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. 2020 Feb 27;12(3):146. doi: 10.3390/toxins12030146

Table 1.

Summary of effects of individual mycotoxins on intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) viability.

Mycotoxin IEC model Exposure Duration Tested Exposure Concentration Cytotoxicity Assay LC50/Effective Concentration (ECs) References
DON Caco-2 (differentiated) 24 h 0, 1.39, 4.17, 12.5, 37.5 μM LDH release EC: 37.5 μM [152]
Caco-2 48 h 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 3, 5, 10 μM Luminescent Cell Viability Assay LC50 =1.3 uM; EC: 0.5–10μM [153]
Caco-2 24 h 0, 0.25, 1, 2.5, 5, 10 μM MTS Assay LC50 = 10 μM [154]
Neutral Red LC50 = 3.7 μM
72 h 0, 0.25, 1, 2.5, 5, 10 μM MTS Assay LC50 = 4.3 μM
Neutral Red LC50 = 3.7 μM
Caco-2 (differentiated) 24 h 0, 0.25, 1, 2.5, 5, 10 μM MTS Assay LC50 > 10 μM [154]
Neutral Red LC50 > 10 μM
72 h 0, 0.25, 1, 2.5, 5, 10 μM MTS Assay LC50 > 10 μM
Neutral Red LC50 > 10 μM
Caco-2 72 h 1–150 μM Neutral Red LC50 = 21.5 μM; EC: 10 μM [155]
MTT Assay LC50 = 25 μM; EC: 10 μM
Caco-2 24 h 0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 25, 50, 100 μM CCK-8 LC50 = 21.94 μM [156]
48 h LC50 = 9.39 μM
72 h LC50 = 6.18 μM
IPEC-1 24 h 0, 0.34, 0.67, 1.7, 3.4, 6.7 10.2, 13.4 μM MTT Assay EC: 1.7, 3.4, 10.2, 13.4 μM [143]
48 h EC: 0.34 μM; 1.7–13.4 μM
72 h EC: 0.34 μM; 1.7- 13.4 μM
IPEC-1 (in serum-free media) 24 h 0, 0.67, 6.7 μM LDH release NA
48 h EC: 6.7 μM
72 h EC: 6.7 μM
IPEC-1 (in complete media) 24 h 0, 0.67, 6.7 μM Neutral Red EC: 0.67, 6.7 μM
48 h EC: 6.7 μM
72 h EC: 6.7 μM
IPEC-1 (in serum-free media) 24 h 0, 0.67, 6.7 μM Neutral Red EC: 0.67, 6.7 μM
48 h EC: 6.7 μM
72 h EC: 6.7 μM
IPEC-J2 24 h 0, 0.34, 0.67, 1.7, 3.4, 6.7 10.2, 13.4 μM MTT Assay EC: 0.34, 3.4, 6.7, 13.4 μM [143]
48 h EC: 1.7–13.4 μM
72 h EC: 1.7–13.4 μM
14 d 0, 0.17, 0.34, 0.67, 1.02, 1.34, 1.7 μM 0.67, 1.02, 1.34, 1.7 μM
IPEC-J2 24 h 0, 0.67, 6.7 μM LDH release NA [143]
48 h EC: 6.7 μM
72 h NA
IPEC-J2 24 h 0, 0.67, 6.7 μM Neutral Red EC: 0.67, 6.7 μM [143]
48 h EC: 6.7 μM
72 h EC: 6.7 μM
IPEC-J2 (in serum-free media) 24 h 0, 0.67, 6.7 μM Neutral Red EC: 0.67, 6.7 μM [143]
48 h EC: 6.7 μM
72 h EC: 6.7 μM
IPEC-J2 (basolateral) 24 h 0, 0.67, 1.7, 6.7, 13.4 μM DAPI staining NA [157]
48 h EC: 6.7, 13.4 μM
72 h EC: 6.7, 13.4 μM
IPEC-J2 24 h 0, 0.034, 0.085, 0.17, 0.34, 0.85, 1.7, 3.4, 17, 34 μM Neutral Red EC: 0.85–34 μM [132]
IPEC-J2 72 h 0, 3.4, 8.5, 17, 25.5, 34 μM Annexin-V-FITC/ PI EC: 8.5–34 μM [158]
IPEC-J2 72 h 0, 3.4, 17, 34, 51, 67 μM Annexin-V-FITC/ PI LC50 = 10.47 μM [159]
IPEC-J2 (differentiated) 72 h 0, 3.4, 17, 34, 51, 67 μM Annexin-V-FITC/ PI LC50 = 46.9 μM [159]
IPEC-J2 6 h 0, 0.67, 6.7 μM CCK-8 Assay EC: 0.67, 6.7 μM [160]
12 h
24 h
48 h
72 h
IPEC-J2 48 h 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2 μM MTT Assay LC50 = 1.83μM; EC:1–2 μM [161]
IPEC-J2 24 h 0, 0.43, 0.85, 1.7, 3.4, 6.7 μM CCK-8 Assay EC: 0.85–6.7 μM [162]
ZEA Caco-2 72 h 1–150 μM Neutral Red LC50 = 15 μM [155]
MTT Assay LC50 = 25 μM
Caco-2 24 h 0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 25, 50, 100 μM CCK-8 LC50 = 62.67 μM [156]
48 h LC50 = 56.96 μM
72 h LC50 = 34.36 μM
IPEC-1 24 h 0, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 μM XTT Assay EC: 100 μM [163]
IPEC-1 24 h 0, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 μM XTT Assay EC: 100 μM [164]
0, 0.1, 1, 10, 100 μM Neutral Red EC: 100 μM
IPEC-J2 48 h 0, 5, 10, 20, 40 μM MTT Assay EC: 10, 40 μM [161]
IPEC-J2 48 h 0, 15.5, 31, 62, 124, 248 μM MTT Assay LC50 = 62.1 μM;
EC: 62–248 μM
[46]
IPEC-J2 72 h 0, 19.9, 39.8, 44.73, 59.7, 79.6, 99.5 μM Annexin-V-FITC/PI EC: 44.73–99.5 μM [158]
Caco-2 24 h 0, 0.032, 0.16, 0.32, 1.6, 3.2 μM MTT Assay EC: 3.2 μM [165]
AFB1 48 h EC: 0.32—3.2 μM
72 h EC: 1.6–3.2 μM
Caco-2 (differentiated) 24 h 0, 0.032, 0.16, 0.32, 1.6, 3.2 μM MTT Assay EC: 1.6 μM [165]
48 h EC: 1.6–3.2 μM
72 h EC: 0.16–3.2 μM
Caco-2 24 h 0, 0.032, 0.16, 0.32, 1.6, 3.2 μM LDH release EC: 1.6–3.2 μM [165]
48 h EC: 0.32–3.2 μM
72 h EC: 0.32–3.2 μM
Caco-2 (differentiated) 24 h 0, 0.032, 0.16, 0.32, 1.6, 3.2 μM LDH release EC: 3.2 μM [165]
48 h EC: 0.032–3.2 μM
72 h EC: 0.032–3.2 μM
Caco-2 24 h 0, 1,3, 10, 30, 100 μM MTT Assay LC50 = 5.39 μM
EC: 1–100 μM
[166]
LDH release LC50 = 10 μM
EC: 3–100 μM
Caco-2 24 h 0–100 μM Neutral Red LC50 = 10 μM [167]
48 h LC50 = 2 μM
72 h LC50 = 0.75 μM
CIT Caco-2 48 h 0, 399.6, 999 μM Crystal Violet staining (CVS) EC: 399.6, 999 μM [168]
HCT116 36 h 0, 75, 150, 300 μM Fluorescein diacetate (FDA) staining LC50 = 300 μM; EC: 150- 300 μM [169]
MPA Caco-2 48 h 0, 0.0078, 0.078, 0.78, 7.8, 78, 780 μM MTS Assay LC50 > 780 uM [75]
Caco-2 (differentiated)
OTA Caco-2 24 h 0, 1, 3, 10, 30, 100 μM MTT Assay LC50 = 21.25 μM; EC: 1–100 μM [166]
LDH release LC50 = 16.85 μM; EC: 1–100 μM
Caco-2 24 h 1–200 μM MTT Assay LC50 = 145.36 μM [170]