WO1996007904A1 - Verfahren zur toxikologischen prüfung von werkstoffen, insbesondere kunststoffen, und vorrichtung zur durchführung des verfahrens - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and to an apparatus according to claim 7.
- articles from e.g. Plastic, but also ceramic or metal alloys which e.g. have direct and prolonged contact with living tissue as an implant.
- Examples are e.g. Endoprostheses, catheters, probes, pacemakers, heart valves, vascular prostheses, breast implants, but also sutures, adhesive trays, tooth replacement and many other articles.
- body tolerance must be ensured, in other words, the material used for the production must be physiologically harmless.
- plastics of particular interest in this connection are polymers which are predominantly considered to be inert and thus non-toxic. Possible causes of plastic toxicity are primarily secondary and can be attributed, for example, to material contamination, processing aids used in the production process, antioxidants, free residual monomers or else hydrolytic microbiological and other degradation products and thermal decomposition products.
- the toxicological testing of, for example, plastics is currently being carried out both in cell cultures (for example direct contact method, eluate method, agar overlay test) and in animal experiments (for example skin and mucous membrane test and muscle implant test on rabbits). By improving cell culture technology, in vitro methods for the toxicological investigation of materials have been used more and more in recent years.
- a disadvantage of the described method is that the morphological changes in the cells can only be observed after one to three days and early damage to the cells is not detected or is not detected with sufficient sensitivity. In addition, only non-specific cell damage can be detected with the known method.
- a further disadvantage is the subjective statement, which can only be quantified via a point system, and which is obtained with the described method.
- cells are used whose cell membrane contains arachidonic acid as an essential component and which have been labeled with [ J H] arachidonic acid before the test.
- the labeled cells are incubated with the same number of cells in a test batch in the presence of the material to be tested and in a parallel, material-free control batch. At defined times, the radioactivity is determined in the cell-free supernatant of the batches. A statement about the toxicity of the tested material can then be derived from the difference between the values measured for the test and the control approach.
- Arachidonic acid is an essential component of the lipid fraction of membranes in many cells.
- Membrane damage eg in the case of tissue inflammation, leads to the release of arachidonic acid.
- This fact has been known for a long time.
- Stark et al in "Alternative Methods in Toxicology 1" pages 179-203, 1983 described that hepatoma cells release previously incorporated [ * ⁇ ] arachidonic acid in the presence of, for example, n-butanol. From Chemical Abstracts 112 (1990): 212040u; Lamont GS et al .; Old. Methods Toxicol.
- human or animal and individual plant cell lines and unicellular organisms can be used. It is only important that the cells used contain arachidonic acid as an integral component in their membrane and can be labeled with [ 3 H] arachidonic acid with relatively little effort.
- the selection of suitable cells or the incorporation of [- ⁇ ] arachidonic acid into the cell membrane presents no problem for the person skilled in the art. It is conceivable that, for example, human monocytes, which can be obtained from human venous blood according to common methods, are used. The use of lymphocytes is also conceivable.
- the promyelocytic human cell line U937 is preferably used in the method according to claim 2. It is a cell line commonly used in virological experiments, e.g. at the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC), Center for Applied Microbiology & Research, Porion Down, Salisbury Wilts SP4 OJG, U.K. under the number ECACC: 850131440.
- ECACC European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures
- the marked cells are incubated in the presence of the material and without material.
- the radioactivity is measured in the cell-free supernatant of the respective approaches and related to one another.
- the radioactivity can be measured in a conventional liquid scintillation counter. consequences.
- the values in the test and control approaches are approximately the same. There is a slight toxic effect if the radioactivity in the cell-free supernatant of the test batch is not more than twice as high as in the control batch. Moderate to strong toxicity can be inferred from values that are more than twice as high.
- arachidonic acid such as phospholipids and fatty acids in general, tend to spread at phase boundaries due to their chemical and physical properties. It cannot therefore be excluded that part of the arachidonic acid released in the process according to the invention adsorbs on the surface of the material to be examined and also on the surface of the vessel in which the test is carried out. Such adsorption of released arachidonic acid could lead to slightly false negative test results in case of doubt.
- additional control approaches can be provided in which the adsorption of arachidonic acid on the surfaces of the material to be examined and also on the test vessel is determined separately or individually.
- a typical control approach could, for example, contain a cell-free solution containing arachidonic acid.
- a time-dependent measurement of the possible decrease in the arachidonic acid content in the solution could then be used to determine the adsorption on the respective surfaces and to take this into account later when evaluating the actual test series.
- Such control approaches should be provided in particular if new materials whose arachidonic acid binding and release behavior are still unknown are examined.
- the method according to the invention can be carried out, for example, in service laboratories. With appropriate equipment, all steps of the process can be carried out in such a laboratory. However, it is also possible to separate the individual process steps.
- cells labeled with [ 3 H] arachidonic acid are produced to a large extent in a special company and are supplied in storable form to, for example, companies that want to carry out the further steps of the method directly in-house . It is also conceivable, for example, that only the test and control batches are incubated directly in, for example, the plastics processing company and that the samples are evaluated centrally at another location.
- test is carried out with human cell lines.
- results obtained in this test come closest to human conditions and therefore provide a good prediction of the physical compatibility of the materials tested.
- the cells used in the test and labeled with [ 3 H] arachidonic acid are provided in lyophilized or cryopreserved form.
- lyophilized cells can also be stored over longer periods of time under appropriate conditions. It is sufficient at the beginning of the test to take up the lyophilized cells in, for example, cell culture medium or distilled water and to pipette them into the test and control batches. The test can then optionally begin immediately after a short pre-cultivation to reactivate the lyophilized cells. Carrying out the test is even easier if, as provided in claim 4, the cell cultures are already immobilized in the reaction vessels.
- claim 5 advantageously provides that the material to be tested is inserted into the test batch in a separate liquid-permeable vessel or in a suitable frame. In this way, a particularly simple separation of material and e.g. Cell culture medium possible.
- a last embodiment of the method provides that the test is carried out at different temperatures.
- Statements about the type of toxicity of the material can be derived from the test results obtained at different temperatures. If it turns out, for example, that identical values are measured at reaction temperatures of 4 ° C. and 37 ° C., it can be concluded that the toxic effect of the material is enzyme-independent. If, on the other hand, there is an increase in toxicity at 37 ° C., the cause for this can be enzyme activation.
- Further subclaims relate to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention. This device has at least one reaction vessel which contains an immobilized cell culture of a defined cell number. It is understood that these are also cells in which [ ⁇ H] arachidonic acid has previously been incorporated. After filling the reaction vessel with cell culture medium, the device is immediately ready for use.
- the cells are lyophilized or cryopreserved.
- a liquid-permeable container or frame can be inserted into the reaction vessel for receiving the material to be tested.
- reaction vessels are combined in one carrier.
- a common microtiter plate For example, are a common microtiter plate.
- the cells are then centrifuged in sterile 15 ml polystyrene centrifuge tubes at 200 g and 4 ° C for five minutes, washed twice under the same conditions with 5 ml of serum-free RPMI and resuspended in serum-free RPMI.
- the cell suspension set to 10 "cells / ml is then incubated in a new 260 ml cell culture bottle for one hour at 37 ° C.
- Example 2 Testing of reaction vessels for their membrane-toxic effect.
- the abbreviation MTF means membrane toxicity factor.
- the membrane toxicity factor is the quotient of the radioactivity measured in the different reaction vessels. In the present case, its size defines the degree of plastic toxicity. It can be seen here that reaction vessels made of polypropylene at 4 ° C. and also at 37 ° C. result in a significantly higher [ 3 H] arachidonic acid release in the cells cultivated in them. This leads to the conclusion that polypropylene is significantly more toxic than polystyrene, the toxic effect of polypropylene presumably being enzyme-independent.
- Example 3 Testing a vascular prosthesis for its mebrantoxic effect.
- a piece of a vascular prosthesis made of polyester was placed in a polystyrene tube, which is loaded with 1 ml of a cell suspension labeled with [ 3 H] arachidonic acid (Example 1), for one hour at 4 ° C. and another Incubated at 37 ° C for one hour.
- [ 3 H] arachidonic acid (Example 1)
- Example 1 A piece of a vascular prosthesis made of polyester (surface area approx. 3 mm ⁇ ) was placed in a polystyrene tube, which is loaded with 1 ml of a cell suspension labeled with [ 3 H] arachidonic acid (Example 1), for one hour at 4 ° C. and another Incubated at 37 ° C for one hour.
- the [H] arachidonic acid release in the cell culture supernatant was determined and compared with the release in the control batches (cells without addition of the test material). The results are shown in Tables 2a and 2b.
- test batch containing the vascular prosthesis material shows no increased [ 3 H] arachidonic acid release compared to the polystyrene tube serving as the control batch. It can be concluded from this that the tested vascular prosthesis material is harmless with regard to its membrane toxicity.
- the test item was reaction vessels made of polypropylene.
- the specimen surface was 15.30 and 60 mm.
- the reaction tubes were placed in 1 ml polystyrene tubes
- test specimen with the 15 mm 2 surface area released 247 cpm / ml [ 3 H] arachidonic acid.
- test specimen For the 30 mm 2 test specimen it was already 802 cpm / ml and for the 60 mm 2 test specimen the value was 3789, which documents the relationship between the test result and the test specimen surface.
- polystyrene has no or negligible toxic effects. It is therefore advisable to use a polystyrene tube as a control when testing different reaction vessels. If materials added to the batch are to be tested, then it makes sense to use polystyrene reaction vessels.
- Another, possibly interesting application of the method according to the invention is to check individual batches of materials for inhomogeneities.
- Preliminary tests have shown that, for example, plastic articles in a batch have hidden inhomogeneities which may play a role in the biocompatibility. This may be due to the fact that the additive materials used in the production of plastics are distributed differently and then occur in the articles made from the plastics at different concentrations.
- the inventive Methods therefore also contribute to determining inhomogeneities within a batch of, for example, plastic articles and, if appropriate, to making standardization possible.
- reaction vessels 11a and 11b each contain a suspension of U937 cells 12 labeled with [ 3 H] arachidonic acid in nutrient solution (for example RPMI) 13.
- a cover 14 is provided to cover the reaction vessels 11a, 11b.
- an insert 15 which has two separate containers 17a and 17b which are provided with liquid passages 16 and can be inserted into the reaction vessels 11a, 11b. If desired, the material to be tested can now be entered into the container. In the case shown, there are several plates 18 e.g. a plastic, which are arranged in the container 17a. The test batch is thus incubated in the reaction vessel 11a, while the control is incubated in the reaction vessel 11b, the container 17b of which remains empty.
- the liquid passages 16 can be dimensioned such that they do not allow cells to pass through. In this case, one selectively measures the toxic effect of the substances which are released from the material to be examined to a surrounding medium. If the liquid wedge passages are made larger (cell-permeable), the toxic effect, which can be attributed to direct surface contact of the cells with the material, may also be measured.
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