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李爱峰, 党慧, 邱江兵, 等. 神经毒素2, 4-二氨基丁酸的来源、分布及致毒机理研究进展与展望[J]. 中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版), 2026, 56(6): 1-15, 65.
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国家自然科学基金山东联合基金重点支持项目(U2106205)资助
Supported by the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Shandong Province(U2106205)

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李爱峰(1978—),男,教授,博导。E-mail: lafouc@ouc.edu.cn

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收稿日期:2025-07-24
修订日期:2026-01-19
神经毒素2, 4-二氨基丁酸的来源、分布及致毒机理研究进展与展望
李爱峰1,2 , 党慧1 , 邱江兵1,2 , 王桂祥1,2 , 李敏1 , 闫国旺1     
1. 中国海洋大学环境科学与工程学院,山东 青岛 266100;
2. 中国海洋大学海洋环境与生态教育部重点实验室,山东 青岛 266100
摘要:2, 4-二氨基丁酸(2, 4-diaminobutyric acid, DAB)是一种具有神经毒性的非蛋白氨基酸,在不同的生物样品中被广泛检出,潜在威胁水生生态系统和人类健康。本文基于现有的国内外文献资料,系统梳理了细菌、蓝细菌、真核浮游植物、水生动物及环境样品中DAB毒素及同分异构体的检出情况,归纳总结了DAB毒素的主要致毒机制,为DAB毒素的毒理学与健康风险研究提供重要参考。基于现有DAB毒素相关研究进展,对该领域未来的研究方向展望如下:进一步确认藻类培养体系中DAB的真正生物来源,揭示DAB在生物体内的代谢和富集途径,并建立对应的DAB环境质量基准。
关键词2, 4-二氨基丁酸    神经毒素    生物来源    致毒机制    
1 引言

2, 4-二氨基丁酸(2, 4-diaminobutyric acid, DAB)是一种非蛋白氨基酸,具有两个氨基和一个羧基基团,在中性或碱性条件下呈现正电性,在室温下为无色结晶固体,化学性质较稳定。该化合物最早是在细菌代谢物多粘菌素A(一种多肽类抗生素)的酸性水解物中被发现[1],之后在其他细菌[2]、植物[3-4]、藻类[5-7]、水生动物[5, 8-9]等生物样品中也有检出。DAB对肝脏[10]和神经系统[11-13]具有毒性作用,可导致小鼠或大鼠出现肝损伤症状和惊厥、抽搐、运动不协调等神经中毒症状[12, 14];在细胞水平上,也会导致氧化损伤、肿胀和溶解[13, 15]、能量消耗[16]、氨基酸动态失衡[17],甚至凋亡[18]

根据DAB的同分异构体β-N -甲氨基-L-丙氨酸(β-N -methylamino-L-alanine, BMAA)提取工艺(见图 1)[19-20],研究人员将DAB分为游离态、溶解结合态和沉淀结合态三种存在形式,其中游离态和溶解结合态统称为总溶解态。游离态是经三氯乙酸提取后直接溶解在上清液中的毒素分子;溶解结合态是经三氯乙酸提取后分布在上清液中,再经盐酸水解后释放出的毒素分子;沉淀结合态是经三氯乙酸提取后分布在沉淀物中,再经盐酸水解后释放出游离态毒素的蛋白结合态形式。DAB的同分异构体包括BMAA、N -(2-氨乙基)甘氨酸(N -(2-aminoethyl)glycine, AEG)、β-氨基-N -甲基丙氨酸、2, 3-二氨基丁酸、3, 4-二氨基丁酸、3-氨基-2-(氨甲基-)丙酸和2, 3-二氨基-2-甲基丙酸[21],其中BMAA、AEG是最常见的两种同分异构体(见图 2)。

图 1 不同形态BMAA的提取步骤[20] Fig. 1 Extraction procedures for different forms of BMAA[20]
图 2 DAB及其同分异构体的化学结构[21] Fig. 2 Chemical structures of DAB and its isomers[21]

鉴于DAB在不同营养级的生物样品中被广泛检出,且具有神经毒性,本文对DAB的生物来源、检出情况、致毒机制等进行综述,以期为DAB的毒理学与健康风险研究提供重要参考。

2 神经毒素DAB及其同分异构体的生物来源

2008年,研究人员首次在蓝细菌(Calothrix sp.)的单种培养物中检测出DAB[22],之后在硅藻、甲藻、隐藻等单种培养物中检出DAB。因此,蓝细菌与真核细胞藻类被认为是DAB的生物来源。此外,在多种十字花科(Cruciferae)、豆科(Fabaceae)等植物中也发现该化合物[3-4, 14]

2.1 DAB毒素的原核生物来源 2.1.1 蓝细菌

目前,在微囊藻属(Microcystis )、聚球藻属(Synechococcus )、念珠藻属(Nostoc )、鱼腥藻属(Anabaena )、鞘丝藻属(Lyngbya )、节球藻属(Nodularia )等蓝细菌(也称蓝藻)中检出DAB毒素,且主要以游离态和溶解结合态形式存在[7, 22-28](见表 1)。蓝细菌中DAB毒素的产量具有显著的种间和区域差异性,这种差异可能与蓝细菌的基因组、共生细菌类群和生长环境等多种因素的差异有关。Downing等运用15N(NH4Cl)标记发现,微囊藻在氮限制条件下,DAB产量呈增加趋势[29];在高磷酸盐水平(8.75 mmol·L-1)、强光照(9 000 Lux)和高温(25、30 ℃)等培养条件下,DAB产量显著增加[27]。这说明蓝细菌DAB的合成可能与其应激响应机制相关。蓝细菌基因组中存在天冬氨酸4-磷酸途径(见图 3)的关键酶编码基因,包括转氨酶等[30],表明蓝细菌可能通过该代谢途径合成DAB,但目前未有直接的遗传学证据验证这一假设。然而DAB毒素在蓝藻培养体系中的生物来源模糊,已在微囊藻、束毛藻等蓝细菌培养物中发现共生细菌的存在[31-32],并且以上研究均未排除共生细菌的存在。未来研究需结合分子生物学手段和生态学调查,以阐明DAB的合成机制及其在生态系统中的潜在影响。

表 1 蓝藻中检出DAB的含量 Table 1 The contents of DAB detected in cyanobacteria
图 3 DAB的天冬氨酸-4-磷酸合成途径[30] Fig. 3 Biosynthesis pathway of DAB from aspartate-4-phosphate[30]
2.1.2 其他细菌

除蓝细菌外,研究人员在分离自土壤[33-34]、水体[35-36]、大气[37-38]等不同环境介质的细菌样品中检出DAB,甚至在沙漠[39-40]、冰川[41-42]等极端环境中分离的细菌也检出该毒素。细菌中DAB参与肽聚糖交联,并以细胞壁结构成分的形式稳定存在。这些细菌附着或共生于某些动植物,例如艾草、人参等根部[43-44],夹竹桃和杨树的树皮[45-46],扁玉螺及高原鼠兔的肠道、奶牛瘤胃等[5, 47-48]。此外,蝙蝠、猕猴、牛等多种生物排泄物分离的细菌[49-51],以及海洋与淡水环境中细菌形成的生物膜[49-51]均检出DAB毒素。法国泻湖贻贝外壳生物膜中总溶解态DAB的平均浓度为3.3 μg·g-1干重(dry weight, DW)[7],而加拿大温尼伯湖淡水沉积物生物膜中总溶解态DAB浓度范围为0.5~77.6 ng·g-1 DW[52]。由此来看,产生DAB的细菌类群具有非常高的生物多样性。

关于细菌合成DAB的过程机制研究表明,DAB合成可能与特定转氨酶的催化反应有关,谷氨酸和天冬氨酸-4-半醛可逆反应生成DAB和2-酮戊二酸。不动杆菌(Acinetobacter spp.)、大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli )均含有编码转氨酶的dat(以及ddc基因)基因[53],在四种假单胞菌(Pseudomonas spp.)[54]、Ⅰ型好氧性甲烷氧化菌(Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z)[55]中也发现了DAB转氨酶的基因。DAB的这种生物合成途径仍需要进一步研究确认。

2.2 DAB毒素的真核生物来源

水环境中真核细胞藻类也是DAB毒素的重要来源。Réveillon等在法国泻湖的硅藻、甲藻、隐藻、绿藻和金藻样品中检出DAB[7-8];Violi等在澳大利亚淡水环境中分离的5株硅藻中也检出DAB[28];中国学者在海洋硅藻中检出DAB,其中拟菱形藻的含量最高(406.96 μg·g-1),远高于国外水环境中藻类样品的检出量[5]。因此,硅藻作为海洋生态系统的重要浮游植物类群和DAB毒素的重要生物来源,潜在威胁海洋生态系统与人类的健康。从毒素的存在形式来看,真核藻类样品中总溶解态DAB含量远高于沉淀结合态毒素的含量(见表 2)。

表 2 真核藻类DAB的检出量 Table 2 The contents of DAB detected in eukaryotic algae

研究人员在陆生十字花科、豆科的山黧豆属、猪屎豆属、野豌豆属等高等植物中也检出DAB[4, 14, 24, 57-60]。金边苏铁(Cycas revoluta )的种子[24]、根[27]和德保苏铁(Cycas debaoensis )的叶子[61]以及番茄(Solanum lycopersicum )的花柱代谢物[62]中也检出DAB毒素(见表 3)。

表 3 高等植物DAB的检出量 Table 3 The contents of DAB detected in plants
2.3 DAB同分异构体的生物来源

BMAA是DAB的一种同分异构体,最初被发现自苏铁种子,而后发现BMAA的最初来源极有可能是与苏铁珊瑚状根部共生的念珠藻(Nostoc sp.)[63]。之后在不同种类的蓝细菌如微囊藻属(Microcystis )、色球藻属(Chroococcales )、集胞藻属(Synechocystis )和细鞘丝藻属(Leptolyngbya )等样品中普遍检出BMAA[64-65]。由于使用非特异性的氨基酸分析方法使得实验室菌株[65]、野外分离株[66]、野外样品[67]中BMAA检测含量过高,而在HILIC柱使用未衍生化方法中BMAA含量低[68-69]甚至未检出[22]。使得人们对蓝细菌作为BMAA生物来源的结论仍存在争议。Jiang等人首次在5株硅藻[70]以及Violi等人在4株淡水硅藻[56]中检出BMAA,说明海洋硅藻和淡水硅藻可能是BMAA的生物来源。目前仅在实验室培养的海洋链状裸甲藻(Gymnodinium catenatum )[71]以及三角异冒藻(Heterocapsa triquetra )[72]等甲藻样品中检出BMAA,暂未见其他种类的甲藻检出BMAA的报道。Li等人证明了极小海链藻(Thalassiosira minima )中BMAA是由硅藻自身产生的[73],进一步研究海洋硅藻的分子机制发现,BMAA的产生是由铁限制强烈诱导的,是通过胞内CysK基因催化肽链中半胱氨酸残基和甲胺发生亲核反应原位生成BMAA[74]。BMAA同样存在于细菌中,粉状芽孢杆菌(Bacillus pulvifaciens )产生的一种抗生素galantin Ⅰ经酸水解后可释放S-2, 3-DAP和S-BMAA[75],该化合物是目前已知的唯一含有BMAA结构的肽类化合物[76]。因此,BMAA的生物来源较为广泛,主要包括硅藻等藻类,同时也涵盖细菌。

AEG已在淡水、海洋、陆生、温泉等多种生境的蓝细菌中被检出,主要包括集胞藻属(Synechocystis sp.)、色球藻属(Chroococcidiopsis sp.)、鱼腥藻属(Anabaena sp.)、念珠藻属(Nostoc sp.)、鞘丝藻属(Lyngbya sp.)以及细鞘丝藻属(leppolyynbya sp.)等[77-78],这些蓝细菌主要分布于淡水和海洋环境中。AEG在硅藻、甲藻、绿藻等真核生物中也曾被检出,主要包括骨条藻属、亚历山大藻属、原甲藻属、微拟球藻属、衣藻属等[7-8]。目前,关于藻类AEG合成的遗传学证据尚未见报道。迄今为止,针对DAB的其他同分异构体,亦缺乏系统性研究。

3 环境样品中神经毒素DAB及其同分异构体的分布

当前,不同国家的研究人员在淡水、空气介质、水生生物等不同样品中检出DAB毒素,表明其在世界范围广泛存在(见图 4)。在环境样品BMAA的调查研究中,科学家通常会同时检测其同分异构体DAB。通常相较于BMAA,藻类样品[7, 8, 23-24, 27-28, 56, 79]、多数水生动物样品[5-8, 23, 80-85]以及南极洲[86]蓝藻藻甸和阿拉伯湾[9]海洋微生物结皮中DAB含量更高,检出率相近或更高。水处理过程中,常规工艺(紫外线、消毒剂氯/氯胺)难以有效去除DAB及其消毒副产物等有害物质[87],严重威胁饮用水水质安全,危害人体健康。

( 图中显示检出各个科类生物的DAB最高浓度。The figure shows the highest concentration of DAB detected for each category of organisms. ) 图 4 世界范围内环境生物样品中DAB的检出情况 Fig. 4 Global detection of DAB in environmental and biological samples
3.1 中国环境样品中DAB及其同分异构体的检出情况

中国淡水环境中浮游植物游离态DAB含量相对较低,0.37~3.82 ng·g-1WW,且未检出BMAA[27],在太湖水样中也曾检出游离态DAB(1.83~2.09 ng·L-1)而BMAA的浓度范围为0.89~230.8 ng·L-1[88],说明在水体介质中BMAA的波动性更大,可能受更复杂的环境因素(如藻类群落结构、水文条件等)影响。我国沿海采集的生物样品中DAB毒素的调查结果显示,浮游植物(0.01~12.34 μg·g-1 DW)、浮游动物(0.03~17.56 μg·g-1 DW)、贝类软体动物(0.05~3.82 μg·g-1 WW)、虾和蟹类节肢动物(0.02~1.91 μg·g-1 WW)、鱼类(0.09~0.16 μg·g-1 WW)等不同营养级的生物样品中均含有DAB毒素(见图 5)[5-6, 80-81],但未表现出明显的生物放大现象,而BMAA在硅藻为主的海洋生态系统的食物网中表现出生物放大现象,这种食物链传递效率的差异可能是BMAA源于其硅藻内源性合成机制[74]直接进入食物链,而DAB可能为细菌外源性来源[73]、易代谢分解而未能形成显著放大。近年来,海洋软体动物(0.04~3.82 μg·g-1 WW)[5-6, 80-81]、节肢动物(0.02~1.91 μg·g-1 WW)[5, 81]中总溶解态DAB毒素水平相对稳定,这提示DAB毒素可能不是由初级生产者浮游植物产生的,且海洋生物可能具有高效的DAB毒素排出机制。

图 5 中国水环境中采集的生物样品中DAB的检出量 Fig. 5 The contents of DAB detected in biological samples collected from aquatic environments in China
3.2 国外环境样品中DAB及其同分异构体的检出情况

1901—1904年采集的南极淡水蓝藻藻甸中检出总溶解态DAB[86],且浓度(0.40~6.56 μg·g-1 DW)(见图 6)和检出率(85.7%)较高[9, 86],AEG(0.74~6.79 μg·g-1 DW)含量较高而总溶解态BMAA含量较低(0.53 μg·g-1 DW)。后来研究人员在阿拉伯湾的海洋微生物结皮[9](0.19~31.08 μg·g-1 DW)、卡塔尔沙漠的蓝藻土壤结皮(2.8~4.4 μg·g-1 DW)[89]样品中也检出不同浓度的DAB,且随采样深度(0~105 cm)增加逐渐递减至0.5 μg·g-1 DW以下[90]。AEG含量(0.003 4~6.03 μg·g-1 DW;0.7~4.4 μg·g-1 DW)高而BMAA含量(1.4~9.1 ng·g-1 DW;未检出)低,这可能是因为蓝藻种类特异性代谢或极端环境因子调控作用不同。在淡水环境中,也能够检测到DAB(0.01~21.1 μg·L-1)、BMAA(0.01~25.3 μg·L-1)以及AEG(0.01~19 μg·L-1)[91-94]

图 6 国外水环境采集的生物样品中DAB的检出量 Fig. 6 The contents of DAB detected in biological samples collected from aquatic environments in other countries and regions

淡水环境中浮游植物(澳大利亚[95]、加拿大[96])样品的DAB含量(212 ng·g-1~7.61 mg·g-1)明显高于半咸水环境中浮游植物(瑞典波罗的海[97]、法国地中海泻湖[7])样品的DAB含量(平均浓度0.69 μg·g-1 DW)。AEG和BMAA的含量分布也呈现类似规律:淡水环境中AEG(2.02 ng·g-1~23.9 mg·g-1)和BMAA含量(47.26 μg·g-1~2.63 ng·g-1)高于半咸水环境中AEG(ND)和BMAA含量(平均浓度为0.49 μg·g-1 DW)。然而BMAA的含量较低,这可能与其合成物种种类少、降解效率高等多因素有关。该现象与中国水环境中DAB毒素的检出情况截然相反,中国水环境中较高含量的DAB毒素出现在海洋环境样品中,而澳洲和北美洲地区淡水环境样品中DAB的浓度更高。

法国地中海泻湖环境样品中总溶解态DAB和BMAA随着食物链浮游植物-浮游动物-贻贝(0.69、0.92、7.2 μg·g-1 DW;0.49、0.63、4.0 μg·g-1 DW)呈现生物放大现象(见图 6)[7]。但在法国的泻湖和双壳类养殖区采集的贝类样品中DAB含量无显著季节性差异,且较为稳定[7-8, 23],然而藻类存在显著的季节性动态变化,这表明高密度生长的浮游植物并未使贝类体内的DAB含量显著增加,说明食物链传递对贝类体内DAB含量的贡献不明显。这提示浮游植物可能不是DAB生产者,而细菌可能是其主要的生产者。

美国内布拉斯加州水库的调查结果显示,游离态和沉淀结合态DAB和BMAA在水生植物、鱼类等不同营养级生物中未见明显的生物放大作用[94]。南佛罗里达地区生长的龙虾含有游离态BMAA(0.01~11 μg·g-1 WW)、游离态和沉淀结合态DAB毒素(0.51~2.34 μg·g-1 WW)、以及微量的AEG和β-氨基-N -甲基丙氨酸毒素[98-99],且BMAA主要富集在卵中,DAB主要富集在卵和尾巴部位[98]。美国海域海豚的脑组织中检出总BMAA(20~328 μg·g-1 WW)和DAB(98~742 μg·g-1 WW)[100],但西班牙加利西亚生长的海豚的肝脏、肾脏或肌肉样品中未检出BMAA和DAB[101],这可能与不同海域BMAA和DAB的生物来源差异有关,也可能与毒素在海豚体内的富集部位有关。

藻类膳食补充剂通常是由螺旋藻或其他蓝绿藻制成的,是研究人员关注的焦点之一。最早研究人员在德国市售的一种水华束丝藻的膳食补充剂中检出DAB(0.08 μg·g-1),未检出BMAA[24],之后加拿大、北美洲、西班牙市售的藻类膳食补充剂中也检出DAB、BMAA、AEG,其中DAB的检出率≥78%,且含量最高[61, 102-104]。其中,加拿大市售的藻类膳食补充剂检出的BMAA(0.13~2.52 μg·g-1)和DAB含量(0.49~107.06 μg·g-1)最高[104],而北美洲、西班牙地区市售的藻类膳食补充剂的BMAA未检出,且DAB含量较低(0.003 5~2.40 μg·g-1)[24, 61, 102-103]。此外,研究人员在鲨鱼软骨粉中也检出BMAA(86~265 μg·g-1)和DAB(53~207 μg·g-1)[105]

4 神经毒素DAB的致毒机制

目前有关DAB神经毒性致毒机制的解释主要包括三种作用途径:触发兴奋性毒性、干扰γ-氨基丁酸(γ-aminobutyric acid, GABA)能神经系统、引发肝源性神经损伤(见图 7)[13, 18, 106]

图 7 DAB神经毒性的经典致毒机制示意图 Fig. 7 Classical mechanisms of DAB neurotoxicity
4.1 DAB触发兴奋性毒性

谷氨酸作为中枢神经系统核心兴奋性神经递质,通过激活配体门控离子通道型受体(如N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸(N-methyl-D-aspartate, NMDA)/离子型谷氨酸受体AMPA)介导神经元去极化。受体过度激活引发细胞内Ca2+超载,导致兴奋性毒性,表现为细胞长期的去极化、细胞内Ca2+信号的激活以及细胞凋亡酶的激活[107-110]。DAB能够作为谷氨酸受体(如NMDA、离子型谷氨酸受体(iGluRs))的激动剂引起兴奋性毒性[13, 107]

DAB在碳酸氢盐存在下形成的β-氨基甲酸酯加合物可激活NMDA受体从而引起神经兴奋性毒性。具体表现为显著的去极化效应和乳酸脱氢酶释放增加[13],表明DAB可严重破坏细胞膜的完整性[111]。DAB通过调控动作电位相关离子(如Na+、K+)通道,诱导细胞去极化。研究表明,DAB能够导致小鼠艾氏腹水癌细胞内Na+及K+含量下降、Cl-及水含量上升[17],这种离子组成的改变直接影响细胞膜的电化学性质,一方面引起膜电位去极化甚至无法恢复[112],另一方面显著降低膜输入电阻[107]。科学家提出了DAB诱导细胞溶解的双重作用机制假说,一种是DAB在胞内蓄积引起持续去极化破坏了渗透平衡[18, 113],另一种是DAB通过激活机械力敏感型Cl-通道降低膜输入阻力[107, 114]

DAB进入细胞内是通过钠依赖性的系统A中性氨基酸转运体[107, 115],该转运过程与L-丙氨酸和G-蛋氨酸存在竞争性抑制关系[18, 107]。DAB对细胞内外游离氨基酸浓度有显著影响,能够抑制原代皮质神经元细胞摄取L-胱氨酸[111],并导致胶质母细胞外的氨基酸如谷氨酸、天冬氨酸等阴离子氨基酸和丙氨酸、甘氨酸等中性氨基酸的增加[16]。此外,钠离子依赖性的DAB摄入细胞过程消耗大量能量,腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸(Adenosine triphosphate, ATP)是通过Na+/K+-ATP酶获取的[16]

4.2 DAB干扰GABA能神经系统

给药DAB后,研究人员发现出现惊厥反应的大鼠脑组织中GABA浓度升高[10, 106],DAB通过多种途径干扰GABA能神经系统功能。在神经突触体中,DAB除通过系统A中性氨基酸转运体外,还可经由GABA系统转运[116]。生理状态下,GABA通过激活GABAA受体-氯离子通道复合体,并引起超极化,进而产生抗惊厥效应[117]。DAB作为GABA的结构类似物,能够竞争性结合神经元表面GABA的高亲和力摄取位点[116],从而干扰正常的抑制性神经传递并引起惊厥。DAB能有效抑制3H-GABA在Na+依赖性神经末梢的摄取过程[118],DAB和GABA在短期(0~10 min)暴露过程中表现出竞争性抑制伴随细胞内DAB积累,而长期(50~100 min)暴露表现出非竞争性抑制[116]。GABA摄取的抑制可能来自胞外竞争性和胞内非竞争性抑制的混合作用[119],并呈现非线性特征[120]。然而,由于发现对非钠依赖性GABA通道的抑制是非立体特异性的,这表明DAB的神经毒性机制并非通过抑制GABA摄取,而是主要源于与突触后GABA受体的直接相互作用[119]

4.3 DAB诱导慢性氨中毒引发神经毒性

通过对暴露大鼠的多组织分析发现,其肝脏、血液及脑组织中的尿素浓度均呈现显著性升高。研究发现,DAB通过抑制大鼠肝脏中鸟氨酸氨甲酰基转移酶的活性,从而抑制尿素循环引起肝损伤[10]。尿素循环的抑制导致血氨浓度显著增加,引发慢性氨中毒。而脑中谷氨酰胺浓度的长期微量增加间接地导致继发性脑神经毒性,这一过程是DAB通过阳离子氨基酸转运系统y+穿过血脑屏障[121]引发的。

对DAB与其同分异构体BMAA、AEG的毒性效应开展了比较研究[15, 122-123],发现这三种化合物的致毒机制有相似或相同之处。其中,BMAA的神经毒性是通过激活谷氨酸受体(如代谢型谷氨酸受体mGluRs、NMDA和离子型谷氨酸受体AMPA)结合和错误嵌入肽链来介导的[21],而AEG的神经毒性是通过诱导氧化应激和激活谷氨酸受体(代谢型谷氨酸受体5)来介导的[111]。DAB与BMAA的毒性效应存在显著的物种和细胞类型差异性,表现出不同的敏感性。在细胞水平,DAB对小鼠巨噬细胞RAW264.7、小胶质细胞BV-2[15]以及皮质神经元细胞[111]的毒性更强,导致细胞活力降低和死亡率增加,还诱导水蛭Retzius神经元细胞更高的去极化水平[112, 122]。BMAA对N2a细胞、小鼠神经元NSC-34细胞[15, 124]的毒性更强,除了细胞活力降低以外,还诱导NSC-34细胞的膜透性增加、线粒体脱氢酶活性降低[124],对星形胶质细胞摄取体外L-胱氨酸的抑制作用更强[111]。在生物个体水平,DAB对斑马鱼幼鱼(孵化后6 h)的致死率更高。有一项研究表明同等浓度下BMAA和DAB毒性相近,造成人神经母细胞瘤细胞SH-SY5Y的死亡率无显著差异[125]。DAB与AEG的毒性比较的研究中,DAB对斑马鱼幼鱼(孵化后6 h)的毒性更强,致死率更高[122],然而AEG对小鼠皮质神经元细胞的毒性更强,其半数致死浓度EC50更低,还对星形胶质细胞摄取体外L-胱氨酸的抑制程度更强[111]

5 展望

本文系统梳理了不同生物样品中神经毒素DAB的检出情况,对其神经毒性致毒机制进行了归纳总结。从现有的文献来看,全球分布的淡水或海洋环境中的细菌、蓝细菌、微藻、大型藻、水生动物及陆生高等植物等多种生物样品中检出DAB毒素,由此引起的健康风险应予以关注。但目前对DAB的真正生产者及其生物合成机制的认识非常有限,且缺少DAB的水生生物的环境质量基准,对其生态环境风险管控提出了挑战。建议今后从以下几个方面开展研究:

(1) 当前有关DAB毒素的真实生产者尚存在争议,真核浮游植物和蓝细菌可能不是DAB毒素的初始生产者,尚未排除这些生物的共生或寄生细菌产生DAB的可能。尽管已有多项研究在放射菌中检出DAB,但人们对其合成机制尚不清楚。开展DAB生物合成机制的探索,将有助于理解其生物学意义。

(2) 深入研究DAB在不同动物、植物生物体中的吸收、分布、代谢及排泄规律,揭示其富集和代谢途径,以进一步解释DAB的毒性机制。

(3) 基于DAB的毒性数据和环境赋存,建立DAB的水生生物的环境质量基准,并开展环境风险评估,提高对该毒素的动态监测与风险预警能力。

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Research Progress on the Source, Distribution and Toxicological Mechanisms of Neurotoxin 2, 4-diaminobutyric Acid and Future Prospect
Li Aifeng1,2 , Dang Hui1 , Qiu Jiangbing1,2 , Wang Guixiang1,2 , Li Min1 , Yan Guowang1     
1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Abstract: 2, 4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB) is a neurotoxic non-protein amino acid, which has been widely detected in various biological samples, posing potential threats to aquatic ecosystems and human health. Based on existing domestic and international literature, this paper systematically reviews the detection of DAB in bacteria, cyanobacteria, eukaryotic phytoplankton, aquatic animals, and environmental samples, summarizes the main toxicological mechanisms of DAB, and provides an important reference for toxicology and health risk research of DAB. The future research directions related to DAB are prospected based on the current research progress. It is still necessary to further confirm the true biological source of DAB in the algal culture system, reveal the metabolic and enrichment pathways of DAB in organisms, and establish environmental quality benchmarks.
Key words: 2, 4-diaminobutyric acid (DAB)    neurotoxin    biological source    toxicological mechanism