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An intrachromosomal recombination assay (“DEL”) based on a genetically engineered HIS3 locus in S. cerevisiae [45] has been developed both as a colony­counting and a well-counting assay. Nine chem icals were used in a proof of principle for higher throughput screening in 96- or 384-well format that had been modified into a colorimetric assay [46]. The assay is reported to detect carcinogenic compounds including those for which a genotoxicity mechanism has not previously been reported. At present, the assay is not widely available.
7.5.4 Chromosome Damage and Aberration Assays
Chromosome damage and aberration assays may be classified into two classes: (1) chromosome aberration tests in which all the chromosomes in a cell are examined and (2) micronucleus tests in which chromosomes outside the nucleus in smaller micronuclei are examined. In the first class, gross rearrangements of chromosomes are examined including translocations, large insertions/deletions, the loss or gain of whole chromosomes, and double- or single-stranded DNA breakage. Since chromo­somes only condense and become visible during mitosis, most test protocols require treatment with a mitotic poison that causes cells to accumulate at metaphase (such cytochalasin B). In this procedure, all cells in the exposed population can be scored rather than the subpopulation in mitosis at the analytical time point (OECD 473). Some tools and systems are on the market for aiding mitotic indexing and chromo­some aberration scoring (Pathfindertechnology from IMSTAR, Paris, France). Metasystems GmbH (Altlussheim, Germany) also provides a metaphase locating software called Metafer MSearch. Such systems have the potential to speed up the identification of metaphase cells, and use chromosome “painting” to help identify the type of aberration. At present, automated high-throughput scoring of translocations, insertions, and deletions has not replaced microscopic examination and it remains unclear how widespread such systems will become. In a recent review of methods focusing on human cells, the authors commented that “Even the best automated system may never replace a skilled observer” [47]. These methods are not yet sufficiently mature for profiling.
The micronucleus test (MNT) is effective in the automated detection of clastogens and aneugens. Nuclear membrane forms around chromosomes and chromosome fragments that fail to segregate into nuclei during anaphase. This might be a consequence of failures in the mitotic machinery or chromosome breakage that generates fragments without centromeres. These smaller “micronuclei” can be identified and counted using two quite different approache s: high-resolution imaging and flow cytometry. In both cases, DNA-specific dyes are crucial in resolving nuclei and micronuclei. Imaging is reliant on careful optimization of the parameters used to distinguish DNA-containing bodies from other membrane-bound compartments.
Diaz and coworkers [48] published an evaluation of an automated MNT assay using fluorescent microscopy coupled with image analysis software from Cellomics (Pittsburg, KS, USA). The results showed high concordance with data collected by manual scoring. The speed of scoring limited throughput to 11 compounds per day (at multiple dilutions, with and without S9 activation). This throughput approaches the
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minimum levels required for screening. Although the sample preparations remain relatively complex, the ever-increasing processing power and data storage available to developers will increase the assay throughput. Alternative imaging systems and analysis software are also available. IMSTAR and Metasystems reduce analysis times to 4–5 min per slide rather than the 25 min to score manually.
Flow cytometric assessment generates results that reproduce microscopic methods for the in vivo assessment of micronucleus frequency in peripheral blood micro­nucleated reticulocytes [49] and the method is increasingly applied in in vitro assessments. Litron Laboratories (Rochester, NY, USA) recently launched their “MicroFlow
In Vitro” kit for the in vitro micronucleus test following a six compound interlaboratory evaluation [50]. This method permits 50 samples to be analyzed over the course of 3.5 h including incubation times, leading to a possible throughput of 40 compounds per week or 2000 compounds per year.
It is important for the screener to recognize the inherent problems in specificity observed in chromosome aberration assays. Only about 50% of compounds with positive results are likely to be hazardous to rodents (or humans).
7.5.5 The “Comet” Assay
The electrophoresis of the nuclear content of individual cells followed by DNA staining provides microscopic images reminiscent of comets hurtling across the night sky—giving the name to the comet assay. It identifies strand-breaking agents. Although it has several handling steps, it is a relatively simple assay. The comet “head” contains giant (75 mm) supercoiled loops of DNA liberated from higher order chromatin packaging by high salt treatment. The “tail” contains loops in which there has been at least one single-stranded break leading to a more extended relaxed supercoil. More single-strand breaks lead to the formation of more relaxed loops and a greater proportion of staining migrates into the tail. Under alkaline conditions, double-strand breaks, or two single-strand breaks in the same loop, lead to fragmen­tation of the loops and altered tail structure. Smaller fragments of DNA including mitochondrial DNA (5.6 mm) and apoptotic fragments are beyond the resolution of the gels, and do not contribute to the head or tail staining. Thus, the comet assay, in alkaline or neutral conditions, should detect single- and double-stranded breaks, but not “pure” aneugens. In alkaline conditions, breakage can occur at alkaline labile sites including sites where the base has been lost from the sugar/phosphate backbone. Modified assays in which lesion-specific nuclease treatment is included can be used to reveal oxidative damage. Readers are referred to Collins and coworkers [51] for more detail on data generation and interpretation.
In the routine comet assay, a user can operate at a maximum throughput of 8–12 compounds per week, limited by sample and cell preparation, imaging, and scoring. There are a number of imaging and software analysis solutions currently available from companies such as IMSTAR, Metasystems, and Perceptive Instruments Ltd (Haverhill, UK). The assay has also been developed into a higher throughput format that accommodates four compounds each tested at 10 dilutions in a 96-well
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microplate. In this method, cells are still transferred to slides for scoring [52], and with robotic handling data from six compounds per day can be analyzed. A new protocol in development utilizes a multichamber plate that can be used for both cell treatment and electrophoresis [53]. The throughput is potentially 1500 compounds per year, which approaches the minimum requirements for late profiling.
7.5.6 DNA Adduct Assessment
A general and sensitive approach for the measurement of DNA lesions formed with nonradioactive carcinogens has been descr ibed. Normal and adducted nucleotides, generated by nuclease digests of DNA modified in vivo or in vitro with a compound of interest, are labeled with
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P and detected and quantified after thin-layer chroma­tography (TLC). Such analysis of DNA adducts is used in mechanistic studies but presently not suited to profiling because of the complexities in sample preparation and analysis and subsequent low throughput. There are no formal guidelines for testing.
7.5.7 Gene Expression Assays
Microbes and metazoans are exposed to a variety of toxic stresses and have evolved appropriate defenses and repair mechanisms. Some of these systems are regulated at the protein level and others are regulated at the transcriptional level, allowing the development of reporter assays. These transcriptional responses can be used to provide an earlier marker for genotoxin exposure in a whole population of cel ls. This is opposed to the detection of the endpoints discussed above in which genotoxic stress leads to fixation of mutations or chromosomal aberrations/damage in a small subpopulation.
Prokaryotic The first generation of reporters exploited the DNA damage inducible genes of the SOS operon [54] in bacteria. These genes variously encode proteins involved in excision repair, recombinational repair, and DNA polymerase. Reporters for both the sfiA gene (SOS chromotest, [55]) and umuC [56] have been used to drive b-galactosidase synthesis which can be assessed using a colorimetric assay. A review of SOS chromotest data from 751 compounds [57] revealed that for the 452 compounds, which also had Ames data, there was agreement between the tests for 82% of compounds. A number of alternative SOS reporters have been developed to drive expression of the lux operon, which allows luminometric data collection. These include reporters for recA, uvrA, alkA [58], and umuC [59] as well as the commer­cially available Vitotox assay (Gentaur Molecular Products BVBA, Brussels, Bel­gium), which exploits the recN gene [60]. In a limited comparison of data from seven genotoxins and six environmental samples generated using recA-lux, umuC, and sfi reporter assays, the umuC test performed the best [61]. Although these systems are less accurate in prediction of Ames data than the more cumbersome fluctuation tests, their simplicity and low compound requirement are advantages for use.
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The SOS-umuC assay allows three compounds to be assessed over seven dilutions
on a 96-well microplate. A user can prepare up to 15 assay microplates per day translating to 180 compounds profiled per week, or around 10,000 per year.
Eukaryotic (Yeast Cells) The first eukaryotic gene regulation assay (Gr eenSc reen GC, Gentronix Ltd, UK), used Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a reporter for induction of the yeast RAD54 gene—a member of the recombinational repair family of genes [62]. A screening validation study [63] demonstrated that the assay detected a different spectrum of compounds to bacterial genotoxicity assays. It was suggested that in conjunction with a high-throughput bacterial screen, the two assays wo uld provide an e ffective preview of the regulatory battery of genotoxicity tests. This proposal was subsequently justified in a study of 2698 proprietary compounds from the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) compound library [40]. Four compounds per 96-well microplate were tested with robust host cells and rapid assay time. It was possible to assess up to 160 compounds per week even without automation. Beyond this throughput, compound supply and data collection become the rate-limiting factors. An alternative RAD54 reporter has also been described [64].
7.5.7.1.3 Eukaryotic (Human Cells) Broader reservation about yeast tests led to the development of a human cell assay in which GFP was used as a reporter for induction of the GADD45a gene [65]. Significantly, the human TK6 cell line was chosen not only because of its origins, but also due to its wild-type p53 status. Other mammalian cell lines used commonly are insufficient or deficient in p53 and this compromises the effectiveness of the DNA damage response. The resultant GADD45a-GFP assay (GreenScreen HC, Gentronix Ltd) responds to all classes of genotoxin including S9-generated metabolites [66]. In contrast to the regulatory in vitro mammalian assays, the results demonstrate high specificity without compromising sensitivity. This 96-well microplate assay is becoming widely employed and its transfer to other laboratories has been systematically evaluat­ed [67]. The format of the GADD45a-GFP assay is very similar to the yeast assay. Four compounds are tested on a 96-well microplate although the assay incubation time is longer (48 h instead of 16 h) due to longer doubling time of the host cells. Manually, a compound throughput of 80–100 per operator per week is possible. This can be significantly improved using robotics and/or a reduced number of compound dilutions. In a recent study using this h igher throughput assay format, a library of 1266 pharmacologically active compounds (LOPAC, Sigma-Aldrich Co. Ltd) was screened [68]. The potential throughput from this assay format could be as high as 36,000 compounds per year.
A second p53 responsive reporter has been described. This reporter exploits elements of the p53R2 gene, which encodes a subunit of ribonucleotide reductase linked to a luciferase gene [69, 70]. It has been validated against diverse mechanistic classes of genotoxin. To perform this assay, the p53 wild-type cell line MCF-7 is transiently transfected with two plasmids: one with the p53R2 reporter and the second
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with constitutively expressed control (driven by elements of CMV promoter). Between 4 and 6 h after transfection, cells are exposed to test materials (five dilutions) for 24 h, then washed three times, lysed, and assayed. It is not yet known how well the assay transfers to other laboratories, and the protocol is quite complex for adaptation to high throughput.
7.6 THE “OMICS”
The completion of the human genome project has led to new disciplines within genetic toxicology—the “omics.” The study of global gene expression from tran­scription and translation, to a protein’s various posttranslational states and intracel­lular location(s), as well as tools that are beginning to give clues about the more common toxi cological response patterns, increasingly provide techniques for novel drug target identification. These technologies and the interpretation of their data are not yet sufficiently developed for screening at the throughput required for profiling and are not discussed in this chapter. However, in an integrated approach to safety assessment, genetic toxicolo gists will increasingly have access to data from broader toxicogenomic approaches. This data is already becoming useful in confirming mechanism of drug action and adverse reaction. There have already been proposals for a “new paradigm” in preclinical safety assessment in which in vitro and in silico approaches are com bined [71].
7.7 USING DATA FROM IN VITRO PROFILING: CONFIRMATORY TESTS, FOLLOW-UP TESTS, AND THE LINK TO SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND IN VIVO MODELS
The principal aim of a genotoxicity screening program is to reduce the proportion of compounds that give positive results in IND-enabling GLP studies. The default action for a compound with a positive genotoxicity result during profiling tests would be removal from the collection. Profiling occurs when the properties of compounds identified in other screening tests are already channeling into the strategy of chemistry lead optimization. A positive result may not end a program, but would immediately reduce the ranking of the compound and provide valuable actionable information to the medicinal chemistry team. Only in very particular cases would a potent genotoxin be carried forward. If the choice of compounds is not broad due to the therapeutic indication, discovery, or patent strategy or the nature of the target, then there will be two avenues for immediate follow-up of a positive result. First, lead optimization chemists can be alerted to the need to focus on the segregation of useful pharmacology from unwanted genotoxicity facilitated by knowledge of the known structural alerting motifs (Section 7.4.2). Second, the compound profile should be annotated or flagged to indicate the possible need for follow-up by safety assessment teams to consider mechanism of action.
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7.7.1 Annotations from Screening Data
All annotations/alerts should carry basic information including the assay type, the result, the top dose tested, the solvent, and any additional information generated such as control, lowest effective concentration, magnitude of effect, and associated toxicity data. Annotations and appropriate alerts should be included even where the result is negative and should be specific to the screening strategy.For a strategy based solely on mutation endpoints, a negative result should generate an alert that genotoxicity assessment is incomplete, and aneugenicity and clastogenicity have not been as­sessed. For a strategy based solely on aneuge nicity or clastogenicity, a negative result should generate an alert that assessment is incomplete and an in vitro mutation has not been assessed. For a strategy using a reporter assay that is not endpoint-specific, a negative result should generate an alert for a complementary assay such as a bacterial assay after a eukaryotic screen or a eukaryotic assay after a bacterial screen.
Most of the in vitro assays are described with an additional protocol for the assessment of metabolites generated by the monooxygenases (CYPs) and various conjugation systems. It is unclear whether genuine high-throughput screening assays would be performed routinely with a source of exogenous metabolism such as the rodent liver extract S9. This seems unlikely because of S9 handling difficulties in a high-throughput situation: S9 is heat labile and frozen samples create problems associated with rethawing, etc. If there are no data from assays incorporating S9, then an alert should be generated to reflect that metabolites have not been investigated. This alert might be strengthened by linkage to data from metabolic liability assays or in silico approaches. In due course it is expected that there will be validated, metabol­ically competent cell lines for metabolite assessment.
7.7.2 Can a Genetic Toxicity Profile Assist with In Vivo Testing Strategies?
Current regulatory practice already requires that a positive in vitro result is followed up with two in vivo tests.The first regulatory in vivo assay is routinely the micronucleustest using either bone marrow or peripheral blood cells from only one sex in a rodent. With appropriateplanningit is generallypossibleto use differenttissuesfromthe sameanimals forthe second test. Thisis generallyselectedto assess the in vivo significanceof the result of the in vitro test giving a positive result. Thus a positive result from a mutation assay suggests the use of an in vivo test for DNA damage/mutagenesis such as unscheduled DNAsynthesis(UDS OECD 486), or
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P-postlabellingto detectDNA adduct formation (noOECDguideline).If thepositiveresultis only in thepresenceofmetabolicactivation, further metabolism studies are often instigated to determine if the metabolite formed in vitro (by a rat liver extract) is actually formed or is inactivated in vivo.
A recent review identified 120 rodent carcinogens where the in vivo MNT gave negative or equivocal results, and there were other in vivo data to consider. It was apparent that UDS has very poor sensitivity [72] and adduct assessment is generally reserved for compounds where reactive metabolites are suggested. The alkaline comet assay is now considered an appropriate alternative. The other alterative is to use one of the genetically engineered rodent mutation assays (MutaMouse, Big Blue),
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though these are expensive and time-consuming, so unlikely to be used routinely for both tissues/endpoints. Advice regarding choice of tissue will be dependent on other factors such as the target tissue of the drug. This information may not be available when screening alerts are recorded and is beyond the scope of this chapter.
Most recently attention has been drawn to the assessment of PigA mutations [73,74]. This X-linked gene provides a readily scored mutant phenotype as a consequence of its essential role in the anchoring of GPI proteins in the membrane. Mutant cells are distinguished by their inability to bind GPI-linked proteins such as CD59, CD55, and CD24. Furthermore, wild-type cells are killed by Aerolysin, a bacterial toxin that uses the GPI anchor to mediate lysis. Thus, aerolysin resistance is a direct selection for PigA mutants that can be cloned and sequenced to determine the nature of the mutation.
A positive result from a chromosome aberratio n assay (MNT,cytogenetic analysis, or small colonies in MLA), suggests a second in vivo assay for clastogenesis or aneugenesis. Centromere and DNA staining of mitotic cells allows the distinction of aneugens and clastogens.
If positive result s in reporter assa ys specifically developed for profiling screening are obtained, in vivo MNT is conducted as a follow-up. Additional information may also be generated during the regulatory in vitro testing. Kirkland and Speit [72] recommend the comet assay as a second in vivo test, because the limited data available suggests that this assay identifies more of the carcinogens missed by MNT.
7.8 WHAT TO TEST, WHEN, AND HOW
Genotoxicity data should become an important part of a compound’s profile. It can provide value in decision making at all stages in discovery from libraries containing millions of compounds to leads progressing to candidate selection. For entire libraries, screening could allow segregation of genotoxins into a sublibrary. If a new therapeutic campaign is initiated where genotoxicity is allowable or expected, such as antineo­plastics or antivirals, then those compounds are included; if genotoxicity is unaccept­able, then these compoundsare excluded. As previouslydiscussed,no screen detects all genotoxins. Conducting a library screen does not eliminate genotoxicity concerns and appropriate alerts remain for unassessed hazards. Furthermore, the chemical differ­ences that evolve from hit to lead to drug-like candidate introduce newstructuralmotifs.
None of the genotoxicity assays described above has yet been used for large libraries. Although most assa y developers have access to the instrumentation required for developing HTS or ultr a-HTS methods, a progressive longer term strategy to collect the data over a period of at least a year is a feasible approach for screening large sets.
Hit profiling is more feasible as it is generally anticipated that the initial target screen willgenerate<1%hits (10,000–100,000 compoundsper year). All compoundswould benefitfromthe early inclusionof genotoxicitydata in the profile.Only four of the assays discussed have the capacity for thisscreeningscale:the bacterialAmesII,SOS reporters, the yeast RAD54-GFP reporter and the human GADD45a-GFP reporter. The bacterial
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Ames II and SOS reporters provide an early warning for Ames positives. The yeast RAD54-GFPreporterandthehumanGADD45a-GFPreporterpreview humananeugens and clastogens, missed by Ames. The most effective approach to screening would combine the bacterial, yeast, and now the human tests. As early as 2004, Kitching et al. [75] compiled validation data for 71 compoundsfrom the GreenScreen GC (yeast) test with published SOS/umu data. The results were as follows:
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54 compounds (76%) had positive data in cancer studies.
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32 compounds (45%) were positive in GreenScreen GC.
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32 compounds (45%) compounds were positive with SOS/umu.
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22 compounds (31%) were positive for both tests.
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Each test had 10 unique positives.
Subsequently J&J assessed 2698 potential drug candidates through the Green­Screen yeast assay during preregulatory screening [40]. Two thousand three hundred fifty one compounds were also tested with Ames II. One hundred sixty four (7%) of the 2351 compounds were positive in Ames II, with and/or without S9 metabolic activation and 176 (7.5%) were positive in the GreenScreen. Twelve (7%) of the 176 GreenScreen-positive compounds were positive in Ames II. These results emphasize that the Ames II and GreenScreen assays each detect a different but overlapping spectrum of genotoxins, reflecting both the differences between pro­karyotic and eukaryotic test organisms and their different endpoints (mutation and DNA damage-induced transcription, respectively). Recently, the same group tested 1684 compounds using the GreenScreen HC (human cells) and Ames II assays (data not published). There was a 31 compound overlap between the two assays. This again confirms the different endpoints covered by bacterial and mammalian cell tests and reveals how genotoxicity results can vary for different compound collections.
A combination of two genotoxicity tests is a better screening strategy than conducting one assay. At earlier stages of discovery when chemical development is still in progress, one test is presumably sufficient. Given that in silico methods are quite effective in the identification of Ames-positive compounds based on structural alerts, a single eukaryotic screening test is preferred.
Profiling during lead optimization might generate 2,000–10,000 compounds per year. Genetic toxicity screening using eukaryotic models such as GreenScreen HC is already occurring at this level in some of the larger pharmaceutical companies.
7.9 CHANGES TO REGULATORY GUIDELINES CAN INFLUENCE SCREENING STRATEGY
The current ICH S2B guidelines require both Ames and in vitro mammalian test data. Since Ames data causes the greatest concern, most screening methods use one of the bacterial screens as well as one of the MNT screening tests using flow cytometry or imaging readouts. Earl y mammalian genotoxicity screens provide a useful preview of
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the regulatory MNT. However, MNT is known to have high prevalence of positive results (35% or more) in which many are false positives, not confirmed in in vivo testing. Consequently, many potentially valuable nonhazardous leads might be discarded based on MNT results before the selection of candidat es is complete or require a large follow-up effort. To reduce this risk, a secondary screen of MNT positives with the higher specificity GADD45a-GFP (GreenScreen HC) test would identify the subset of compounds liable to give positive results in later in vivo tests. Many of the remaining GADD45a-GFP negatives could become useful drugs once mechanistic studies establish the nonrelevance of the positive MNT data.
The problems generated by the poor specificity of the current regulatory in vitro mammalian tests has led to the proposal of new testing strategies published in the US Federal Register as/or ICH S2(R1). These proposals contain two significant changes (Table 7.1). First, the maximum testing dose in the in vitro mammalian tests should be reduced from 10 to 1 mM to reduce the generation of misleading positive results due to high toxicity. The second change is that two different options for data submission are proposed. Option one is essentially the same as the current requirement except for the lowerdosing.Option two is more radical: The submissionrequiresAmes test for in vitro dataand two differentin vivo endpoints.It is proposedthatthese endpointscan be obtained fromthe same animalexposure study. For compounddiscovery and development, option 2 may be preferredsincethereis valuein generatingprofilingdata in in vitromammalian assays during screening. The bacterial screens are valuable in as a preview of the regulatory Ames test results. Hence, there is now a broad selection of assays available that help avoid in vivo failures by compounds inevitably undetected by Ames. In the absenceofinformative in silico data,a high-specificityeukaryotic testwould be preferred.
7.10 SUMMARY
There are now highly specific genotoxicity screening assays that can provide reliable hazard warnings, data early enough for medicinal chemists. Individual prokaryotic and eukaryotic tests detect different but overlapping classes of genotoxins. It has been demonstrated that the overall level of genotoxicity in a library that can be detected by these approaches is similar to the level of candidate attrition due to genotoxicity. This strategy can be facilitated using in silico approaches to identify embedded genotoxic structural moieties that can be potentially avoided. This suggests that early profiling will lead to development of more predictive in silico tools, which in turn will cause a significant reduction in late stage failure due to genotoxicity. It also offers an overall increase in efficiency in later regulatory genotoxicity safety assessment by providing an early alert for projects likely to require mechanistic investigation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Andy Scott (Unilever) is thanked for the preparation of Figure 7.1. Nick Billinton is thanked for his contributions to the screening sections.
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