scholarly journals Adverse outcome pathways and in vitro toxicology strategies for microplastics hazard testing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Halappanavar ◽  
Gary Mallach
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Outcome ◽  
In Vitro Toxicology ◽  
Adverse Outcome Pathways

scholarly journals Novel Methods and Approaches for Safety Evaluation of Nanoparticle Formulations: A Focus Towards In Vitro Models and Adverse Outcome Pathways

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mounika Gayathri Tirumala ◽  
Pratibha Anchi ◽  
Susmitha Raja ◽  
Mahesh Rachamalla ◽  
Chandraiah Godugu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Adverse Outcome ◽  
Safety Concern ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Novel Methods ◽  
Adverse Outcome Pathways

Nanotoxicology is an emerging field employed in the assessment of unintentional hazardous effects produced by nanoparticles (NPs) impacting human health and the environment. The nanotoxicity affects the range between induction of cellular stress and cytotoxicity. The reasons so far reported for these toxicological effects are due to their variable sizes with high surface areas, shape, charge, and physicochemical properties, which upon interaction with the biological components may influence their functioning and result in adverse outcomes (AO). Thus, understanding the risk produced by these materials now is an important safety concern for the development of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Since the time nanotoxicology has evolved, the methods employed have been majorly relied on in vitro cell-based evaluations, while these simple methods may not predict the complexity involved in preclinical and clinical conditions concerning pharmacokinetics, organ toxicity, and toxicities evidenced through multiple cellular levels. The safety profiles of nanoscale nanomaterials and nanoformulations in the delivery of drugs and therapeutic applications are of considerable concern. In addition, the safety assessment for new nanomedicine formulas lacks regulatory standards. Though the in vivo studies are greatly needed, the end parameters used for risk assessment are not predicting the possible toxic effects produced by various nanoformulations. On the other side, due to increased restrictions on animal usage and demand for the need for high-throughput assays, there is a need for developing and exploring novel methods to evaluate NPs safety concerns. The progress made in molecular biology and the availability of several modern techniques may offer novel and innovative methods to evaluate the toxicological behavior of different NPs by using single cells, cell population, and whole organisms. This review highlights the recent novel methods developed for the evaluation of the safety impacts of NPs and attempts to solve the problems that come with risk assessment. The relevance of investigating adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) in nanotoxicology has been stressed in particular.

Adapting biomarker technologies to adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) research: current thoughts on using in vivo discovery for developing in vitro target methods

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 039001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim D Pleil ◽  
Jonathan D Beauchamp ◽  
Wolfram Miekisch ◽  
William E Funk
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Outcome ◽  
Adverse Outcome Pathways

In vitro analysis of liver steatosis using adverse outcome pathways: A case study with cyproconazole

2018 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. S64
Author(s):  
C. Luckert ◽  
A. Braeuning ◽  
G. de Sousa ◽  
S. Durinck ◽  
E.S. Katsanou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Outcome ◽  
Liver Steatosis ◽  
Vitro Analysis ◽  
Adverse Outcome Pathways ◽  
In Vitro Analysis

Adverse outcome pathways: A conceptual framework to support ecotoxicology research and risk assessment

2011 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald T. Ankley ◽  
Richard S. Bennett ◽  
Russell J. Erickson ◽  
Dale J. Hoff ◽  
Michael W. Hornung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Adverse Outcome ◽  
Adverse Outcome Pathways

scholarly journals Combined In Vitro and In Vivo Approaches to Propose a Putative Adverse Outcome Pathway for Acute Lung Inflammation Induced by Nanoparticles: A Study on Carbon Dots

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Maud Weiss ◽  
Jiahui Fan ◽  
Mickaël Claudel ◽  
Luc Lebeau ◽  
Françoise Pons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dots ◽  
Lung Inflammation ◽  
Adverse Outcome ◽  
Cellular Responses ◽  
Target Cells ◽  
Inflammasome Activation ◽  
Adverse Outcome Pathway ◽  
Acute Lung Inflammation

With the growth of nanotechnologies, concerns raised regarding the potential adverse effects of nanoparticles (NPs), especially on the respiratory tract. Adverse outcome pathways (AOP) have become recently the subject of intensive studies in order to get a better understanding of the mechanisms of NP toxicity, and hence hopefully predict the health risks associated with NP exposure. Herein, we propose a putative AOP for the lung toxicity of NPs using emerging nanomaterials called carbon dots (CDs), and in vivo and in vitro experimental approaches. We first investigated the effect of a single administration of CDs on mouse airways. We showed that CDs induce an acute lung inflammation and identified airway macrophages as target cells of CDs. Then, we studied the cellular responses induced by CDs in an in vitro model of macrophages. We observed that CDs are internalized by these cells (molecular initial event) and induce a series of key events, including loss of lysosomal integrity and mitochondrial disruption (organelle responses), as well as oxidative stress, inflammasome activation, inflammatory cytokine upregulation and macrophage death (cellular responses). All these effects triggering lung inflammation as tissular response may lead to acute lung injury.

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