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ArticleMicrobiome2018

Antibiotics may increase triazine herbicide exposure risk via disturbing gut microbiota.

Jing Zhan, Yiran Liang, Donghui Liu, Xiaoran Ma, Peize Li, Chang Liu, Xueke Liu, Peng Wang, Zhiqiang Zhou

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Article in Microbiome, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Toxicology and Microbiota: How Do Pesticides Influence Gut Microbiota? A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing ZhanBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Yiran LiangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Donghui LiuBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoran MaBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Peize LiBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Chang LiuBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Xueke LiuBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China.
Peng WangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China. wangpeng@cau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7854-1163
Zhiqiang ZhouBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science, China Agricultural University, No. 2, West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, 100193, People's Republic of China. zqzhou@cau.edu.cn.
China Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAntibiotics are commonly used worldwide, and pesticide is a kind of xenobiotic to which humans are frequently exposed. The interactive impact of antibiotics on pesticides has rarely been studied. We aim to investigate the effects of antibiotics on the pesticide exposure risk and whether gut microbiota altered by antibiotics has an influence on pesticide bioavailability. Furthermore, we explored the mechanisms of gut microbiota affecting the fate of pesticides in the host.

resultsThe oral bioavailability of triazine herbicides significantly increased in the rats treated with ampicillin or antibiotic cocktails. The antibiotic-altered gut microbiota directly influenced the increased pesticide bioavailability through downregulating hepatic metabolic enzyme gene expression and upregulating intestinal absorption-related proteins.

conclusionsAntibiotics could increase the pesticide bioavailability and thereby may increase the pesticide exposure risk. The antibiotic-altered gut microbiota that could alter the hepatic metabolic enzyme gene expression and intestinal absorption-related proteome was a critical cause of the increased bioavailability. This study revealed an undiscovered potential health impact of antibiotics and reminded people to consider the co-exposed xenobiotics when taking antibiotics.

Indexed as

Administration, OralAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBiological AvailabilityGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Regulatory NetworksHerbicidesIntestinal AbsorptionLiverMalePhylogenyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTriazinesAnti-Bacterial AgentsHerbicidesTriazinesAntibioticsBioavailabilityGut microbiotaPesticide exposure

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PMID30545405
PMCPMC6291969
OpenAlexW2904187529

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