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Bielfeldt S, Bonnier F, Byrne H, Chourpa I, Dancik Y, Lane M, Lunter D, Munnier E, Puppels G, Tfayli A, Ziemons E. Monitoring dermal penetration and permeation kinetics of topical products; the role of Raman microspectroscopy. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dancik Y, Sriram G, Rout B, Zou Y, Bigliardi-Qi M, Bigliardi PL. Physical and compositional analysis of differently cultured 3D human skin equivalents by confocal Raman spectroscopy. Analyst 2019; 143:1065-1076. [PMID: 29368763 DOI: 10.1039/c7an01675a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Three-dimensional skin equivalents are increasingly gaining acceptance as non-animal based experimental models of human skin. They are particularly suited to studying differences in physical and compositional properties of normal and diseased skin and their impact on the skin's barrier function. Typically, a culture protocol yielding a model of normal skin is modified to create a model simulating a pathology. Skin layer thicknesses and lipid/protein contents are compared using methods that are invasive, precluding further experiments on the same replicates, and which may be prone to artefacts. We show here that confocal Raman spectroscopy (CRS) is a valuable method for non-invasive discrimination of skin equivalents grown under different culture conditions. Using 3D full-thickness skin equivalents developed in-house, we measure significant differences in stratum corneum and viable epidermis apparent thicknesses resulting from a 7-day difference in the cultures' air-lift phase and from supplementation of the culture medium with interleukin 4. Furthermore, stratum corneum thicknesses obtained by CRS are up to 2.6-fold higher than values measured from histological photomicrographs. Regarding composition, CRS reveals the differential effects of the culture protocol modifications on ceramide, cholesterol and protein composition as a function of depth in the stratum corneum.
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- Y Dancik
- Experimental Dermatology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, Singapore 138648.
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Dancik Y, Sriram G, Rout B, Zou Y, Bigliardi-Qi M, Bigliardi PL. Correction: Physical and compositional analysis of differently cultured 3D human skin equivalents by confocal Raman spectroscopy. Analyst 2018; 143:1281. [PMID: 29424848 DOI: 10.1039/c8an90016g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Correction for 'Physical and compositional analysis of differently cultured 3D human skin equivalents by confocal Raman spectroscopy' by Y. Dancik, et al., Analyst, 2018, DOI: .
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- Y Dancik
- Experimental Dermatology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, Singapore 138648.
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Alberti M, Dancik Y, Sriram G, Wu B, Teo YL, Feng Z, Bigliardi-Qi M, Wu RG, Wang ZP, Bigliardi PL. Multi-chamber microfluidic platform for high-precision skin permeation testing. Lab Chip 2017; 17:1625-1634. [PMID: 28396895 DOI: 10.1039/c6lc01574c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The established in vitro tool used for testing the absorption and penetration of chemicals through skin in pharmacology, toxicology and cosmetic science is the static Franz diffusion cell. While widespread, Franz cells are relatively costly, low-throughput and results may suffer from poor reproducibility. Microfluidics has the potential to overcome these drawbacks. In this paper, we present a novel microfluidic skin permeation platform and validate it rigorously against the Franz cell by comparing the transport of 3 model chemicals of varying lipophilicity: caffeine, salicylic acid and testosterone. Permeation experiments through silicone membranes show that the chip yields higher sensitivity in permeant cumulative amounts and comparable or lower coefficients of variation. Using a skin organotypic culture, we show that the chip decreases the effect of unstirred water layers that can occur in static Franz cells. The validation reported herein sets the stage for efficient skin permeation and toxicity screening and further development of microfluidic skin-on-chip devices.
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- M Alberti
- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Level 10, Innovis, 138634 Singapore.
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- Experimental Dermatology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore and Clinical Research Unit for Skin, Allergy and Regeneration, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore
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- Experimental Dermatology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Level 10, Innovis, 138634 Singapore.
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- Clinical Research Unit for Skin, Allergy and Regeneration, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Level 10, Innovis, 138634 Singapore.
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- Experimental Dermatology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore and Clinical Research Unit for Skin, Allergy and Regeneration, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Level 10, Innovis, 138634 Singapore.
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Level 10, Innovis, 138634 Singapore.
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- Experimental Dermatology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore and Clinical Research Unit for Skin, Allergy and Regeneration, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 8a Biomedical Grove, #06-06, 138648 Singapore
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