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Kang NH, Oh J. The Accomplishments of KoCVAM in the Development and Implementation of Alternative Methods in Korea. Altern Lab Anim 2024; 52:166-176. [PMID: 38626463 DOI: 10.1177/02611929241244520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
Abstract
The Korean Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods (KoCVAM), which promotes the Three Rs principles and the use of alternative methods in Korea, has been operating within the Toxicological Screening and Testing Division of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) since 2009. KoCVAM has exchanged opinions and information on the development and validation of non-animal alternative test methods as part of the International Cooperation on Alternative Test Methods (ICATM), and provided input into draft OECD Test Guidelines (TGs). Several Korean laws (e.g. the Cosmetics Act) encourage the use of alternative test methods for chemical testing and assessment. To promote and support the use of alternative test methods in the country, KoCVAM has published information and provided training on the national guidelines, which are based on the OECD TGs. In addition, KoCVAM has held annual training workshops on alternative test methods, to help Korean research institutions (including GLP test facilities) to implement them. In addition, by helping to develop and validate alternative test methods that were adopted in OECD TG 442B, TG 492 and TG 439, KoCVAM has contributed to the enhanced competitiveness of Korean industry on the worldwide stage.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nam-Hee Kang
- Korean Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods (KoCVAM), Toxicological Screening and Testing Division, Toxicological Evaluation and Research Department, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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- Korean Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods (KoCVAM), Toxicological Screening and Testing Division, Toxicological Evaluation and Research Department, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea
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Kim YJ, Seo DH, Kim IS, Jung MS, Bae JY, Song MY, Song KS, Kim JS. Preliminary Study on an Alternative Test Method with MCTT HCE TM for Ocular Irritation Test of Ophthalmic Medical Devices. TOXICS 2023; 11:289. [PMID: 36977054 PMCID: PMC10051360 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11030289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The sustained growth of the market for ophthalmic medical devices has increased the demand for alternatives to animal testing for the evaluation of eye irritation. The International Organization for Standardization has acknowledged the need to develop novel in vitro tests to replace animal testing. Here, we evaluated the applicability of an alternative method based on a human corneal model to test the safety of ophthalmic medical devices. 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), which are used to fabricate contact lenses, were used as base materials. These materials were blended with eye irritant and non-irritant chemicals specified in the OECD Test Guideline (TG) 492 and Globally Harmonized System (GHS) classification. Then, three GLP-certified laboratories performed three replicates using the developed method using 3D reconstructed human cornea epithelium, MCTT HCETM. OECD TG 492 describes the procedure used to evaluate the eye hazard potential of the test chemical based on its ability to induce cytotoxicity in a reconstructed human cornea-like epithelium (RhCE) tissue. Results: The within-laboratory reproducibility (WLR) and between-laboratory reproducibility (BLR) were both 100%. When a polar extraction solvent was used, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were all 100% in each laboratory. When a non-polar extraction solvent was used, the sensitivity was 80%, the specificity was 100%, and the accuracy was 90%. The proposed method exhibited excellent reproducibility and predictive capacity within and between laboratories. Therefore, the proposed method using the MCTT HCETM model could be used to evaluate eye irritation caused by ophthalmic medical devices.
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- Yang-Jee Kim
- Da Vinci College of General Education, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Conformity Laboratories, 8, Gaetbeol-ro 145 Beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Testing & Research Institute, 12-67, Sandan-gil, Hwasun-eup, Hwasun-gun 58141, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea
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- Biotoxtech, 53, Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si 28115, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si 16419, Gyeonggo-do, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Conformity Laboratories, 8, Gaetbeol-ro 145 Beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Conformity Laboratories, 8, Gaetbeol-ro 145 Beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Conformity Laboratories, 8, Gaetbeol-ro 145 Beon-gil, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21999, Republic of Korea
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Tissue Engineered Mini-Cornea Model for Eye Irritation Test. Tissue Eng Regen Med 2022; 20:213-223. [PMID: 36502465 PMCID: PMC10070571 DOI: 10.1007/s13770-022-00504-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eye irritation tests with animals have been conducted for a long time. However, the subjective decision to irritation, the anatomic/physiologic difference between species and humans, and ethical issues are crucial problems. Various research groups have paid attention to alternative testing methods. In these senses, we fabricated in vitro mini-cornea models with immortalized human corneal epithelial cells (iHCECs) and keratocytes (iHCKs) and used them for irritation tests. This study hypothesized that our mini-cornea model could present different viability tendencies according to test chemicals with different irritancy levels. METHODS Cells used in this study were characterized with cornea-specific markers by immunocytochemistry and western blot. To make a three-dimensional hemisphere construct like cornea stroma, we cultured iHCKs under modified culture conditions verified by matrix formation and total collagen content. iHCECs were seeded on the construct and cultured at an air-liquid interface. The model was treated with 2-phenoxyethanol, triton X-100, sodium lauryl sulfate, and benzalkonium chloride. RESULTS iHCECs and iHCKs presented their specific cell markers. In modifying the culture condition, the group treating ascorbic acid (200 µg/ml) presented an intact cellular matrix and included the highest collagen content; thus, we used this condition to fabricate the mini-cornea model. The model shows hemisphere shape and homogenous cell distributions in histological analysis. We observed different sensitivity tendencies by types of chemicals, and the model's viability significantly decreased when the chemical concentration increased. CONCLUSION In this study, we performed and observed irritation tests using a tissue-engineered mini-cornea model and considered to apply as an alternative approach for animal tests.
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Chacón M, Vázquez N, Persinal-Medina M, Alonso-Alonso S, Alcalde I, Merayo-Lloves J, Meana Á. In-house performance assessment of 3D QobuR-Reconstructed Human Cornea-Like Epithelium (RhCE) for the evaluation of eye hazard. Toxicol In Vitro 2022; 82:105390. [PMID: 35595034 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2022.105390] [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: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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To replace the Draize eye irritation test (OECD Test Guideline 404), several test methods based on reconstructed cornea-like epithelium (RhCE) have been developed and adopted in the OECD TG 492. The objective of this study was to stablish the experimental procedures and evaluate the performance assessment of QobuR-RhCE, an in-house RhCE model to be used for the evaluation of eye hazard. We define the essential structural, functional and procedural elements of the test method components to help assuring that the proposed test method is based on the same concepts as the validated reference methods. Performance assessment was evaluated in accordance with the revised performance standards for the assessment of proposed similar or modified in vitro reconstructed human cornea-like epithelium and the minimum list of reference chemicals was evaluated. As result, the proposed method scored 93.3% sensibility, 60% specificity, 76.7% accuracy and 96.7% within-laboratory reproducibility (WLR), providing a similar performance in comparison to the validated reference methods. Additionally, we describe a secondary endpoint based on Transepithelial Electrical Resistance (TEER) that could be of use to better discriminate between irritants and non-irritants. Taken together the results indicate that the QobuR-RhCE test method is an accurate screening tool that can be used as a standalone alternative to evaluate ocular irritation.
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- Manuel Chacón
- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain.
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (U714), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Chacón M, Sánchez M, Vázquez N, Persinal-Medina M, Alonso-Alonso S, Baamonde B, Alfonso JF, Fernández-Vega-Cueto L, Merayo-Lloves J, Meana Á. Impedance-based non-invasive assay for ocular damage prediction on in vitro 3D reconstructed human corneal epithelium. Bioelectrochemistry 2022; 146:108129. [PMID: 35397437 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108129] [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: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reconstructed human cornea-like epithelium (RhCE) holds unprecedented promise for toxicological analyses and the replacement of animal use. However, current standards to evaluate potential ocular irritancy present a major downfall, the need to invasively alter tissue samples to evaluate cell viability. In this study, the applicability of impedance analysis was validated by monitoring the change in cell capacitance during tissue maturation and before and after chemical application using coupled electrodes. Our results indicate that cell maturation on RhCE models can be evaluated during model production using capacitance sensing offering a faster and simpler quality control criteria for RhCE model usability. Additionally, cell capacitance resulted to be more sensitive in detecting slight cell damages than methods based on cell metabolism, and when integrated into OECD-approved testing strategies, capacitance sensing performed as good as currently accepted methodologies displaying 66% sensitivity, 100% specificity and 83% accuracy when evaluated at 300 Hz. In summary, a quantitative analysis to predict in vivo ocular irritation based on changes in RhCE capacitance by impedance spectroscopy is suggested. This methodology represents a non-invasive and non-destructive alternative that would enable the monitoring of reversible effects or repeated dose toxicity.
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- Manuel Chacón
- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain.
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain; Departamento de Medicina (Farmacología), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario Fernández-Vega, Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain; Departamento de Medicina (Farmacología), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) (U714), ISCII, Madrid, Spain
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Kang Y, Jeong B, Lim DH, Lee D, Lim KM. In silico prediction of the full United Nations Globally Harmonized System eye irritation categories of liquid chemicals by IATA-like bottom-up approach of random forest method. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2021; 84:960-972. [PMID: 34328061 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2021.1956661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As an alternative to in vivo Draize rabbit eye irritation test, this study aimed to construct an in silico model to predict the complete United Nations (UN) Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classification and labeling of chemicals for eye irritation category [eye damage (Category 1), irritating to eye (Category 2) and nonirritating (No category)] of liquid chemicals with Integrated approaches to testing and assessment (IATA)-like two-stage random forest approach. Liquid chemicals (n = 219) with 34 physicochemical descriptors and quality in vivo data were collected with no missing values. Seven machine learning algorithms (Naive Bayes, Logistic Regression, First Large Margin, Neural Net, Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosted Tree, and Support Vector Machine) were examined for the ternary categorization of eye irritation potential at a single run through 10-fold cross-validation. RF, which performed best, was further improved by applying the 'Bottom-up approach' concept of IATA, namely, separating No category first, and discriminating Category 1 from 2, thereafter. The best performing training dataset achieved an overall accuracy of 73% and the correct prediction for Category 1, 2, and No category was 80%, 50%, and 77%, respectively for the test dataset. This prediction model was further validated with an external dataset of 28 chemicals, for which an overall accuracy of 71% was achieved.
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- Yeonsoo Kang
- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Statistics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Statistics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Citi V, Neggiani F, Sansò M, Calderone V. Pharmacological evaluation of innovative eye drop formulations containing TS-polysaccaride, hyaluronic acid and glycyrrhizin for irritative ocular diseases using in vitro reconstituted human corneal epithelium model. Toxicol In Vitro 2021; 75:105199. [PMID: 34097953 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2021.105199] [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: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In vitro reconstructed human corneal tissue models are closer to in vivo human corneal tissue in term of morphology, biochemical and physiological properties, and represent a valid alternative to animal use for evaluating the pharmacological effects ophthalmic topically applied medical devices. In this experimental work the in vitro reconstructed human corneal tissues have been used for assessing the potential beneficial effects of an innovative ophthalmic formulation containing hyaluronic acid, glycyrrhizin and TS-polysaccharide for the treatment of symptomatic states on the eye surface including dry eye, itching, foreign body sensation and redness due allergic reaction. Corneal tissues have been treated with benzalkonium chloride for 24 h to induce cell damage and then treated with the tested items for 16 h. After the incubation period, tissue viability, TNF-α, IL-6 and MMP-9 have been assessed. Diclofenac has been used as reference anti-inflammatory drug. The novel formulation protected the tissues against benzalkonium chloride damage, while exerted a mild but not significant reduction of the anti-inflammatory mediator TNF-α.
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- Valentina Citi
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno 6, 56125 Pisa, Italy.
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- Farmigea S.p.A., via G.B. Oliva 6/8, 56121 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno 6, 56125 Pisa, Italy
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Lebrun S, Nguyen L, Chavez S, Chan R, Le D, Nguyen M, Jester JV. Same-chemical comparison of nonanimal eye irritation test methods: Bovine corneal opacity and permeability, EpiOcular™, isolated chicken eye, ocular Irritection®, OptiSafe™, and short time exposure. Toxicol In Vitro 2021; 72:105070. [PMID: 33352259 PMCID: PMC8544240 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2020.105070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The testing and classification of chemicals to determine adverse ocular effects are routinely conducted to ensure that materials are appropriately classified, labeled, and meet regulatory and safety guidelines. We have performed a same-chemical analysis using publicly available validation study results and compared the performance between tests for the same chemicals. To normalize for chemical selection, we matched chemicals tested by pairs of tests so that each matched set compared performance for the exact same chemicals. Same-chemical accuracy comparisons demonstrate a chemical selection effect that results in a wide range of overlapping false-positive (FP) rates and accuracies for all test methods. In addition, the analysis suggests that a tiered-testing strategy with specific combinations of tests can reduce the FP rate for some combinations. However, reductions in the FP rates were typically accompanied by an increase in the false-negative rates, resulting in minimal advantage in terms of accuracy. In addition, actual improvements in the FP rate after retesting positives with a second test are not as good as the theoretical improvements because some chemicals and functional groups appear to be broadly misclassified by all test methods, which, to the extent the tests make the same-chemical misclassifications, reduces the advantage of using tiered-testing strategies.
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- Lebrun Labs LLC, Anaheim, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Jeong MH, Han Y, Oh IS, Kim DM, Son DW, Jung MS, Yang H, Lee K, Shin JY, Kim HR, Chung KH. Pre-validation of a Calu-3 epithelium cytotoxicity assay for predicting acute inhalation toxicity of chemicals. Toxicol In Vitro 2021; 75:105136. [PMID: 33675894 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2021.105136] [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: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Although in vivo inhalation toxicity tests have been widely conducted, the testing of many chemicals is limited for economic and ethical reasons. Therefore, we previously developed an in vitro acute inhalation toxicity test method. The goal of the present pre-validation study was to evaluate the transferability, reproducibility, and predictive capacity of this method. After confirming the transferability of the Calu-3 epithelium cytotoxicity assay, reproducibility was evaluated using 20 test substances at three independent institutions. Cytotoxicity data were analyzed using statistical methods, including the intra-class correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman plots for within- and between-laboratory reproducibility. The assay for the 20 test substances showed excellent agreement within and between laboratories. To evaluate the predictive capacity, 77 test substances were analyzed for acute inhalation toxicity. Accuracy was measured using a cutoff of 40%, and the relevance was analyzed as a receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve. An accuracy of 72.73% was obtained, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.77, indicating moderate performance. In this study, we found that the in vitro acute inhalation toxicity test method demonstrated good reliability and relevance for predicting the acute toxicity of inhalable chemicals. Hence, this assay has potential as an alternative test for screening acutely toxic inhalants.
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- Mi Ho Jeong
- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Biotoxtech, 53, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do 28115, Republic of Korea
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- Biotoxtech, 53, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do 28115, Republic of Korea
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- National Center for Efficacy Evaluation of Respiratory Disease Product, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea
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- National Center for Efficacy Evaluation of Respiratory Disease Product, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeongeup 56212, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do 38430, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea.
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In vitro reconstructed 3D corneal tissue models for ocular toxicology and ophthalmic drug development. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2021; 57:207-237. [PMID: 33544359 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-020-00533-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Testing of all manufactured products and their ingredients for eye irritation is a regulatory requirement. In the last two decades, the development of alternatives to the in vivo Draize eye irritation test method has substantially advanced due to the improvements in primary cell isolation, cell culture techniques, and media, which have led to improved in vitro corneal tissue models and test methods. Most in vitro models for ocular toxicology attempt to reproduce the corneal epithelial tissue which consists of 4-5 layers of non-keratinized corneal epithelial cells that form tight junctions, thereby limiting the penetration of chemicals, xenobiotics, and pharmaceuticals. Also, significant efforts have been directed toward the development of more complex three-dimensional (3D) equivalents to study wound healing, drug permeation, and bioavailability. This review focuses on in vitro reconstructed 3D corneal tissue models and their utilization in ocular toxicology as well as their application to pharmacology and ophthalmic research. Current human 3D corneal epithelial cell culture models have replaced in vivo animal eye irritation tests for many applications, and substantial validation efforts are in progress to verify and approve alternative eye irritation tests for widespread use. The validation of drug absorption models and further development of models and test methods for many ophthalmic and ocular disease applications is required.
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Krakowian D, Gądarowska D, Daniel-Wójcik A, Mrzyk I. A proposal for a new in vitro method for direct classification of eye irritants by cytotoxicity test - Preliminary study. Toxicol Lett 2020; 338:58-66. [PMID: 33301789 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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None of the in vitro method are suitable for directly classifying of a substance as an eye irritant (category 2). They can classify substance as category 1 (serious eye damage) or as "no category" (not requiring classification). The aim of this study was to develop a new method for direct classification of a substance as category 2. Cytotoxicity Assay to Assess Eye Irritation (CEI) was performed on fibroblast - HDFn cell line with 36 substances. 5 concentrations of all substances and neat substances were applied directly to the cells. After 30 min, medium was added and cells were incubated at 37 °C. The next day, the cytotoxicity assay was performed (MTT assay in the first run and NRU assay in the second run). Based on viability and IC50 value (concentration with 50 % viability) a substance could be classified in category 2, category 1, and as "no category". The results obtained were referred to ECHA database. This new method had high sensitivity (53.8-88.9 %), specificity (73.9-100.0 %) and accuracy (69.4-88.9 %) in the classification to all categories. It effectively classifies not only substances in category 2 but also in category 1 and substances that do not require classification.
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- Daniel Krakowian
- Department of Toxicology Studies, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry Branch Pszczyna, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology Studies, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry Branch Pszczyna, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology Studies, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry Branch Pszczyna, Poland
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- Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry Branch Pszczyna, Poland
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Hwang JH, Jeong H, Hur S, Nam KT, Lim KM. Employment of cytology for in vitro skin irritation test using a reconstructed human epidermis model, Keraskin™. Toxicol In Vitro 2020; 69:104962. [PMID: 32781017 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2020.104962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
Skin irritation tests using reconstructed human epidermis (RhE) employ viability as an endpoint, but color interference or borderline results are often problematic. We examined whether the cytology of cells from treated RhE could determine skin irritancy. Six chemicals (three irritants; DnP, 1-B, PH, three non-irritants; DP, APA, HS) were evaluated in a RhE, Keraskin™. DP, HS, and PH were clearly classified with viability, but DnP, 1-B, and APA were often falsely determined, due to borderline values falling near the cutoff, 50%. In histology, the tissues treated with DnP, 1-B, and PH showed erosion of the stratum corneum, vacuolization, and necrosis in the basal layer. DP- and HS-treated tissues showed relatively normal morphology but APA induced necrosis similar to irritants. Cytology revealed that DnP, 1-B or PH depleted cells and induced irregular and abnormal cell shapes. In contrast, relatively regular and normal shapes and clear distinction between the nucleus and cytoplasm was observed for DP, APA and HS. To further confirm it, additional 10 substances, including false positives from OECD TG 439, were tested. Overall (16 substances in total), cytology: total area predicted the skin irritancy of test chemicals with the highest accuracy (87.5%) followed by cytology: cell count (81.3%), histology (75%) and viability (68.8%), confirming the utility of cytology as an alternative endpoint in the skin irritation test using RhE.
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- Jee-Hyun Hwang
- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
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Han J, Kim S, Lee SH, Kim JS, Chang YJ, Jeong TC, Kang MJ, Kim TS, Yoon HS, Lee GY, Bae S, Lim KM. Me-too validation study for in vitro skin irritation test with a reconstructed human epidermis model, KeraSkin™ for OECD test guideline 439. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2020; 117:104725. [PMID: 32768665 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2020.104725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We conducted a me-too validation study to confirm the reproducibility, reliability, and predictive capacity of KeraSkin™ skin irritation test (SIT) as a me-too method of OECD TG 439. With 20 reference chemicals, within-laboratory reproducibility (WLR) of KeraSkin™ SIT in the decision of irritant or non-irritant was 100%, 100%, and 95% while between-laboratory reproducibility (BLR) was 100%, which met the criteria of performance standard (PS, WLR≥90%, BLR≥80%). WLR and BLR were further confirmed with intra-class correlation (ICC, coefficients >0.950). WLR and BLR in raw data (viability) were also shown with a scatter plot and Bland-Altman plot. Comparison with existing VRMs with Bland-Altman plot, ICC and kappa statistics confirmed the compatibility of KeraSkin™ SIT with OECD TG 439. The predictive capacity of KeraSkin™ SIT was estimated with 20 reference chemicals (the sensitivity of 98.9%, the specificity of 70%, and the accuracy of 84.4%) and additional 46 chemicals (for 66 chemicals [20 + 46 chemicals, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy: 95.2%, 82.2% and 86.4%]). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis suggested a potential improvement of the predictive capacity, especially sensitivity, when changing cut-off (50% → 60-75%). Collectively, the me-too validation study demonstrated that KeraSkin™ SIT can be a new me-too method for OECD TG 439.
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- Juhee Han
- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- COSMAX Korea, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Conformity Laboratories, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Osong, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Osong, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Osong, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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A new corneal epithelial biomimetic 3D model for in vitro eye toxicity assessment: Development, characterization and applicability. Toxicol In Vitro 2020; 62:104666. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.104666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Statistical analysis of the reproducibility and predictive capacity of MCTT HCE™ eye irritation test, a me-too test method for OECD TG 492. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 107:104430. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.104430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Joo KM, Kim S, Koo YJ, Lee M, Lee SH, Choi D, Lim KM. Development and validation of UPLC method for WST-1 cell viability assay and its application to MCTT HCE™ eye irritation test for colorful substances. Toxicol In Vitro 2019; 60:412-419. [PMID: 31247334 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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WST-1 [Water Soluble Tetrazolium-1; 2-(4-Iodophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-(2,4-disulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium, monosodium salt)] is widely used in the cell viability assays replacing MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide). A water-soluble formazan dye (4-[1-(4-Iodophenyl)-5-(4-nitrophenyl)formaz-3-yl]-1,3-benzene disulfonate, disodium salt) is produced from the reduction of WST-1 tetrazolium, of which optical density at 450 nm is measured to evaluate cell viability. Colorful substances may interfere with spectrometric measurement, and a method to specifically detect WST-1 formazan is required. Here, a simple, rapid, sensitive, and specific ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to UV detector (UPLC-UV) was developed and validated for the WST-1 formazan. For the application to cell viability assay, the supernatant from WST-1 assay was injected without sample preparation procedure and a single run was completed within 5 min. Chromatographic separation was achieved on BEH C18 column (1.7 μm, 2.1 × 50 mm) using gradient elution with the mobile phase of water and acetonitrile. The standard curves were linear over the concentration range of 2.5-120 μg/mL WST-1 formazan, which encompasses WST-1 formazan concentrations from 2% cell viability to 2 fold of 100% cell viability. The intra- and inter-day precisions were measured to be below 5% and accuracies were within the range of 91.8-104.9%. The validated method was successfully applied to the test of colorful substances in vitro eye irritation test with a human cornea-like epithelium, and in vitro cytotoxicity in HaCaT, human keratinocyte cell line.
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- Kyung-Mi Joo
- AMOREPACIFIC CO/R&D Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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