2,2'-(vinylenedi-p-phenylene)bisbenzoxazole

Eye irritation

Administrative data

Endpoint:

eye irritation: in vitro / ex vivo

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Study period:

December 06, 2017 to March 24, 2018

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

guideline study

Justification for type of information:

Data is from experimental study report.

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2018

Report date:

2018

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 492 (Reconstructed Human Cornea-like Epithelium (RhCE) Test Method for Identifying Chemicals Not Requiring Classification and Labelling for Eye Irritation or Serious Eye Damage)

Principles of method if other than guideline:

The purpose of this study is to provide classification of chemicals concerning their eye irritation potential using an alternative to the Draize Rabbit Eye Test, according to the OECD Test Guideline No. 492, “Reconstructed Human Cornea-like Epithelium (RhCE) Test Method for Identifying Chemicals Not Requiring Classification and Labelling for Eye Irritation or Serious Eye Damage”. The EpiOcular™ EIT is intended to differentiate those materials that are UN GHS No Category (i.e., do not meet the requirements for UN GHS classification) from those that would require labeling as either UN GHS Category 1 or 2. This assay is not intended to differentiate between UN GHS Category 1 / Hazard
Code 318 and UN GHS Category 2 / Hazard Codes 319 and 320.

GLP compliance:

yes

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

2,2'-(vinylenedi-p-phenylene)bisbenzoxazole

EC Number:

216-245-3

EC Name:

2,2'-(vinylenedi-p-phenylene)bisbenzoxazole

Cas Number:

1533-45-5

Molecular formula:

C28H18N2O2

IUPAC Name:

2,2'-(ethene-1,2-diyldi-4,1-phenylene)bis(1,3-benzoxazole)

Test material form:

solid

Details on test material:

- Name of test material: 2,2'-(vinylenedi-p-phenylene)bisbenzoxazole
- IUPAC name: 2,2'-(ethene-1,2-diyldi-4,1-phenylene)bis(1,3-benzoxazole)
- Molecular formula: C28H18N2O2
- Molecular weight: 414.462 g/mol
- Smiles notation: n1c2ccccc2oc1c1ccc(\C=C\c2ccc(c3oc4ccccc4n3)cc2)cc1
- InChl: 1S/C28H18N2O2/c1-3-7-25-23(5-1)29-27(31-25)21-15-11-19(12-16-21)9-10-20-13-17-22(18-14-20)28-30-24-6-2-4-8-26(24)32-28/h1-18H/b10-9+
- Substance type: Organic
- Physical state: Solid

Specific details on test material used for the study:

- Name of test material: 2,2'-(ethene-1,2-diyldi-4,1-phenylene)bis(1,3-benzoxazole)
- Molecular formula: C28H18N2O2
- Molecular weight: 414.462 g/mol
- Smiles notation: n1c2ccccc2oc1c1ccc(\C=C\c2ccc(c3oc4ccccc4n3)cc2)cc1
- InChl: 1S/C28H18N2O2/c1-3-7-25-23(5-1)29-27(31-25)21-15-11-19(12-16-21)9-10-20-13-17-22(18-14-20)28-30-24-6-2-4-8-26(24)32-28/h1-18H/b10-9+
- Substance type: Organic
- Physical state: Solid

SOURCE OF TEST MATERIAL
- Test Item: 2,2’-(vinylenedi-p-phenylene)bisbenzoxazole (CAS No. 1533-45-5)
- Source of test material: Sustainability Support Services (Europe) AB
- Batch No.of test material: OBA201405A
- Manufacturing Date: October 2016
- Expiration date of the lot/batch: October 2019
- Purity test date: No data available
- Consistency: Solid, crystalline powder

RADIOLABELLING INFORMATION (Not applicable)
- Radiochemical purity: N/A
- Specific activity: N/A
- Locations of the label: N/A
- Expiration date of radiochemical substance: N/A

STABILITY AND STORAGE CONDITIONS OF TEST MATERIAL
- Storage condition of test material: Ambient Temperature
- Stability under test conditions: No data available
- Solubility and stability of the test substance in the solvent/vehicle: No data available
- Reactivity of the test substance with the solvent/vehicle of the cell culture medium: No data available

TREATMENT OF TEST MATERIAL PRIOR TO TESTING
- Treatment of test material prior to testing: Test item was grounded to fine powder prior to application. The particulates were moistened with distilled water before application.
- Preliminary purification step (if any):No data available
- Final dilution of a dissolved solid, stock liquid or gel: No data available
- Final preparation of a solid: No data available

FORM AS APPLIED IN THE TEST: Paste

OTHER SPECIFICS:
Safety Precautions : Safety precautions included use of protective clothing, gloves, masks and eye protection (glasses).


RADIOLABELLING INFORMATION (Not applicable)
- Radiochemical purity: N/A
- Specific activity: N/A
- Locations of the label: N/A
- Expiration date of radiochemical substance: N/A

STABILITY AND STORAGE CONDITIONS OF TEST MATERIAL
- Storage condition of test material: Room temperature / Fridge storage
- Stability under test conditions: No data available
- Solubility and stability of the test substance in the solvent/vehicle: No data available
- Reactivity of the test substance with the solvent/vehicle of the cell culture medium: No data available

TREATMENT OF TEST MATERIAL PRIOR TO TESTING
- Treatment of test material prior to testing: The test article tested as provided neat (undiluted).
- Preliminary purification step (if any): No data available
- Final dilution of a dissolved solid, stock liquid or gel: No data available
- Final preparation of a solid: No data available

FORM AS APPLIED IN THE TEST: Solid

OTHER SPECIFICS: No data available

Test animals / tissue source

Species:

other: MatTek EpiOcular Tisssue Model OCL-200

Strain:

other: Not applicable

Details on test animals or tissues and environmental conditions:

-Test System: MatTek EpiOcular™ Tissue Model OCL-200

Storage:EpiOcular™ tissues and assay medium will be refrigerated at approximately 2-8°C upon arrival and until use.

Supplier:MatTek Corporation, Ashland, MA

- Justification of the test method and considerations regarding applicability
The EpiOcular™ Tissue Model closely parallels human ocular tissue, thus providing a useful in vitro means to assess ocular irritancy and toxicology

Test system

Vehicle:

unchanged (no vehicle)

Controls:

yes, concurrent positive control

yes, concurrent negative control

Amount / concentration applied:

TEST MATERIAL
- Amount(s) applied (volume or weight with unit): 50 mg

VEHICLE (no vehicle)
- Amount(s) applied (volume or weight with unit): none
- Concentration (if solution): none
- Lot/batch no. (if required): none
- Purity: none

NEGATIVE CONTROL
- Amount(s) applied (volume or weight): 50 µL
- Concentration (if solution): neat

POSITIVE CONTROL
- Amount(s) applied (volume or weight): 50 µL
- Concentration (if solution): neat

Duration of treatment / exposure:

Tissues will be topically exposed to the test article and control articles for 6 hours ± 15 minutes.

Observation period (in vivo):

Not applicable

Duration of post- treatment incubation (in vitro):

Following the post soak,Tissues will be incubated in 1 ml fresh assay medium in a humidified 37±1°C, 5±1% CO2 incubator.

Number of animals or in vitro replicates:

2 tissues were used for test compound and control.

Details on study design:

-Plate Reader Linearity Check:
The linearity of the plate reader or spectrophotometer used for optical density (OD) determination will be verified prior to its use the same week the EIT assay is being
performed.
A dilution series of trypan blue or thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) formazan will be prepared and 200 μl aliquots will be pipetted into a 96-well plate.
The optical density of the plate wells will be measured at a wavelength of 570 nm (OD570), with no reference wavelength.
A regression line and an R-squared value will be generated using Microsoft Excel®. Verification will be considered acceptable if the R-squared value is >0.999.

Assessment of Direct MTTReduction:No assessment of the direct MTT (methyl thiazole tetrazolium) reduction potential of each test article will be made.

-Assessment of Coloring or Staining Materials:
No assessment of each test article’s ability to absorb light at the wavelength (570 nm) used for MTT determination will be made.

- Pre-Incubation:
EpiOcular™ tissues will be placed in six-well plates containing warmed assay media and will be equilibrated in a humidified 37±1°C, 5 ±1% CO2 incubator for at least one hour. The media will then be changed and the tissues incubated overnight (16-24 hours).
Any tissues not being incubated the same day will be allowed to re-equilibrate at 37±1°C, 5±1% CO2 and will be stored at approximately 2-8°C..

-Pre-Treatment:After the overnight incubation, the tissues will be moistened with 20 μl of phosphatebuffered saline (PBS) and incubated at 37±1°C, 5±1% CO2 for 30±2 minutes.

-Dosing:Whenever possible, solids should be ground to a fine powder before application. 50 mg of a solid test article will be applied topically to duplicate tissues
and incubated at 37±1°C, 5±1% CO2 for 6 hours ± 15 minutes.
After dosing and incubation, the tissues will be thoroughly rinsed with PBS and soaked in 5 ml of room-temperature assay medium in a 12-well plate for the appropriate amount of time.
Tissues will be soaked for 25±2 minutes.

-MTT Extraction:
Following the three-hour MTT incubation period, each tissue will be removed individually and gently rinsed with PBS to remove any residual MTT solution.
The extraction plate will be covered and sealed to reduce evaporation of extractant.
For solid, colored, or staining test articles, 2.0 ml of extractant solution will be used in a six-well plate, allowing extraction to occur through the bottom of the insert.
 
Extraction Conditions:The extraction will be allowed to proceed overnight at room temperature in the dark.
Alternatively, the extraction can proceed for at least two hours, with shaking, at room temperature.

-Decant Extractant:
Tissues immersed in extractant solution in a 24-well plate: After the extraction period is complete, the liquid within each tissue insert will be decanted back into the well
from which it was taken, i.e., the solution will be mixed with the extractant in the well.
The tissue inserts will then be discarded.

-Transferring to 96-Well Plate:Two 200 μl aliquots from each well of the extraction plate(s) will be pipetted into a 96- well microtiter plate.

-Measuring Optical Density:The optical density of the extracted samples will be determined at a single wavelength of 570 nm and using eight 200 μl aliquots of the Extractant as blanks.

Calculating Percent Viability:
The percent viability of the test tissues will be determined using the following formula:
% Viability = 100 x (ODsample / ODNegative Control)

Quality Controls:
Negative Controls: The assay meets the acceptance criterion if the OD570 of the Negative Control is greater than 0.8 and less than 2.5.
Positive Controls: The assay meets the acceptance criterion if the mean relative viability of the positive control is below 50% of negative control viability.
Tissue Variability: The difference in viability between identically treated tissues must be less than 20%. This applies to tissues treated with the same test article as well as living and killed controls.

Ocular Irritation Potential:
An irritant is predicted if the mean relative tissue viability of two individual tissues exposed to the test substance is less than or equal to 60% of the mean viability of the
negative control-treated tissue viability.

In Vitro Result In Vivo Prediction (GHS3)
Mean tissue viability ≤ 60% Category 1 / Hazard Code 318, or
Category 2 / Hazard Codes 319 and 320
Mean tissue viability > 60% No Category (Non-Irritating)

Borderline Results:
If the test article-treated tissue viability is 60±5%, a second EIT should be performed. If the results of the second test disagree with the first, then a third test should be performed. The conclusion will be based on the agreement of two of the three tests.

Duration:The duration of the EpiOcularTM Eye Irritation Test is approximately five days.

Results and discussion

In vitro

Results

Irritation parameter:

other: mean % tissue viability

Run / experiment:

Run 1

Value:

95.1

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Remarks on result:

no indication of irritation

Other effects / acceptance of results:

Negative Controls: The assay meets the acceptance criterion if the OD570 of the Negative Control is greater than 0.8 and less than 2.5.
Positive Controls: The assay meets the acceptance criterion if the mean relative viability of the positive control is below 50% of negative control viability.
Tissue Variability: The difference in viability between identically treated tissues must be less than 20%.

Any other information on results incl. tables

Tissue Viability		Irritancy Classification	GHS Category
Mean	SD
95.1	6.45	Non-Irritant	Not Classified

Test and control article identity	Tissue no.	Raw data		Blank corrected data		Mean of aliquots	% viability	OD		Viabilities (%)
								MEAN	SD	Mean	SD
		Aliq 1	Aliq 2	Aliq 1	Aliq 2
1533-45-5	1	1.533	1.482	1.486	1.435	1.461	91.9	1.512	0.103	95.1	6.45
	2	1.609	1.611	1.562	1.564	1.563	98.4

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:

other: not irritating

Conclusions:

The ocular irritation potential of test article was determined according to the OECD 492 test guideline. The mean % tissue viability of test substance was determined to be 95.1%. Thus, test chemical was considered to be not irritating to MatTek EpiOcular Tisssue Model OCL-200.

Executive summary:

The ocular irritation potential of test article was determined according to the OECD 492 test guideline. The MatTek EpiOcular™ model was used to assess the potential ocular irritation of the test article by determining the viability of the tissues following exposure to the test article via MTT. The objective of this study was to assess the ocular irritation potential of test article. Tissues were exposed to test article and controls for ~6 hours, followed by a ~25 minute post-soak and approximately 18 hour recovery after the post-soak. The viability of each tissue was determined by MTT assay. 

The mean OD570 of the negative control tissues was 1.665 and 1.589, which met the acceptance criteria of greater than 0.8 and less than 2.5. The mean relative viability of the positive control tissues was 45.2 and 36.5, which met the acceptance criterion of less than 50%. The differences in viability between identically treated tissues were 0.03 to 5.60, which met the acceptance criterion of less than 50%. All controls passed the acceptance criteria for a valid study.

The mean % tissue viability of test chemical was determined to be 95.1%. Hence, under the experimental test conditions it was concluded that test chemical was considered to be not irritating to the MatTek EpiOcular Tissue Model OCL-200 and being classified as “Not classified’’.