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ArticleChemical research in toxicology2013

Systematic study of mitochondrial toxicity of environmental chemicals using quantitative high throughput screening.

Matias S Attene-Ramos, Ruili Huang, Srilatha Sakamuru, Kristine L Witt, Gyda C Beeson, Louie Shou, Rick G Schnellmann, Craig C Beeson, Raymond R Tice, Christopher P Austin and 1 more

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Article in Chemical research in toxicology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Identifying and Characterizing Stress Pathways of Concern for Consumer Safety in Next-Generation Risk Assessment.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Matias S Attene-RamosNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
Ruili Huang
Srilatha Sakamuru
Kristine L Witt
Gyda C Beeson
Louie Shou
Rick G Schnellmann
Craig C Beeson
Raymond R Tice
Christopher P Austin
Menghang Xia

Funding

TRAINING GRANTS IN ENVIROMENTAL TOXICOLOGYT32ES007020 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ESSIGMANN, JOHN M · 1985 to 2024
$13.1M
High Throughput Mitochondrial Nephrotoxicant AssayR44ES019378 · NIEHS · MITOHEALTH, INC. · PI BEESON, CRAIG CANO · 2011 to 2012
$1.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 TR999999NIEHS NIH HHS 2R44ES019378-02NIEHS NIH HHS R44 ES019378NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007020NIEHS NIH HHS Y02 ES007020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A goal of the Tox21 program is to transit toxicity testing from traditional in vivo models to in vitro assays that assess how chemicals affect cellular responses and toxicity pathways. A critical contribution of the NIH Chemical Genomics center (NCGC) to the Tox21 program is the implementation of a quantitative high throughput screening (qHTS) approach, using cell- and biochemical-based assays to generate toxicological profiles for thousands of environmental compounds. Here, we evaluated the effect of chemical compounds on mitochondrial membrane potential in HepG2 cells by screening a library of 1,408 compounds provided by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) in a qHTS platform. Compounds were screened over 14 concentrations, and results showed that 91 and 88 compounds disrupted mitochondrial membrane potential after treatment for 1 or 5 h, respectively. Seventy-six compounds active at both time points were clustered by structural similarity, producing 11 clusters and 23 singletons. Thirty-eight compounds covering most of the active chemical space were more extensively evaluated. Thirty-six of the 38 compounds were confirmed to disrupt mitochondrial membrane potential using a fluorescence plate reader, and 35 were confirmed using a high content imaging approach. Among the 38 compounds, 4 and 6 induced LDH release, a measure of cytotoxicity, at 1 or 5 h, respectively. Compounds were further assessed for mechanism of action (MOA) by measuring changes in oxygen consumption rate, which enabled the identification of 20 compounds as uncouplers. This comprehensive approach allows for the evaluation of thousands of environmental chemicals for mitochondrial toxicity and identification of possible MOAs.

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High-Throughput Screening AssaysDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnvironmental PollutantsHep G2 CellsHumansMitochondrial MembranesMolecular StructureStructure-Activity RelationshipTumor Cells, CulturedEnvironmental Pollutants

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PMID23895456
PMCPMC4154066

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