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Unraveling the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of diacetoxyscirpenol in various animal species and human using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/time-of-flight hybrid mass spectrometry

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Diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS), a Fusarium mycotoxin belonging to the trichothecene type A mycotoxins, is able to contaminate food and feed worldwide. Only limited information is available regarding the metabolism of DAS. The present study used ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/time-of-flight hybrid mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q/TOF) to investigate the in vitro phase I and II metabolism of DAS by rat, chicken, swine, goat, cow, and human liver microsomes. An extensive metabolization profile of DAS has been observed. A total of seven phase I and three phase II metabolites of DAS were detected. Among the identified molecules, four phase I metabolites (8β-hydroxy-DAS, neosolaniol, 7-hydroxy-DAS, and its epimer) and two phase II metabolites (4-deacetyl-DAS-3-glucuronic acid and 4-deacetyl-DAS-4-glucuronic acid) were identified for the first time. These results indicate that the major metabolic pathways of DAS in vitro were hydrolyzation (M1–M3), hydroxylation (M4–M7), and conjugation (M8–M10). Qualitative differences in phase I and II metabolic profiles of DAS between the five animal species and human were observed. 4-Deacetyl-DAS was the primary metabolite from liver microsomes of all species, especially human. The in vivo metabolism of DAS in rats and chickens after oral administration of DAS was also investigated and compared. The major metabolites for rats and chickens were 4-deacetyl-DAS and 7-hydroxy-DAS. These results will help to gain a more detailed insight into the metabolism and toxicity of DAS among different animal species and human.

The metabolism of diacetoxyscirpenol in farm animals and human

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grant (No. U1301214), the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2012DFG31840), and Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (201203040). Furthermore, the authors would like to acknowledge Ying Wang, Haixia Wu, Kaili Liu, Xiaoli Song, Yanshen Li, and Lu Zhang for their practical work.

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    Shupeng Yang, Huiyan Zhang, Feifei Sun, Zhanhui Wang, Xingyuan Cao, Jianzhong Shen & Suxia Zhang

  2. Laboratory of Food Analysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Marthe De Boevre, Karl De Ruyck & Sarah De Saeger

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Yang, S., De Boevre, M., Zhang, H. et al. Unraveling the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of diacetoxyscirpenol in various animal species and human using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/time-of-flight hybrid mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 407, 8571–8583 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-015-9016-4

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