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Thá EL, Gagosian VSC, Canavez ADPM, Schuck DC, Brohem CA, Gradia DF, de Freitas RA, Prado KB, Cestari MM, Lorencini M, Leme DM. In vitro evaluation of the inhalation toxicity of the cosmetic ingredient aluminum chlorohydrate. J Appl Toxicol 2022; 42:2016-2029. [PMID: 35883269 DOI: 10.1002/jat.4371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Aluminum chlorohydrate (ACH) is a major aerosol component frequently used as the active ingredient in antiperspirants, and in vivo studies have raised a concern about its inhalation toxicity. Still, few studies have addressed its effects on the human respiratory tract. Therefore, we developed a study on ACH inhalation toxicity using an in vitro human alveolar cell model (A549 cells) with molecular and cellular markers of oxidative stress, immunotoxicity, and epigenetic changes. The chemical characterization of ACH suspensions indicated particle instability and aggregation; however, side-scatter analysis demonstrated significant particle uptake in cells exposed to ACH. Exposure of A549 cells to non-cytotoxic concentrations of ACH (0.25, 0.5, and 1 mg/ml) showed that ACH induced reactive oxygen species. Moreover, ACH upregulated TNF, IL6, IL8, and IL1A genes, but not the lncRNAs NEAT1 and MALAT1. Finally, no alterations on the global DNA methylation pattern (5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine) or the phosphorylation of histone H2AX (γ-H2AX) were observed. Our data suggest that ACH may induce oxidative stress and inflammation on alveolar cells, and A549 cells may be useful to identify cellular and molecular events that may be associated with adverse effects on the lungs. Still, further research is needed to ensure the inhalation safety of ACH.
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- Emanoela Lundgren Thá
- Graduate Program in Genetics, Department of Genetics-Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Product Safety Management-Q&PP, Grupo Boticário, São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Product Safety Management-Q&PP, Grupo Boticário, São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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Galey JB, Botet R, Sakhawoth Y, Dupire J, Leonforte F, Chardon M, Monti F, Tabeling P, Cabane B. Dendritic growth of protein gel in the course of sweat pore plugging by aluminium salts under physiological conditions. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:8022-8026. [PMID: 34525157 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm01029h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Are aluminium ions unavoidable in antiperspirants? To answer this question, we present confocal microscopy images of dendritic plugs appearing in sweat flowing across a microfluidic channel in the presence of aluminium salts. By comparing with numerical simulations, we identify the mechanisms forming this structured protein gel inside the pore.
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- Jean-Baptiste Galey
- L'Oréal Recherche & Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR8502, 91405, Orsay, France.
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- L'Oréal Recherche & Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
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- L'Oréal Recherche & Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
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- L'Oréal Recherche & Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
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- LCMD, CNRS UMR8231, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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Sakhawoth Y, Dupire J, Leonforte F, Chardon M, Monti F, Tabeling P, Cabane B, Botet R, Galey JB. Real time observation of the interaction between aluminium salts and sweat under microfluidic conditions. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6376. [PMID: 33737654 PMCID: PMC7973555 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85691-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aluminium salts such as aluminium chlorohydrate (ACH) are the active ingredients of antiperspirant products. Their mechanism of action involves a temporary and superficial plugging of eccrine sweat pores at the skin surface. We developed a microfluidic system that allows the real time observation of the interactions between sweat and ACH in conditions mimicking physiological sweat flow and pore dimensions. Using artificial sweat containing bovine serum albumin as a model protein, we performed experiments under flowing conditions to demonstrate that pore clogging results from the aggregation of proteins by aluminium polycations at specific location in the sweat pore. Combining microfluidic experiments, confocal microscopy and numerical models helps to better understand the physical chemistry and mechanisms involved in pore plugging. The results show that plugging starts from the walls of sweat pores before expanding into the centre of the channel. The simulations aid in explaining the influence of ACH concentration as well as the impact of flow conditions on the localization of the plug. Altogether, these results outline the potential of both microfluidic confocal observations and numerical simulations at the single sweat pore level to understand why aluminium polycations are so efficient for sweat channel plugging.
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- L'Oréal Recherche and Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France
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- L'Oréal Recherche and Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France
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- L'Oréal Recherche and Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France
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- LCMD, CNRS UMR8231, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231, Paris cedex 05, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, UMR8502, 91405, Orsay, France.
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- L'Oréal Recherche and Innovation, 1 avenue Eugène Schueller, 93600, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France.
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Desvignes I, Chamieh J, Cottet H. Separation and Characterization of Highly Charged Polyelectrolytes Using Free-Solution Capillary Electrophoresis. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10121331. [PMID: 30961256 PMCID: PMC6401714 DOI: 10.3390/polym10121331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The characterization of statistical copolymers of various charge densities remains an important and challenging analytical issue. Indeed, the polyelectrolyte (PE) effective electrophoretic mobility tends to level off above a certain charge density, due to the occurrence of Manning counterion condensation. Surprisingly, we demonstrate in this work that it is possible to get highly resolutive separations of charged PE using free-solution capillary electrophoresis, even above the critical value predicted by the Manning counterion condensation theory. Full separation of nine statistical poly(acrylamide-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate) polymers of different charge densities varying between 3% and 100% was obtained by adjusting the ionic strength of the background electrolyte (BGE) in counter electroosmotic mode. Distributions of the chemical charge density could be obtained for the nine PE samples, showing a strong asymmetry of the distribution for the highest-charged PE. This asymmetry can be explained by the different reactivity ratios during the copolymerization. To shed more light on the separation mechanism, effective and apparent selectivities were determined by a systematic study and modeling of the electrophoretic mobility dependence according to the ionic strength. It is demonstrated that the increase in resolution with increasing BGE ionic strength is not only due to a closer matching of the electroosmotic flow magnitude with the PE electrophoretic effective mobility, but also to an increase of the dependence of the PE effective mobility according to the charge density.
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- Isabelle Desvignes
- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, University of Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, France.
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Sutton AT, Arrua RD, Gaborieau M, Castignolles P, Hilder EF. Characterization of oligo(acrylic acid)s and their block co-oligomers. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1032:163-177. [PMID: 30143214 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Oligo(acrylic acid), oligoAA are important species currently used industrially in the stabilization of paints and also for the production of self-assembled polymer structures which have been shown to have useful applications in analytical separation methods and potentially in drug delivery systems. To properly tailor the synthesis of oligoAA, and its block co-oligomers synthesized by Reversible-Addition Fragmentation chain Transfer (RAFT) polymerization to applications, detailed knowledge about the chemical structure is needed. Commonly used techniques such as Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) and Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS) suffer from poor resolution and non-quantitative distributions, respectively. In this work free solution Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) has been thoroughly investigated as an alternative, allowing for the separation of oligoAA by molar mass and the RAFT agent end group. The method was then extended to block co-oligomers of acrylic acid and styrene. Peak capacities up to 426 were observed for these 1D CE separations, 10 times greater than what has been achieved for Liquid Chromatography (LC) of oligostyrenes. To provide a comprehensive insight into the chemical structure of these materials 1H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to provide an accurate average chain length and reveal the presence of branching. The chain length at which branching is detected was investigated with the results showing a degree of branching of 1% of the monomer units in oligoAA with an average chain length of 9 monomer units, which was the shortest chain length at which branching could be detected. This branching is suspected to be a result of both intermolecular and intramolecular transfer reactions. The combination of free solution CE and NMR spectroscopy is shown to provide a near complete elucidation of the chemical structure of oligoAA including the average chain length and branching as well as the chain length and RAFT agent end group distribution. Furthermore, the purity in terms of the dead chains and unreacted RAFT agent was quantified. The use of free solution CE and 1H NMR spectroscopy demonstrated in this work can be routinely applied to oligoelectrolytes and their block co-oligomers to provide an accurate characterization which allows for better design of the materials produced from these oligomers.
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- Adam T Sutton
- Future Industries Institute (FII), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5011, Australia; Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7005, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5011, Australia; Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7005, Australia
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- Western Sydney University, ACROSS, School of Science and Health, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia; Western Sydney University, Medical Sciences Research Group, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia
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- Western Sydney University, ACROSS, School of Science and Health, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia.
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- Future Industries Institute (FII), University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5011, Australia; Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7005, Australia.
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Silvestre ALP, Milani MI, Rossini EL, Pezza L, Pezza HR. A paper platform for colorimetric determination of aluminum hydrochloride in antiperspirant samples. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 204:432-435. [PMID: 29966896 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.06.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A simple, fast, low-cost, portable, and eco-friendly method using a spot test on a paper platform, together with diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, was developed and validated for the quantification of aluminum hydrochloride, a potential neurotoxic agent, in antiperspirant samples. The determination of aluminum hydrochloride was performed at a wavelength of 615 nm, by measuring consumption of the purple colorimetric reagent Alizarin S, due to reaction with aluminum. The linear range was from 10.0 to 125.0 mg L-1 and could be described by the equation: AR = 0.4479 - 0.002543 CAl (R = 0.999). The limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) were 3.06 and 10.2 mg L-1, respectively. The method was specific, accurate, and repeatable, with relative standard deviation (RSD) <5.0%. The recovery was between 92.2 and 103.4%. The method was successfully used for the determination of aluminum hydrochloride in commercial antiperspirant samples, revealing concentrations below the maximum permitted by current legislation.
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- Amanda Letícia Polli Silvestre
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", UNESP, R. Prof. Francisco Degni 55, P.O. Box 355, 14800-900 Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", UNESP, R. Prof. Francisco Degni 55, P.O. Box 355, 14800-900 Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", UNESP, R. Prof. Francisco Degni 55, P.O. Box 355, 14800-900 Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", UNESP, R. Prof. Francisco Degni 55, P.O. Box 355, 14800-900 Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", UNESP, R. Prof. Francisco Degni 55, P.O. Box 355, 14800-900 Araraquara, SP, Brazil.
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Capillary electrophoresis for aluminum ion speciation: Optimized separation conditions for complex polycation mixtures. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1552:79-86. [PMID: 29655840 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.03.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aluminum chlorohydrates (ACH) are used in numerous applications and commercial products on a global scale including water treatment, catalysis or antiperspirants. They are complex mixtures of water soluble aluminum polycations of different degrees of polymerization, that are difficult to separate and quantify due to their susceptibility to depolymerize in solution when placed out of equilibrium, which is inherent to any separation process. We recently achieved the first capillary electrophoresis separation and characterization of ACH oligomers using 4-morpholineethanesulfonic acid (MES) as background electrolyte counter-ion. MES stabilizes the separated ACH oligomers during the electrophoretic process leading to highly repeatable and fast separations. In this work, the separation of ACH oligomers was further studied and perfected by varying the ionic strength, MES concentration and pH of the background electrolyte. Complex electrophoretic behavior is reported for the separation of Al13, Al30 and Na+ ions according to these experimental parameters. The transformation of the electropherograms in effective mobility scale and the use of the slope-plot approach are used to better understand the observed changes in selectivity/resolution. Optimal conditions (700 mM MES at 25 mM ionic strength containing 0.1 mM didodecyldimethylammonium bromide for dynamic capillary coating, pH 4.8) obtained for the separation of ACH oligomers are used for the baseline separation of samples difficult to analyze with other methods, including different molecular, aggregated and colloidal forms of aluminum from the Al13, Al30 and Na+ mixture, validating the rationale of the approach.
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