ToxSci Advance Access originally published online on April 5, 2006
Toxicological Sciences 2006 92(1):126-132; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfj182
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Tracheobronchial Particle Dose Considerations for In Vitro Toxicology Studies
* Community and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-1825; and Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Allergy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
Received January 10, 2006; accepted March 12, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to present a method for estimating particle doses that may be used to reconcile particle deposition doses used in in vitro toxicology studies with in vivo exposure levels. The focus is on the tracheobronchial (TB) tree of heavily exposed individuals. A review of the factors that influence inhaled particle deposition doses in environmental exposures leads to the identification of cases in which greater than average TB tree doses are received. Exercising individuals and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease not only inhale increased volumes of air but they also may have uneven ventilation that leads to greater than average particle deposition doses per unit of TB tree surface area. In addition, deposition hot spots, as occur at airway bifurcations, will greatly increase the particle exposures of target cells in the TB tree. Three particle exposure scenarios are proposed, and the average and local doses to the TB epithelium are calculated. When various factors that enhance particle doses (enhancement factors, or EFs) in vivo are considered, substantial particle doses may be justified for in vitro tissue culture studies that use TB target cells, such as epithelial cell cultures. The use of such EFs is intended to improve in vitro dosing with particles. Although the exposure of cells in vitro cannot fully replicate the complexity of in vivo exposures, it is possible to calculate toxicologically relevant doses that may define adverse health effects in potentially sensitive human populations. Local groups of TB cells in high-dose individuals are predicted to receive particle doses that are 3000–25,000 times higher than the doses averaged over the entire TB region.
Key Words: particle deposition; in vitro doses; tracheobronchial tree; high-risk individuals; inhaled particles.
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