Determining nanoform similarity via assessment of surface reactivity by abiotic and in vitro assays

Ag Seleci, Didem and Tsiliki, Georgia and Werle, Kai and Elam, Derek A. and Okpowe, Omena and Seidel, Karsten and Bi, Xiangyu and Westerhoff, Paul and Innes, Emma and Boyles, Matthew and Miller, Mark and Giusti, Anna and Murphy, Fiona and Haase, Andrea and Stone, Vicki and Wohlleben, Wendel (2022) Determining nanoform similarity via assessment of surface reactivity by abiotic and in vitro assays. NanoImpact, 26. 100390. ISSN 2452-0748 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2022.100390)

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Abstract

Grouping of substances is a method used to streamline hazard and risk assessment. Assessment of similarity provides the scientific evidence needed for formation of groups. This work reports on justification of grouping of nanoforms (NFs) via similarity of their surface reactivity. Four reactivity assays were used for concentration dependent detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by NFs: abiotic assays FRAS, EPR and DCFH2-DA, as well as the in vitro assay of NRF2/ARE responsive luciferase reporter activation in the HEK293 cell line. Representative materials (CuO, Mn2O3, BaSO4, CeO2 and ZnO) and three case studies of each several NFs of iron oxides, Diketopyrrolopyrroles (DPP)-based organic pigments and silicas were assessed. A novel similarity assessment algorithm was applied to quantify similarities between pairs of NFs, in a four-step workflow on concentration-response curves, individual concentration and response ranges, and finally the representative materials. We found this algorithm to be applicable to all abiotic and in vitro assays that were tested. Justification of grouping must include the increased potency of smaller particles via the scaling of effects with specific surface, and hence quantitative similarity analysis was performed on concentration-response in mass-metrics. CuO and BaSO4 were the most and least reactive representative materials respectively, and all assays found BaSO4/CuO not similar, as confirmed by their different NOAECs of in vivo studies. However, similarity outcomes from different reactivity assays were not always in agreement, highlighting the need to generate data by one assay for the representative materials and the candidate group of NFs. Despite low similarity scores in vitro some pairs of case study NFs can be accepted as sufficiently similar because the in vivo NOAECs are similar, highlighting the conservative assessment by the abiotic assays.

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