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This study established the influence of dietary neomycin sulphate on the rate of hydrolysis of ochratoxin A (OA) by digesta from the intestine, and its effect on the excretion of OA and its hydrolyzed metabolite, alpha ochratoxin (Oα), in the urine and feces of the rat. The first in vitro study demonstrated that digesta from the cecum and the large intestine were able to hydrolyze OA whereas digesta from the small intestine and stomach had very low hydrolytic activity against this substrate. Homogenates of the liver had no hydrolytic activity. The second in vivo study demonstrated that digesta from the large intestine and cecum of the neomycin treated rats was much less effective (P<0.001) in promoting the hydrolysis of OA than digesta from the control rats. Neomycin when added directly to the in vitro system, however, did not affect the rate at which OA was hydrolyzed. In a third study, OA was administered in vivo to control and neomycin-treated rats. Rats fed the neomycin containing diet compared to those fed the control diet had a higher concentration (P<0.005) of blood OA, and a greater cumulative excretion of OA plus Oα over the entire 5 day collection period in the feces (P<0.0001) and a corresponding decrease in the cumulative excretion of OA plus Oα in the urine (P<0.0001). Individually, there was a marked increase in cumulative fecal excretion of OA (P<0.05) and a corresponding decrease in excretion of Oα (P<0.05). Individual OA and Oα values in the urine tended to follow an opposite pattern to that seen in the feces but the differences were not significant (P<0.05). Overall, the results demonstrate that an antibiotic such as neomycin when added to the diet greatly reduces the rate of hydrolysis of OA by digesta from the lower sections of the gastrointestinal tract. Neomycin also alters the pattern of excretion of OA and Oα in the feces and possibly the urine in rats fed OA. These results suggest that intestinal microorganisms affect disposition of OA.
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Madhyastha, M.S., Marquardt, R.R. & Frohlich, A.A. Hydrolysis of ochratoxin A by the microbial activity of digesta in the gastrointestinal tract of rats. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 23, 468–472 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203811
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