Subchronic exposure to deoxynivalenol exerts slight effect on the immune system and liver morphology of growing rabbits
| Autor: | C. Celia, Tamás Tuboly, Zsolt Szendrő, Zsolt Gerencsér, István Bors, Erika Balogh-Zándoki, Antonella Dalle Zotte, R. Glávits, Mariam Kachlek, Melinda Kovács, Zsolt Matics, András Szabó, Judit Szabó-Fodor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Liver morphology
medicine.medical_specialty Histology Blood indices Spleen Biology medicine.disease_cause chemistry.chemical_compound 0404 agricultural biotechnology Immune system Vomitoxin Fibrosis Internal medicine medicine Immune response Mycotoxin lcsh:Veterinary medicine General Veterinary Veterinary (all) 0402 animal and dairy science food and beverages 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease 040401 food science 040201 dairy & animal science medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology chemistry Apoptosis Immunology lcsh:SF600-1100 Genotoxicity |
| Zdroj: | Acta Veterinaria Brno, Vol 86, Iss 1, Pp 37-44 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1801-7576 0001-7213 |
| DOI: | 10.2754/avb201786010037 |
| Popis: | As the most common grain contaminant worldwide, deoxynivalenol is of high importance despite its low toxicity compared to other trichothecene mycotoxins. Data on the effects of deoxynivalenol in rabbits are scarce. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary deoxynivalenol fed at a high level (10 mg/kg of feed) on the productive performance, blood indices, immunological variables, histopathological changes, and genotoxicity in rabbits. Forty-eight Pannon White rabbits were exposed to contaminated diets for three weeks. Despite its high concentration, deoxynivalenol did not affect the feed intake, body weight, and body weight gain. Liver and kidney function was not affected, as shown by the clinical chemistry indices. Conversely, in two rabbits the toxin caused mild fibrosis of the liver, without degenerative changes of the hepatocytes. No genotoxicity could be observed either. Gut cytokines and the phagocytic activity of the macrophages did not differ significantly. The percentage of neutrophils was significantly lower, whereas that of eosinophils was significantly higher in the toxin-fed group. Deoxynivalenol did not cause significant changes in gut and villus morphology. In 4 out of the 6 deoxynivalenol-treated animals, the ratio of lymphoblast proliferation and simultaneous apoptosis shifted towards apoptosis in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. In the central part of the lymphoid follicles of the spleen, lymphocyte depletion and follicular atrophy could be detected. It can be concluded that rabbits are less sensitive to deoxynivalenol, but the findings confirm that this Fusarium toxin is capable of modulating the immune response. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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