[Development of human embryonic stem cell model for toxicity evaluation]

Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2013 Feb 18;45(1):9-11.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The current international standard for toxicity screening of biomedical devices and materials recommend the use of immortalized cell lines because of their homogeneous morphologies and infinite proliferation which provide good reproducibility for in vitro cytotoxicity screening. However, most of the widely used immortalized cell lines are derived from animals and may not be representative of normal human cell behavior in vivo, in particular in terms of the cytotoxic and genotoxic response. Therefore, It is vital to develop a model for toxicity evaluation. In our studies, two Chinese human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines as toxicity model were established. hESC derived tissue/organ cell model for tissue/organ specific toxicity evaluation were developed. The efficiency and accuracy of using hESC model for cytoxicity, embryotoxicity and genotoxicity evaluation were confirmed. The results indicated that hESCs might be good tools for toxicity testing and biosafety evaluation in vitro.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asian People
  • Cell Culture Techniques
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / cytology*
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / drug effects
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Toxicity Tests / methods*