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Plant natural variability may affect safety assessment data

dc.contributor.authorBatista, Rita
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Margarida
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-13T11:01:35Z
dc.date.available2011-09-13T11:01:35Z
dc.date.issued2010-12
dc.description.abstractBefore market introduction, genetic engineered (GE) food products, like any other novel food product, are subjected to extensive assessment of their potential effects on human health. In recent years, a number of profiling technologies have been explored aiming to increase the probability of detecting any unpredictable unintended effect and, consequently improving the efficiency of GE food safety assessment. These techniques still present limitations associated with the interpretation of the observed differences with respect to their biological relevance and toxicological significance. In order to address this issue, in this study, we have performed 2D-gel electrophoresis of five different ears of five different MON810 maize plants and of other five of the non-transgenic near-isogenic line. We have also performed 2D-gel electrophoresis of the pool of the five protein extractions of MON810 and control lines. We have notice that, in this example, the exclusive use of data from 2D-electrophoresed pooled samples, to compare these two lines, would be insufficient for an adequate safety evaluation. We conclude that, when using ‘‘omics” technologies, it is extremely important to eliminate all potential differences due to factors not related to the ones under study, and to understand the role of natural plant-to-plant variability in the encountered differences.por
dc.identifier.citationRegul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2010 Dec;58(3 Suppl):S8-12. Epub 2010 Sep 8por
dc.identifier.issn0273-2300
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1016/j.yrtph.2010.08.019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/152
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230010001467por
dc.subjectGenetically modified foodpor
dc.subjectFood safety evaluationpor
dc.subjectPlant natural variabilitypor
dc.subject‘‘omics” technologiespor
dc.subjectProteomicspor
dc.subject2-D gel electrophoresispor
dc.subjectMaizepor
dc.subjectEnvironmental effectspor
dc.subjectSegurança Alimentarpor
dc.titlePlant natural variability may affect safety assessment datapor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPageS12por
oaire.citation.startPageS8por
oaire.citation.titleRegulatory Toxicology and Pharmacologypor
rcaap.rightsrestrictedAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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