Toxicity of food contact paper evaluated by combined biological and chemical methods
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
30951805
DOI
10.1016/j.tiv.2019.04.001
PII: S0887-2333(18)30784-7
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Chemical analysis, Cytotoxicity, Endocrine disruption, Food contact material, Paper-based, Reconstructed human intestine model,
- MeSH
- Receptors, Androgen genetics metabolism MeSH
- Biological Assay MeSH
- BALB 3T3 Cells MeSH
- Cytokines metabolism MeSH
- Risk Assessment MeSH
- Intestinal Absorption MeSH
- Food Contamination MeSH
- Phthalic Acids analysis toxicity MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Mice MeSH
- Food Packaging * MeSH
- Paper * MeSH
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons analysis toxicity MeSH
- Receptors, Estrogen genetics metabolism MeSH
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics MeSH
- Intestinal Mucosa drug effects metabolism MeSH
- Cell Survival drug effects MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Mice MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Receptors, Androgen MeSH
- Cytokines MeSH
- Phthalic Acids MeSH
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons MeSH
- Receptors, Estrogen MeSH
The study was focused on assessment of potential health risks of paper-based food contact materials (FCMs) in a step-wise approach using three toxicological bioassays in vitro and chemical analyses of migrating contaminants. 3T3 NRU cytotoxicity test showed high sensitivity to detect basal toxicity of FCMs extracts and served as a first-line test for selection of samples for further testing. The reconstructed human intestine model EpiIntestinal showed more realistic tissue response than cell culture monolayer and higher resistance despite prolonged exposure to the selected 6 samples, i.e. negligible decrease of viability and intestinal penetration, nevertheless an increase of IL-8 after exposure to black printed sample extract. Yeast based assays identified weak agonistic/antagonostic activity to human androgen receptor of the black printed sample. In accordance with the biological effects, the targeted LC and GC analytical methods confirmed the presence of high amounts of phthalates, photoinitiators and PAHs that could justify the hazard of the black printed sample. Heavily printed uncoated FCMs are recognized not to be suitable for direct contact with food. The selected bioassays and chemical analyses might be useful tools to detect targeted biological effects of xenobiotics suspected to contribute to human exposure from food.
MatTek In Vitro Life Science Laboratories Mlynské Nivy 73 82105 Bratislava Slovak Republic
National Institute of Public Health Šrobárova 48 100 42 Prague 10 Czech Republic
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