Validation Cytotoxicity Assay for Lipophilic Substances.

Autor: Esteves-Pedro NM; Departamento de Farmacia, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Sugibayashi K; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Japan., Ostrosky EA; Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil., Ferrari M; Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil., da Silva Sufi B; Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Mathor MB; Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Moreno PRH; Departamento de Farmacia, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Lourenco FR; Departamento de Farmacia, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Consiglieri VO; Departamento de Farmacia, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Baby AR; Departamento de Farmacia, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil., Kaneko TM; Departamento de Farmacia, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current topics in medicinal chemistry [Curr Top Med Chem] 2018; Vol. 18 (4), pp. 275-286.
DOI: 10.2174/1568026618666180410142829
Abstrakt: It is challenging to disperse lipophilic substances in a validated cytotoxicity assay, especially for compounds with log Kow greater than or equal to 5 that may show false negative results. The purpose of this study was to explain the challenges in conducting a cytotoxicity validated test of lipophilic substances: Minthostachys setosa, Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus, and Drimysbrasiliensis essential oils. Additionally, we compared the equivalence of Neutral Red (NR) and 3- (4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl) -5- (3- carboxymethoxyphenyl) -2- (4-sulfophenyl) -2H -tetrazolium, inner salt (MTS) in detecting cell viability. The Hydrophile-Lipophile Balance (HLB) technique was used to evaluate the dispersion of essential oils and cytotoxicity in accordance to the guidelines of the OECD / GD 129 validated cytotoxicity assay. We compared the equivalence of vital dyes by TOST equivalence test. According to the results, we demonstrated the possibility of using other ways to disperse the lipophilic substances. Based on the HLB theory, we selected polysorbate 20 as the best solubilizing agent of the essential oils studied in D10 culture medium.
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Databáze: MEDLINE