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http://dx.doi.org/10.4062/biomolther.2015.004

Evaluation of Eye Irritation Potential of Solid Substance with New 3D Reconstructed Human Cornea Model, MCTT HCETM  

Jang, Won-hee (Amorepacific Corporation R&D Center)
Jung, Kyoung-mi (Amorepacific Corporation R&D Center)
Yang, Hye-ri (College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University)
Lee, Miri (College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University)
Jung, Haeng-Sun (Modern Cell & Tissue Technologies Inc.)
Lee, Su-Hyon (Modern Cell & Tissue Technologies Inc.)
Park, Miyoung (Amorepacific Corporation R&D Center)
Lim, Kyung-Min (College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University)
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Biomolecules & Therapeutics / v.23, no.4, 2015 , pp. 379-385 More about this Journal
Abstract
The eye irritation potential of drug candidates or pharmaceutical ingredients should be evaluated if there is a possibility of ocular exposure. Traditionally, the ocular irritation has been evaluated by the rabbit Draize test. However, rabbit eyes are more sensitive to irritants than human eyes, therefore substantial level of false positives are unavoidable. To resolve this species difference, several three-dimensional human corneal epithelial (HCE) models have been developed as alternative eye irritation test methods. Recently, we introduced a new HCE model, MCTT HCE$^{TM}$ which is reconstructed with non-transformed human corneal cells from limbal tissues. Here, we examined if MCTT HCE$^{TM}$ can be employed to evaluate eye irritation potential of solid substances. Through optimization of washing method and exposure time, treatment time was established as 10 min and washing procedure was set up as 4 times of washing with 10 mL of PBS and shaking in 30 mL of PBS in a beaker. With the established eye irritation test protocol, 11 solid substances (5 non-irritants, 6 irritants) were evaluated which demonstrated an excellent predictive capacity (100% accuracy, 100% specificity and 100% sensitivity). We also compared the performance of our test method with rabbit Draize test results and in vitro cytotoxicity test with 2D human corneal epithelial cell lines.
Keywords
Eye irritation; Reconstructed cornea model; MCTT HCE$^{TM}$ model; Protocol refinement;
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