Permeability of dihydro- and cysteine-brevetoxin metabolites across a Caco-2 cell monolayer
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description: Brevetoxin B is a highly reactive molecule, due in part to an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde group at the terminal side chain, leading to metabolism by reduction, oxidation and conjugation. These reactions have little effect to reduce intrinsic activity at the voltage-gated sodium channel or during toxicity testing by either enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or mouse bioassay. Here we investigate the potential for intestinal absorption of the two most abundant brevetoxins present in Gulf of Mexico oysters using human Caco-2 cell monolayers, a widely utilized in vitro test to predict oral bioavailability of drugs and their metabolites. We found that both dihydrobrevetoxin B and cysteine brevetoxin B were rapidly taken up by the Caco-2 monolayer. However, only dihydrobrevetoxin B passes through the monolayer to reach the basal compartment. Dihydrobrevetoxin B has a moderate apparent permeability coefficient of 1.6×10-6cm/s at 500ng/mL and nearly 50% of the toxin passes from the apical to basal compartment in 24h. The inability of the cysteine brevetoxin B to pass through an intestinal epithelial barrier suggests that this bioactive brevetoxin metabolite that persists in shellfish may not contribute to neurotoxic shellfish poisoning.
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keyword: brevetoxin
keyword: brevetoxine
keyword: caco-2
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsarticle
keyword: journal-articles
keyword: marine-toxin
keyword: sdvtoxlife-sciences-q-biotoxicology
keyword: toxicologie
keyword: toxicology
keyword: toxin
keyword: toxine
issued: 2026-05-05T09:58:06.972494
modified: 2026-05-05T09:58:06.972499
language: en
contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD

test_moissonnage_selune
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Permeability of dihydro- and cysteine-brevetoxin metabolites across a Caco-2 cell monolayer
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access URL: https://anses.hal.science/hal-00998117
issued: 2026-05-05T09:58:06.979414
modified: 2026-05-05T09:58:06.960855