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The current state of mycotoxin biomarker development in humans and animals and the potential for application to plant systems

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T. Baldwin

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R. Riley Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA, ARS, 950 College Station Road, Athens GA 30605, USA

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N. Zitomer Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA, ARS, 950 College Station Road, Athens GA 30605, USA

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K. Voss Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA, ARS, 950 College Station Road, Athens GA 30605, USA

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R. Coulombe Jr. Department of Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, 4815 Old Main Hill, Logan UT 84322-4620, USA

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J. Pestka Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, 234 GM Trout Building, East Lansing MI 48824-1224, USA

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D. Williams Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, 1007 Agriculture & Life Sciences Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA

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A. Glenn Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA, ARS, 950 College Station Road, Athens GA 30605, USA

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Filamentous fungi that contaminate livestock feeds and human food supply often produce toxigenic secondary metabolites known as mycotoxins. Among the hundreds of known mycotoxins, aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, fumonisins, ochratoxin A and zearalenone are considered the most commercially important. Intense research on these mycotoxins, especially aflatoxin, has resulted in the development of 'biomarkers' used to link exposure to disease risk. In the case of aflatoxin this effort has led to the discovery of both exposure and mechanism-based biomarkers, which have proven essential for understanding aflatoxin's potential for causing disease in humans, including subtle effects on growth and immune response. Fumonisin biomarkers have also been used extensively in farm and laboratory animals to study the fumonisin-induced disruption of cellular and systemic physiology which leads to disease. This review summarises the status of mycotoxin biomarker development in humans and animals for the commercially important mycotoxins. Since the fungi responsible for the production of these mycotoxins are often endophytes that infect and colonise living plant tissues, accumulation of mycotoxins in the plant tissues may at times be associated with development of plant disease symptoms. The presence of mycotoxins, even in the absence of disease symptoms, may still have subtle biological effects on the physiology of plants. This review examines the question of whether or not the knowledge gained from mechanistic studies and development of biomarkers in animal and human systems is transferable to the study of mycotoxin effects on plant systems. Thus far, fumonisin has proven amenable to development of mechanism-based biomarkers to study maize seedling disease caused by the fumonisin producer, Fusarium verticillioides. Expanding our knowledge of mechanisms of toxicity and the overt and subtle effects on animal, human, and plant systems through the identification and validation of biomarkers will further our ability to monitor and limit the damage and economic impact of mycotoxins.

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