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Advanced 3D cell models: Bridging the gap between in vitro and in vivo experimental systems (hep3DGenTox)

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Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
1.03.00  Natural sciences and mathematics  Biology   

Code Science Field
1.06  Natural Sciences  Biological sciences 
Keywords
3D in vitro cell model, genotoxicity, 3D scaffolds, spheroids
Evaluation (rules)
source: COBISS
Points
7,846.04
A''
2,105.34
A'
4,722.49
A1/2
5,735.83
CI10
14,832
CImax
1,008
h10
56
A1
29.28
A3
13.57
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on September 26, 2023; A3 for period 2017-2021
Data for ARIS tenders ( 04.04.2019 – Programme tender, archive )
Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases
source: WoS source: Scopus source: COBISS
Database Linked records Citations Pure citations Average pure citations
WoS  530  17,095  14,989  28.28 
Scopus  581  19,475  17,099  29.43 
Researchers (16)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publications
1.  19116  PhD Špela Baebler  Biotechnical sciences  Researcher  2020 - 2023  302 
2.  28476  PhD Nataša Drnovšek  Engineering sciences and technologies  Researcher  2020 - 2023  87 
3.  09892  PhD Metka Filipič  Natural sciences and mathematics  Retired researcher  2020 - 2023  584 
4.  56798  Katarina Fras    Technical associate  2022 - 2023  7 
5.  12688  PhD Kristina Gruden  Biotechnical sciences  Researcher  2020 - 2023  954 
6.  26457  PhD Andraž Kocjan  Engineering sciences and technologies  Researcher  2020 - 2023  288 
7.  29297  PhD Katja Kološa  Natural sciences and mathematics  Researcher  2020 - 2023  35 
8.  34200  PhD Matjaž Novak  Natural sciences and mathematics  Researcher  2022 - 2023  64 
9.  04292  PhD Saša Novak Krmpotič  Engineering sciences and technologies  Researcher  2020 - 2023  658 
10.  39119  PhD Martina Štampar  Natural sciences and mathematics  Researcher  2020 - 2021  79 
11.  32094  PhD Alja Štern  Natural sciences and mathematics  Researcher  2020 - 2023  60 
12.  39320  PhD Maja Zagorščak  Interdisciplinary research  Researcher  2020 - 2023  52 
13.  55689  Sonja Žabkar    Technical associate  2022 - 2023  10 
14.  20767  PhD Bojana Žegura  Natural sciences and mathematics  Head  2020 - 2023  315 
15.  27522  PhD Anže Županič  Engineering sciences and technologies  Researcher  2020 - 2023  169 
16.  15640  PhD Vera Župunski  Natural sciences and mathematics  Researcher  2020 - 2023  172 
Organisations (3)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publications
1.  0103  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology  Ljubljana  1626990  22,658 
2.  0105  National Institute of Biology  Ljubljana  5055784  13,070 
3.  0106  Jožef Stefan Institute  Ljubljana  5051606000  87,078 
Abstract
According to the current legislation genotoxicity testing is obligatory for new chemicals and products such as drugs, cosmetics, additives, pesticides etc. The international regulations for genotoxicity testing require in the first stage a battery of in vitro tests with bacteria and mammalian cells, and when positive results are obtained follow-up in vivo experiments are conducted. According to the proposed strategy of the EU Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EURL ECVAM) to “Avoid and Reduce Animal Use in Genotoxicity” can be achieved by enhancing the performance of the in vitro testing battery and by developing improved in vitro experimental models so that fewer in vivo follow-up studies are necessary. It has been estimated that approximately 80 % of in vitro genotoxicity tests in the EU are false positives and consequently, a high number of experimental animals is sacrificed, which could be avoided by more reliable in vitro test systems. An important reason for the false positive results obtained with current in vitro tests conducted in two-dimensional (2D) cell models is the lack of phase I and II metabolic enzymes that catalyse the activation and detoxification of genotoxins. Therefore it is essential to develop improved in vitro cell-based systems that will more realistically mimic the in vivo cell behaviours and will provide more predictive results to in vivo conditions. In this respect, three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures have gained increasing interest due to improved cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and preserved complex in vivo cell phenotypes. Moreover, hepatic 3D cell models exhibit higher level of liver-specific functions including metabolic enzymes compared to 2D models. However, despite obvious advantages 3D systems have so far not been developed and validated for genotoxicity testing. Therefore the aim of hep3DGenTox project is to develop advanced physiologically more relevant human 3D in vitro cell models with improved hepatic characteristics and increased metabolic capacity. In the project we will develop spheroids from human hepatic cell lines under static (forced floating method) and dynamic (bioreactors) conditions as well as on bio-printed scaffolds prepared from various biocompatible materials. The most promising newly developed 3D in vitro models will be characterised (cell growth, expression of metabolic phase I and II enzymes at gene and protein level etc) and validated for genotoxicity testing using chemicals from the ECVAM list developed by an expert group working on the validation of new in vitro genotoxicity tests. We expect that more reliable results (i.e. less false positives) will be obtained with the newly developed hepatic 3D cell models. Because of this their use in genotoxicity testing will contribute substantially to the reduction of the use of laboratory rodents and to a more reliable safety evaluation of chemicals and products that is needed for efficient human health protection. Furthermore the advanced 3D in vitro cell models will be useful for acute and chronic toxicity studies. The innovative and ambitious project will be realized in the frame of a collaboration of Slovenian scientists from the National Institute of Biology, from the Institute Jozef Stefan and Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana with the collaboration with foreign experts from University of Southern Denmark and CelVivo, biotech company from Denmark, University of Lisbon, Portugal and Medical University of Vienna, Austria through their complementary expertise in the fields of 3D in vitro models, genetic toxicology, molecular biology, and “omics” technologies. We believe that newly developed hepatic 3D cell models will represent promising tool for generating more predictive genotoxicity data for human exposure to various compounds as well as accelerating preclinical development of new drugs with a better safety and efficacy profile and will bridge the gap
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