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Clemedson C, McFarlane-Abdulla E, Andersson M, Barile FA, Calleja MC, Chesné C, Clothier R, Cottin M, Curren R, Daniel-Szolgay E, Dierickx P, Ferro M, Fiskesjö G, Garza-Ocañas L, Gómez-Lechón MJ, Gülden M, Isomaa B, Janus J, Judge P, Kahru A, Kemp RB, Kerszman G, Kristen U, Kunimoto M, Kärenlampi S, Lavrijsen K, Lewan L, Lilius H, Ohno T, Persoone G, Roguet R, Romert L, Sawyer TW, Seibert H, Shrivastava R, Stammati A, Tanaka N, Torres-Alanis O, Voss JU, Wakuri S, Walum E, Wang X, Zucco F, Ekwall B. MEIC Evaluation of Acute Systemic Toxicity. Altern Lab Anim 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299602400102.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
The multicentre evaluation of in vitro cytotoxicity (MEIC) study is a programme designed to evaluate the relevance of in vitro toxicity tests for predicting human toxicity, and is organised by the Scandinavian Society for Cell Toxicology. The project started in 1989 and is scheduled to be finished by June 1996. MEIC is a voluntary effort by international laboratories to test the same 50 reference chemicals in their own in vitro toxicity systems. At present, 31 laboratories have submitted results for the first 30 reference chemicals from a total of 68 in vitro cytotoxicity tests. In the definitive evaluation of the MEIC programme, these in vitro results will be compared with human lethal blood concentrations and other relevant acute systemic toxicity data, and the results will be published as a series of articles. This paper, which is the first article in this series, describes and analyses the methodologies used in the 68 tests. The origins and purities of the test chemicals, the biological systems and the toxicity endpoints are also discussed. Since MEIC is not centrally directed, the selection of tests was entirely dependent on the preferences of the individual laboratories. Thus, the collection of tests is not representative of the full range of existing in vitro toxicity tests. In our study, basal cytotoxicity tests and ecotoxicological tests are prevalent, while tests for toxicity to primary cultures of differentiated cells, measured by organotypic toxicity endpoints, are clearly under-represented.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cecilia Clemedson
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Toxicology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 594, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Lund, Helgonavägen 3D, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
| | - Frank A. Barile
- Department of Natural Sciences, York College, City University of New York, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA
| | - Mabel C. Calleja
- Laboratory for Biological Research in Aquatic Pollution, University of Ghent, 22J Plateaustraat, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
| | - Christophe Chesné
- Biopredic, Technopole Atlante Villejean, 14–18 Rue du Professeur Jean Parker, 35000 Rennes, France
| | - Richard Clothier
- Department of Human Morphology, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
| | - Martine Cottin
- L'Oréal, Laboratoires de Recherche Fondamentale, 1 Avenue Eugene Schueller, 93601 Aulnay-sous-Bois Cedex, France
| | - Rodger Curren
- In Vitro Toxicology, Division of Toxicology, Microbiological Associates Inc., 9900 Blackwell Road, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
| | - Erika Daniel-Szolgay
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Toxicology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 594, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Paul Dierickx
- Instituut voor Hygiene en Epidemiologic, Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - Margherita Ferro
- Institute of General Pathology, Via LB. Alberti 2, 16132 Genova, Italy
| | - Geirid Fiskesjö
- Department of Genetics, University of Lund, Soluegatan 29, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
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- Department de Farmacologia y Toxicologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Apartado Postal No. 146, Col. del Valle, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
| | - Maria Jose Gómez-Lechón
- Cultivos Celulares, Centra Investigacion, Hospital La Fe, Avenida Campanar 21, 46009 Valencia, Spain
| | - Michael Gülden
- Institute für Toxikologie, Zelltoxikologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Weimarer Strasse 8, Haus 3, 24106 Kiel, Germany
| | - Boris Isomaa
- Department of Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Biocity, Artillerigatan 6, 20520 Abo, Finland
| | - Jeffrey Janus
- Clonetics Corporation, 9620 Chesapeake Drive, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
| | - Paula Judge
- In Vitro Toxicology, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BS, UK
| | - Anne Kahru
- Laboratory for Molecular Genetics, Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Akadeemia tee 23, 0026 Tallinn, Estonia
| | - Richard B. Kemp
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DA, UK
| | - Gustaw Kerszman
- Institute for Life Science and Chemistry, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
| | - Udo Kristen
- Institute für Allgemeine Botanik, Universität Hamburg, Ohnhorststrasse 18, 22609 Hamburg, Germany
| | - Manabu Kunimoto
- Environmental Health Sciences Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), 16-Z Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 702 11 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Janssen Research Foundation, Turnhoutseweg 30, 2340 Beerse, Belgium
| | - Lillemor Lewan
- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Lund, Helgonavägen 3D, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
| | - Henrik Lilius
- Department of Biology, Åbo Akademi University, Biocity, Artillerigatan 6, 20520 Abo, Finland
| | - Tadao Ohno
- RIKEN Cell Bank, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
| | - Guido Persoone
- Laboratory for Biological Research in Aquatic Pollution, University of Ghent, 22J Plateaustraat, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
| | - Roland Roguet
- L'Oréal, Laboratoires de Recherche Fondamentale, 1 Avenue Eugene Schueller, 93601 Aulnay-sous-Bois Cedex, France
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- Biomedical Defence Section, Defence Research Establishment, Suffield-DRES, Box 4000, Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 8K6, Canada
| | - Hasso Seibert
- Institute für Toxikologie, Zelltoxikologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Weimarer Strasse 8, Haus 3, 24106 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Comparative Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy
| | - Noriho Tanaka
- Hatano Research Institute, Food and Drug Safety Center, 729-5 Ochiai, Hadano, Kanagaw 257, Japan
| | - Oscar Torres-Alanis
- Department de Farmacologia y Toxicologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Apartado Postal No. 146, Col. del Valle, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Institute für Toxikologie, Zelltoxikologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Weimarer Strasse 8, Haus 3, 24106 Kiel, Germany
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- Hatano Research Institute, Food and Drug Safety Center, 729-5 Ochiai, Hadano, Kanagaw 257, Japan
| | - Erik Walum
- Pharmacia & Upjohn, 112 87 Stockholm, Sweden
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- RIKEN Cell Bank, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
| | - Flavia Zucco
- Istituto Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nationale delle Recherche, Via G.B. Morgagni 30/E, 00161 Roma, Italy
| | - Björn Ekwall
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Toxicology, Uppsala University, BMC, Box 594, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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