
毒理性
致癌物分类
国际癌症研究机构(IARC)致癌物分类:第3组:对其对人类的致癌性无法分类
IARC Carcinogenic Classes:Group 3: Not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans
来源:International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Nodularin and microcystin-LR are cyanobacterial toxins and environmental hazards. Nodularin inhibits protein phosphatases 1 and 2A with the same potency as does microcystin-LR, which has recently been identified as a potent tumor promoter in rat liver. ... A two-stage carcinogenesis experiment in /male F344/ rat liver initiated with diethylnitrosamine and without partial hepatectomy revealed that nodularin stimulated glutathione S-transferase placental form-positive foci in rat liver more effectively than did microcystin-LR, and that nodularin alone induced glutathione S-transferase placental form-positive foci as well as did diethylnitrosamine alone. Thus, nodularin itself is a new liver carcinogen, and microcystin-LR is a tumor promoter rather than a carcinogen. Nodularin induced hyperphosphorylation of cytokeratin peptides 8 and 18 in primary cultured rat hepatocytes 20% more effectively than did microcystin-LR, suggesting that nodularin penetrates more easily into the hepatocytes than does microcystin-LR. Nodularin up-regulated induction of c-jun, jun-B,jun-D,c-fos,fos-B, and fra-1 mRNA transcripts in rat liver after i.p. administration, and the accumulation of the mRNA transcripts was sustained for over 9 hr after treatment. The environmental hazards of cyanobacterial toxins are discussed in relation to human primary liver cancer in Qidong county in the People's Republic of China...
... Nodularin was labeled with radioactive isotope (125)I and then was given to mice via oral, intraperitoneal and intravenous administration. The distribution of nodularin in target organs and the cellular location of nodularin were studied by radioisotope and autoradiography techniques. ... Nodularin was mainly distributed in the kidney and liver in mice. Further autoradiography study indicated that nodularin was distributed in the renal cell nuclei and liver cell nuclei...
Acyloxymethyl Esterification of Nodularin-R and Microcystin-LA Produces Inactive Protoxins that Become Reactivated and Produce Apoptosis inside Intact Cells
摘要:
We report the esterification of the carboxyl groups of the cyclic peptide toxins nodularin-R. and microcystin-LA to produce stable diacetoxymethyl and dipropionyloxymethyl ester derivatives. The derivatives had no activity but were reactivated upon esterase treatment. When injected into cells, the acyloxymethyl moieties were cleaved off and apoptosis induced. Linking the acyloxymethyl-ester moiety of these potent toxins to carriers destined for endocytosis paves the way for selective apoptosis induction in target (e.g., cancer) cells.
Total synthesis of Adda, the unique C20 amino acid of cyanobacterial hepatotoxins
作者:Michio Namikoshi、Kenneth L. Rinehart、Andrew M. Dahlem、Val R. Beasley、Wayne W. Carmichael
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)99357-2
日期:1989.1
Methods And Kits For The Determining The Presence Or Absence Of Cyanobacteria Toxins
申请人:Oehrle Stuart A.
公开号:US20110269241A1
公开(公告)日:2011-11-03
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to kits and methods for the detection of toxins produced by cyanobacteria. The methods and kits feature sample preparation steps with weak cationic and anionic exchange resins and small particle analytical columns operating at 4,000 to 15,000 psi.