Compounds such as the inhibitors of cytochrome P450 may
increase PAT toxicity, while P450 inducers do not modify its toxicity
. An outbreak of diarrhoea in
children in Sweden was related to consumption of fruit contaminated
with PAT . PAT may increase permeability
across intestinal Caco-2 monolayers . In
addition, it has been reported to have cytotoxic effects on colon
cancer cell lines in vitro. Therefore it has been proposed as a potential
anticancer therapy for colon cancer .
Recently, reported that PAT is not only cytotoxic
to enterocytes but also has the capacity to directly alter permeability
and ion transport in intact intestinal mucosae.
apoptotic mechanism.