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Skin Immuno-CometChip in 3D vs. 2D Cultures to Screen Topical Toxins and Skin-Specific Cytochrome Inducers.

Dean S Rosenthal, Li-Wei Kuo, Sarah L Seagrave, Vikas Soni, Nusrat Islam, Geetanjali Minsky, Lucia Dussan-Cuellar, Brian Ell, Cynthia M Simbulan-Rosenthal, Peter Sykora

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Article in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Alkaline Comet Assay for Assessment of DNA Damage.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  2. Application of the Comet Assay in Advanced In Vitro Models.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dean S RosenthalDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7624-0209
Li-Wei KuoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Sarah L SeagraveDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Vikas SoniDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Nusrat IslamDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Geetanjali MinskyAmelia Technologies, LLC, Washington, DC 20001, USA.
Lucia Dussan-CuellarAmelia Technologies, LLC, Washington, DC 20001, USA.
Brian EllAmelia Technologies, LLC, Washington, DC 20001, USA.
Cynthia M Simbulan-RosenthalDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5070-0342
Peter SykoraDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Georgetown University · US

Funding

Development of the UValidate platform for the profiling of topically applied chemical agents.R42ES032435 · NIEHS · AMELIA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · PI ROSENTHAL, DEAN, SYKORA, PETER · 2022 to 2023
$1.7M
Immuno-CometChip for Human Skin Basal Cell Genotoxicity TestingR42ES026908 · NIEHS · AMELIA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · PI GEORGE, JAY, ROSENTHAL, DEAN · 2018 to 2019
$1.5M
The development of FastMyco™ : A novel isothermal colorimetric assay for the rapid detection of mycoplasma contamination .R43GM139439 · NIGMS · AMELIA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · PI ROSENTHAL, DEAN, SYKORA, PETER · 2020 to 2020
$274k
Optimization of the UValidate platform to measure genotoxicity associated with current problematic UV chemical blockersR41ES032435 · NIEHS · AMELIA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · PI ROSENTHAL, DEAN, SYKORA, PETER · 2020 to 2021
$247k
Immuno-CometChip for Human Skin Basal Cell Genotoxicity TestingR41ES026908 · NIEHS · TREVIGEN, INC. · PI GEORGE, JAY, ROSENTHAL, DEAN · 2016 to 2016
$153k
NIEHS NIH HHS R41 ES026908NIEHS NIH HHS R41 ES032435NIEHS NIH HHS R42 ES026908NIEHS NIH HHS R42 ES032435NIGMS NIH HHS R43 GM139439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The targets of topical genotoxic agents are basal and stem cells of the skin. These cells may misrepair DNA lesions, resulting in deleterious mutations of tumor suppressors or oncogenes. However, the genotoxicity of many compounds has not as yet been determined and needs to be tested using a relevant skin model. To this end, we designed a new high-throughput assay for the detection of agents that create DNA damage in epidermal stem and basal cells and used it to test known DNA-damaging agents. We utilized either 2D epidermal cells or 3D skin equivalents and topically exposed them to different compounds. The Skin Immuno-CometChip assay uses arrays of microwells formed in a collagen/agarose mixture to capture single basal cells in each microwell by virtue of collagen binding to α2β1 integrin, which is present only on basal and stem cells. The presence of β1 integrin was verified by immunofluorescent labeling cells that were then subjected to an electrical field, allowing for the migration of nicked DNA out of the nucleoid in alkali, with the resulting DNA comets stained and imaged. Furthermore, using improved comet detection software allowed for the automated and rapid quantification of DNA damage. Our study indicates that we can accurately predict genotoxicity by using 3D skin cultures, as well as keratinocytes grown in 2D monolayers.

Indexed as

EpidermisSkinCytochromesDNAKeratinocytesCytochromesDNAcytochrome p450genotoxicityintegrin β1skin equivalents

Identifiers

PMID36980902
PMCPMC10048716
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