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Quantitative high-throughput screening for chemical toxicity in a population-based in vitro model.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22268004     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A shift in toxicity testing from in vivo to in vitro may efficiently prioritize compounds, reveal new mechanisms, and enable predictive modeling. Quantitative high-throughput screening (qHTS) is a major source of data for computational toxicology, and our goal in this study was to aid in the development of predictive in vitro models of chemical-induced toxicity, anchored on interindividual genetic variability. Eighty-one human lymphoblast cell lines from 27 Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain trios were exposed to 240 chemical substances (12 concentrations, 0.26nM-46.0μM) and evaluated for cytotoxicity and apoptosis. qHTS screening in the genetically defined population produced robust and reproducible results, which allowed for cross-compound, cross-assay, and cross-individual comparisons. Some compounds were cytotoxic to all cell types at similar concentrations, whereas others exhibited interindividual differences in cytotoxicity. Specifically, the qHTS in a population-based human in vitro model system has several unique aspects that are of utility for toxicity testing, chemical prioritization, and high-throughput risk assessment. First, standardized and high-quality concentration-response profiling, with reproducibility confirmed by comparison with previous experiments, enables prioritization of chemicals for variability in interindividual range in cytotoxicity. Second, genome-wide association analysis of cytotoxicity phenotypes allows exploration of the potential genetic determinants of interindividual variability in toxicity. Furthermore, highly significant associations identified through the analysis of population-level correlations between basal gene expression variability and chemical-induced toxicity suggest plausible mode of action hypotheses for follow-up analyses. We conclude that as the improved resolution of genetic profiling can now be matched with high-quality in vitro screening data, the evaluation of the toxicity pathways and the effects of genetic diversity are now feasible through the use of human lymphoblast cell lines.
Authors:
Eric F Lock; Nour Abdo; Ruili Huang; Menghang Xia; Oksana Kosyk; Shannon H O'Shea; Yi-Hui Zhou; Alexander Sedykh; Alexander Tropsha; Christopher P Austin; Raymond R Tice; Fred A Wright; Ivan Rusyn
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2012-01-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology     Volume:  126     ISSN:  1096-0929     ISO Abbreviation:  Toxicol. Sci.     Publication Date:  2012 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-03-20     Completed Date:  2012-07-16     Revised Date:  2013-05-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9805461     Medline TA:  Toxicol Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  578-88     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Apoptosis
Cell Line
Humans
Models, Theoretical*
Reproducibility of Results
Toxicity Tests*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 ES015241/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS; Y2-ES-7020-01/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS
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