An in vitro toxicological assessment of two electronic cigarettes: E-liquid to aerosolisation

Autor: E. Bishop, F. Miazzi, S. Bozhilova, N. East, R. Evans, D. Smart, M. Gaca, D. Breheny, D. Thorne
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Current Research in Toxicology, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 100150- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-027X
DOI: 10.1016/j.crtox.2024.100150
Popis: Interest in the toxicological assessment of iterations of e-cigarette devices, e-liquid formulations and flavour use is increasing. Here, we describe a multiple test matrix and in vitro approach to assess the biological impact of differing e-cigarette activation mechanism (button vs. puff-activated) and heating technology (cotton vs. ceramic wick). The e-liquids selected for each device contained the same nicotine concentration and flavourings. We tested both e-liquid and aqueous extract of e-liquid aerosol using a high throughput cytotoxicity and genotoxicity screen. We also conducted whole aerosol assessment both in a reconstituted human airway lung tissue (MucilAir) with associated endpoint assessment (cytotoxicity, TEER, cilia beat frequency and active area) and an Ames whole aerosol assay with up to 900 consecutive undiluted puffs. Following this testing it is shown that the biological impact of these devices is similar, taking into consideration the limitations and capturing efficiencies of the different testing matrices. We have contextualised these responses against previous published reference cigarette data to establish the comparative reduction in response consistent with reduced risk potential of the e-cigarette products tested in this study as compared to conventional cigarettes.
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