Issue 4, 2020

Microphysiological heart–liver body-on-a-chip system with a skin mimic for evaluating topical drug delivery

Abstract

Body-on-a-chip in vitro systems are a promising technology that aims to increase the predictive power of drug efficacy and toxicity in humans when compared to traditional animal models. Here, we developed a new heart–liver body-on-a-chip system with a skin surrogate to assess the toxicity of drugs that are topically administered. In order to test the utility of the system, diclofenac, ketoconazole, hydrocortisone and acetaminophen were applied topically through a synthetic skin surrogate (Strat-M membrane) and the toxicity results were compared to those of acute drug exposure from systemically applying the compounds. The heart–liver system was successful in predicting the effects for both cardiac and liver functions changes due to the compounds. The difference in the concentrations of drugs applied topically compared to systemically indicates that the barrier properties of the skin surrogate were efficient. One important advantage of this heart–liver system was the capability of showing differential effects of acute and chronic drug exposure which is necessary as part of the International Conference in Harmonisation (ICH) tri-partate guidelines. In conclusion, this work indicates a promising heart–liver body-on-a-chip system that can be used for the assessment of potential drug toxicity from dermal absorption as well as evaluate transport dynamics through the skin in the same system.

Graphical abstract: Microphysiological heart–liver body-on-a-chip system with a skin mimic for evaluating topical drug delivery

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 aug 2019
Accepted
03 jan 2020
First published
17 jan 2020

Lab Chip, 2020,20, 749-759

Microphysiological heart–liver body-on-a-chip system with a skin mimic for evaluating topical drug delivery

C. P. Pires de Mello, C. Carmona-Moran, C. W. McAleer, J. Perez, E. A. Coln, C. J. Long, C. Oleaga, A. Riu, R. Note, S. Teissier, J. Langer and J. J. Hickman, Lab Chip, 2020, 20, 749 DOI: 10.1039/C9LC00861F

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