In articulating a vision for Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century, the National Research Council (NRC) noted that exposure science will play a critical role. In this context, biomonitoring is a key component that quantitatively associates an internal dose with a measurable effect. It has also been suggested that epidemiology studies which accurately assess chemical exposures along with biological effects will have the most meaningful interpretation and thus maximal impact. A major impediment for conducting biomonitoring within epidemiology studies is the lack of rapid, field deployable, quantitative technologies that measure chemical exposures using minimally invasive biological fluids, such as saliva. Our recently completed research resulted in the development of pesticide sensor platforms, an in vivo animal model system for rapid characterization of saliva pesticide uptake and clearance, and a dosimetry model to predict systemic dose based upon a 'spot'saliva measurement. Recently, the utility of the sensor was confirmed by measuring a target analyte in saliva from pesticide manufacturing plant workers. This project has been highly successful and can be utilized as a framework for evaluating a broader range of important chemicals. Since human exposure is rarely to single agents but rather to complex mixtures, there is a need to develop biomonitoring strategies capable of measuring multiple analytes. This is particularly true in agriculture where multiple pesticides are routinely utilized on crops. Clearly there is a need t extend the strategy to other important pesticides;however, a major limitation is the inability to priori identify which chemicals are readily cleared in saliva, hampering our ability to easily develop a multiplex screening platform. To address this challenge, it is hypothesized that chemical uptake and clearance in saliva can readily be predicted for a broad range of chemicals based upon limited in vitro experiments which are integrated into a pharmacokinetic model. To test this hypothesis this continuation project will exploit the previously developed in vivo rat model for salivary gland uptake and clearance and will develop additional in vitro cell and sub-cellular based approaches for a broad range of pesticides having differing physical and chemical characteristics as well as clearance mechanisms. Once validated, this approach can guide sensor platform development since model simulations will provide critical information on detection limits and clearance rates.

Public Health Relevance

This research project will specifically focus on the development of a novel chemical screening strategy to enable subsequent rapid development of a multiplex sensor array platform for quantification of multiple pesticides in saliva. This novel platform will enable a more accurate prediction of exposures and once validated, can readily be employed to assess dosimetry to pesticide mixtures in support of biomonitoring and epidemiology studies.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01OH008173-07
Application #
8728669
Study Section
Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOH)
Program Officer
Dearwent, Steve
Project Start
2013-09-01
Project End
2016-08-31
Budget Start
2014-09-01
Budget End
2015-08-31
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
2014
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Richland
State
WA
Country
United States
Zip Code
99352
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