
pmid: 34585733
The increasing number of compounds under development and chemicals in commerce that require safety assessments pose a serious challenge for regulatory agencies worldwide. In vitro screening using toxicogenomic biomarkers has been proposed as a first-tier screen in chemical assessment and has been endorsed internationally. We previously developed, evaluated, and validated an in vitro transcriptomic biomarker responsive to DNA damage-inducing (DDI) agents, namely TGx-DDI, for genotoxicity testing in human cells and demonstrated the feasibility of using TGx-DDI in a medium-throughput, cell-based genotoxicity testing system by implementing this biomarker with the Nanostring nCounter system. In this current study, we took advantage of Nanostring nCounter Plexset technology to develop a highly automated, multiplexed, and high-throughput genotoxicity testing assay, designated the TGx-DDI Plexset assay, which can increase the screening efficiency eight-fold compared to standard nCounter technology while decreasing the hands-on time. We demonstrate the high-throughput capability of this assay by eliminating concentration determination and RNA extraction steps without compromising the specificity and sensitivity of TGx-DDI. Thus, we propose that this simple, highly automated, multiplexed high-throughput pipeline can be widely used in chemical screening and assessment.
Genetic Markers, Mutagenicity Tests, Gene Expression Profiling, Humans, Cell Line, DNA Damage, Mutagens
Genetic Markers, Mutagenicity Tests, Gene Expression Profiling, Humans, Cell Line, DNA Damage, Mutagens
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