Integration of untargeted and targeted mass spectrometry-based metabolomics provides novel insights into the potential toxicity associated to surfynol
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Garcia-Calvo, E.; Machuca, A.; Nerín, C.; Rosales-Conrado, N.; Anunciação, D. S.; Luque-Garcia, J. L. Integration of untargeted and targeted mass spectrometry-based metabolomics provides novel insights into the potential toxicity associated to surfynol. Food and Chemical Toxicology 2020, 146, 111849 DOI:10.1016/j.fct.2020.111849.
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The intake of toxic compounds through the diet as a result of migration processes from food packaging is of increasing concern. It has been shown that the surfactant commercially known as surfynol, which is commonly used in food-contact materials, is capable of migrating from multilayer containers into the food, reaching potentially harmful concentration levels. In the present study, the integration of an untargeted and a targeted metabolomics approach has been carried out using NTERA-2 germinal cells as in-vitro model, to make further progress in elucidating the molecular mechanisms associated with the toxicity of surfynol. This study has allowed the identification of different altered metabolites mainly related with energy-acquiring, cell development and cellular defense mechanisms. While glutamine, L-threonine, propanoate, octadecanoate and carbamate were found at higher concentrations in cells exposed tu surfynol, L-valine, oxalate, phosphate, phenylalanine and myoinositol were found inhibited. Additionally, concentrations of ATP, ADP and NAD+ were found significantly inhibited, supporting the idea that surfynol induces glycolysis inactivation. The results obtained strengthen the evidence of the toxicity associated to surfynol; therefore, reinforcing the need for a more comprehensive study on the viability of its use in food packaging.