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Fusarium Culmorum Produces NX-2 Toxin Simultaneously With Deoxynivalenol and 3-Acetyl-Deoxynivalenol or Nivalenol (Submitted to Toxins)

Version 1 : Received: 10 June 2022 / Approved: 14 June 2022 / Online: 14 June 2022 (03:39:46 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 18 June 2022 / Approved: 20 June 2022 / Online: 20 June 2022 (04:41:21 CEST)

How to cite: Schiwek, S.; Alhussein, M.; Rodemann, C.; Budragchaa, T.; Beule, L.; von Tiedemann, A.; Karlovsky, P. Fusarium Culmorum Produces NX-2 Toxin Simultaneously With Deoxynivalenol and 3-Acetyl-Deoxynivalenol or Nivalenol (Submitted to Toxins). Preprints 2022, 2022060190. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202206.0190.v2 Schiwek, S.; Alhussein, M.; Rodemann, C.; Budragchaa, T.; Beule, L.; von Tiedemann, A.; Karlovsky, P. Fusarium Culmorum Produces NX-2 Toxin Simultaneously With Deoxynivalenol and 3-Acetyl-Deoxynivalenol or Nivalenol (Submitted to Toxins). Preprints 2022, 2022060190. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202206.0190.v2

Abstract

Fusarium culmorum is a major pathogen of grain crops. Infected plants accumulate deoxynivalenol (DON), 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol (3-ADON), or nivalenol (NIV), which are mycotoxins of the trichothecene B group. These toxins are also produced by F. graminearum species complex. New trichothecenes structurally similar to trichothecenes B but lacking the carbonyl group on C-8, designated NX toxins, were recently discovered in atypical isolates of F. graminearum from North America. Only these isolates and a few strains of a yet to be characterized Fusarium species from South Africa are known to produce NX-2 and other NX toxins. Here we report that among 20 F. culmorum strains isolated from maize, wheat, and oat in Europe and Asia over a period of 70 years, 18 strains produced NX-2 simultaneously with 3-ADON and DON or NIV. Rice cultures of strains producing 3-ADON accumulated NX-2 in amounts corresponding to 2-8% of 3-ADON (1.2 - 36 mg/kg). A strain producing NIV accumulated NX-2 and NIV at comparable amounts (13.6 and 10.3 mg/kg, respectively). In F. graminearum, producers of NX-2 possess a special variant of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase encoded by TRI1 that is unable to oxidize C-8. In F. culmorum, producers and nonproducers of NX-2 possess identical TRI1; the reason for the production of NX-2 is unknown. Our results indicate that production of NX-2 simultaneously with trichothecenes B is a common feature of F. culmorum.

Keywords

NX-2; NX toxins; Fusarium culmorum; 3-actyl-deoxynivalenol; nivalenol; trichothecenes; chemotype

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Toxicology

Comments (1)

Comment 1
Received: 20 June 2022
Commenter: Petr Karlovsky
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: We corrected several grammatical errors, improved the style of several sentences, added a footnote to Table 1, added two sentences about fusarenon X, added an Acknowledgment section that was missing, and updated the phrase "for submission..." to "submitted...".
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