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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to determine the reproducibility of data obtained from in vitro irritation testing using three industrial reconstructed human epidermis models, EpiDerm, Episkin and SkinEthic, and one in-house model developed at Wella/Cosmital. A common protocol was established based on the measurement of cytotoxicity in the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and of extracellular release of proinflammatory mediators and cytosolic enzymes after a range of exposure times to sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). This time course protocol was applied to 6 different batches of each skin model using triplicate tissue cultures per test condition. The parameters analyzed for intra- and inter-batch reproducibility were the cell viability determined as MTT reduction capacity and the ET-50 values in the 6 batches, as well as the release of the cytokine IL-1alpha and of the cellular enzymes LDH and GOT in 3 batches only. The MTT viability results showed that EpiDerm was the most resistant to the SLS treatment and at the same time the most reproducible model, SkinEthic was the most sensitive to SLS and the least reproducible, and Episkin and the Cosmital model were intermediate. Measurements of IL-1alpha release showed a relatively high intra- and inter-batch variability in all the skin models. It was not possible to detect the extracellular release of the enzymes LDH and GOT in the Episkin assay medium. With the 3 other models, the release of LDH and GOT varied in about the same range as that of IL-1alpha. For all the parameters in this study, the inter-batch variability was generally greater than the intra-batch variability. A possible reduction in the number of batches and replicates for future applications in routine irritancy testing is discussed on the basis of the results obtained using 6 batches in triplicate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1422-2868
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
74-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Reconstructed skin kits: reproducibility of cutaneous irritancy testing.
pubmed:affiliation
Cosmital SA (Research Company of Wella AG, Germany), Marly, Switzerland. cfaller@cosmital.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't