Grupo Boticário

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

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An Intestine/Liver Microphysiological System for Drug Pharmacokinetic and Toxicological Assessment

Talita Miguel Marin¹, Nathalia de Carvalho Indolfo⁴, Silvana Aparecida Rocco¹, Murilo de Carvalho^1,2, Marilia Meira Dias¹, Graziele Izalina Vasconcelos Bento¹, Leandro Oliveira Bortot¹, Desirée Cigaran Schuck³, Márcio Lorencini³, Eduardo Pagani¹

¹Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), ²Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), ³Grupo Boticário, ⁴Institute of Biology, University of Campinas

We exposed a microphysiological system (MPS) with intestine and liver organoids to acetaminophen (APAP). This article describes the methods for organoid production and APAP pharmacokinetic and toxicological property assessments in the MPS. It also describes the tissue functionality analyses necessary to validate the results.

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A 3D Culture Method of Spheroids of Embryonic and Liver Zebrafish Cell Lines

Irisdoris Rodrigues de Souza¹, Andrezza Di Pietro Micali Canavez², Desiree Cigaran Schuck², Viviana Stephanie Costa Gagosian¹, Isisdoris Rodrigues de Souza¹, Natália de Albuquerque Vita², Edvaldo da Silva Trindade³, Marta Margarete Cestari⁴, Marcio Lorencini², Daniela Morais Leme⁴

¹Graduate Program in Genetics, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), ²Safety of Product Department, Grupo Boticário, ³Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), ⁴Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

Here, we present an effective, easy, and fast 3D culture protocol for the formation of spheroids of two zebrafish (Danio rerio) cell lines: ZEM2S (embryo) and ZFL (normal hepatocyte).

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Cytotoxicity Assays with Zebrafish Cell Lines

Irisdoris Rodrigues de Souza¹, Tainá Wilke Sivek¹, Júlia Beatriz Vaz de Oliveira¹, Andrezza Di Pietro Micali Canavez², Natália de Albuquerque Vita², Desiree Cigaran Schuck², Isisdoris Rodrigues de Souza¹, Marta Margarete Cestari³, Marcio Lorencini², Daniela Morais Leme³

¹Graduate Program in Genetics, Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), ²Safety of Product Department, Grupo Boticário, ³Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

This protocol presents commonly used cytotoxicity assays (Alamar Blue [AB], CFDA-AM, Neutral Red, and MTT assays) adapted for the assessment of cytotoxicity in zebrafish embryo (ZEM2S) and liver (ZFL) cell lines in 96-well plates.