https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-020-00376-w

Yaobo Ding^1,2 , Patrick Weindl1,2,3, Anke-Gabriele Lenz^1,2, Paula Mayer^1,2, Tobias Krebs³ and Otmar Schmid^1,2
1Institute of Lung Biology and Disease, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
²Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Munich (CPC-M) - Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), 81377 Munich, Germany
³VITROCELL Systems GmbH, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany.

This study provides evidence that QCMs are suitable for real-time dosimetry in particle toxicology studies with cell cultures under air-liquid interface conditions. An experimental method for determination of LoD (lower limit of detection), accuracy and precision of QCMs using a fluorescent tracer (fluorescein salt) was presented and applied to the QCMs integrated in the VITROCELL® Cloud 6 and Cloud 12 aerosol-cell exposure systems.

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doi:10.3390/ijms21155335

Hana Barosova ^1,2 , Bedia Begum Karakocak ¹ , Dedy Septiadi ¹ , Alke Petri-Fink ^1,3, Vicki Stone ⁴ and Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser ¹,
¹ BioNanomaterials Group, Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, 
² Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
⁴ Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

The in vitro co-culture model consisting of three human cell lines were exposed at the ALI using the VITROCELL® Cloud system, equiped with QCM allowing to measure and record the deposited dose online. The nebulizer was ideal for the aerosols to suffciently mix within the entire chamber, hence resulting in uniform droplet deposition. This study shows, that this model is not limited to testing potentially hazardous nanomaterials to human cell line co-culture models.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.10.011

Brian M. Keyser^a, Robert Leverette^a, Michael Hollings^b, Adam Seymour^b, Lesley Reeve^b, Wanda Fields^a
a RAI Services Company, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, 401 North Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA1
^b Covance Laboratories Ltd., North Yorkshire, UK

Highlights
• Investigation of dose-determining methods using the Vitrocell® VC10® system.
• Dose assessment using Quartz Crystal Microbalances (QCM) and aerosol photometers.
• Dose assessment using fluorescence of DMSO-captured smoke constituents.
• QCM, photometer AUC, and DMSO-captured matter were consistent and reproducible

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2019.04.007
Yiying Wang^a, Qiangen Wu^b, Levan Muskhelishvili^c, Kelly Davis^c, Matthew Bryant^b, Xuefei Cao^a
a Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States of America
^b Division of Biochemistry Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States of America
^c Toxicologic Pathology Associates, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States of America

Unintentional exposure of respiratory mucosal surfaces to DHA aerosols is highly possible during sunless tanning sessions, a possibility for which it is not approved. In this study, the potential respiratory toxicity of DHA using the ALI airway tissue model is evaluated. To mimic in vivo exposure conditions, a liquid aerosol generation and exposure system was used and exposed ALI cultures to a range of non-cytotoxic doses of DHA aerosols at the air-liquid interface.

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S. Steiner¹ , M. Hittinger² , K. Knoth² , H. Gross² , S. Frentzel¹ , A. Kuczaj¹ , J. Hoeng¹ , T. Krebs³ , M. Peitsch^1
1 PMI R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Quai Jeanrenaud 5, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
² PharmBioTec GmbH, Science Park 1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
³ Vitrocell^® Systems GmbH, Fabrik Sonntag 3, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany

The poster shows the use of the Vitrocell® Powder Chamber for dry powder testing by online monitoring of the powder mass deposition, by QCMs Nicotine quantification, particle number deposition and particle size distribution.

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