Schinus molle, ext.

Skin irritation / corrosion

Administrative data

Endpoint:

skin irritation: in vitro / ex vivo

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Study period:

11-29 May 2017

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

guideline study

Cross-reference

Reason / purpose for cross-reference:

reference to same study

Reference

Endpoint:

skin irritation: in vitro / ex vivo

Type of information:

read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)

Adequacy of study:

key study

Reliability:

2 (reliable with restrictions)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: read across

Justification for type of information:

The read-across justification is presented in the endpoint summary and the accompanying files are also attached there.

Reason / purpose for cross-reference:

read-across source

Irritation / corrosion parameter:

% tissue viability

Run / experiment:

15 minute exposure period and 42 h post-exposure incubation period

Value:

95.9

Vehicle controls validity:

not applicable

Negative controls validity:

valid

Remarks:

100%

Positive controls validity:

valid

Remarks:

12.2%

Remarks on result:

no indication of irritation

Interpretation of results:

other: not irritating

Remarks:

in accordance with EU CLP (EC 1272/2008 and its updates)

Conclusions:

Under the experimental conditions of this study, the Pink pepper oil (source) is not classified for skin irritation according to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) and to the GHS. This result was used for read-across to Schinus molle oil (target).

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2017

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Test guideline 1

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 439 (In Vitro Skin Irritation: Reconstructed Human Epidermis Test Method)

Version / remarks:

adopted 28 July 2015

Deviations:

no

Test guideline 2

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

EU Method B.46 (In Vitro Skin Irritation: Reconstructed Human Epidermis Model Test)

Version / remarks:

23 July 2009

Deviations:

no

Principles of method if other than guideline:

Not applicable

GLP compliance:

yes (incl. QA statement)

Remarks:

UK GLP Compliance Program (inspected on July 05, 2016 / Signed on October 28, 2016)

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

-

EC Number:

481-880-7

EC Name:

-

Cas Number:

949495-68-5

Molecular formula:

not available (UVCB)

IUPAC Name:

Essential oil of Schinus Terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae) obtained from red berries by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction

Test material form:

liquid

Details on test material:

Appearance: pale yellow to dark yellow liquid

Specific details on test material used for the study:

Storage conditions: Room temperature in the dark until 19 January 2017 thereafter approximately 4°C in the dark

In vitro test system

Test system:

human skin model

Source species:

human

Cell type:

non-transformed keratinocytes

Justification for test system used:

Following the REACH top-down strategy, the EPISKIN™ Reconstructed Human Epidermis Model method was used to assess skin irritation as recommended in the OECD test guideline No. 439.

Vehicle:

unchanged (no vehicle)

Details on test system:

RECONSTRUCTED HUMAN EPIDERMIS (RHE) TISSUE
- Model used: EPISKIN™ Reconstructed Human Epidermis Model Kit, SkinEthic Laboratories, Lyon, France
- Tissue batch number(s): 17-EKIN-019
- Production date: not reported
- Shipping date: not reported
- Delivery date: 10 May 2017
- Expiry date: 15 May 2017
- Date of initiation of testing: 11 May 2017

TEMPERATURE USED FOR TEST SYSTEM
- Temperature used during treatment / exposure: room temperature
- Temperature of post-treatment incubation (if applicable): 37°C

REMOVAL OF TEST MATERIAL AND CONTROLS
- Volume and number of washing steps: At the end of the exposure period, each tissue was removed from the well using forceps and rinsed using a wash bottle containing DPBS with Ca++ and Mg++. Rinsing was achieved by filling and emptying each tissue insert for approximately 40 seconds using a constant soft stream of DPBS to gently remove any residual test item. The rinsed tissues were transferred to the second column of 3 wells containing 2 mL of maintenance medium in each wellsidual test or control items and then incubated in 2mL maintenance medium for 42 h at 37 °C, 5 % CO2 in air. Number of washing steps not reported.
- Observable damage in the tissue due to washing: none reported
- Modifications to validated SOP:
Deviation 1
Due to unusual variation noted in the untreated killed control group, it was considered necessary to repeat the killed tissue groups.
Deviation 2
An assessment found the test item was able to directly reduce MTT. Therefore, an additional procedure using water killed tissues was performed. However, the results obtained showed that no interference due to direct reduction of MTT occurred. It was therefore considered unnecessary to use the results of the water killed tissues for quantitative correction of results or for reporting purposes.

MTT DYE USED TO MEASURE TISSUE VIABILITY AFTER TREATMENT / EXPOSURE
- MTT concentration: 0.3 mg/mL
- Incubation time: 3 hours
- Spectrophotometer: Labtech LT 4500 microplate reader
- Wavelength: 570 nm
- Filter: without reference filter
- Linear OD range of spectrophotometer: not reported

FUNCTIONAL MODEL CONDITIONS WITH REFERENCE TO HISTORICAL DATA
- Barrier function: IC50 = 1.8 mg/ml ( ≥ 1.5 mg/ml)
- Morphology: Well-differenciated epidermis consisting of a basal layer, several spinous and granular layers and a thinck stratum corneum
- Contamination: absence of bacteria, fungus and mycoplasma
- Reproducibility: All of the values for the negative and positive control groups fell within the historical ranges of the testing laboratory obtained in the previous six months. This was taken to show the correct functioning of the test system.

CONTROL TISSUES USED IN CASE OF MTT DIRECT INTERFERENCE:
- Fresh tissues / killed tissues: skin irritation potential performed in parallel on viable and water killed tissues for quantitative correction of the results
- Procedure used to prepare the killed tissues (if applicable): Water-killed tissues were prepared prior to the study by placing untreated EPISKINTM tissues in a 12 well plate containing 2.0 mL of sterile distilled water in each well. The tissues were incubated at 37°C, 5% CO2 in air for 48 +/- 1 hours. At the end of the incubation the water was discarded. Once killed the tissues were stored in a freezer (-14 to +30 °C) for up to 6 months. Before use each tissue was thawed by placing in 2.0 mL of maintenance medium for approximately 1 hour at room temperature.
- N. of replicates : 3 (test item + untreated)
- Method of calculation used: the results obtained showed that no interference due to direct reduction of MTT occurred. It was therefore considered unnecessary to use the results of the water killed tissues for quantitative correction of results or for reporting purposes.

NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT TEST SEQUENCES / EXPERIMENTS TO DERIVE FINAL PREDICTION: 1

PREDICTION MODEL / DECISION CRITERIA
- The test substance is considered to be irritating to skin if relative mean tissue viability is ≤ 50% after 15 minutes of exposure.
- The test substance is considered to be non-irritating to skin if relative mean tissue viability is > 50% after 15 minutes of exposure.

Control samples:

yes, concurrent negative control

yes, concurrent positive control

Amount/concentration applied:

TEST MATERIAL
- The test item was used as supplied (undiluted).
- Amount(s) applied (volume or weight with unit): 10 ± 2 mg of the test substance (powder) was dispensed over each tissue. The tissues were wetted with 5 μL of purified water prior to application of the test substance.

NEGATIVE CONTROL
- Amount(s) applied (volume or weight): 10 μL
- Concentration (if solution): DPBS

POSITIVE CONTROL
- Amount(s) applied (volume or weight): 10 μL
- Concentration (if solution): Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) at a 5% (w/v) aqueous solution

Duration of treatment / exposure:

15 minutes

Duration of post-treatment incubation (if applicable):

42 hours

Number of replicates:

Triplicate tissues for test substance, negative and positive controls

Results and discussion

In vitro

Results

Irritation / corrosion parameter:

% tissue viability

Run / experiment:

15 minute exposure period and 42 h post-exposure incubation period

Value:

95.9

Vehicle controls validity:

not applicable

Negative controls validity:

valid

Remarks:

100%

Positive controls validity:

valid

Remarks:

12.2%

Remarks on result:

no indication of irritation

Other effects / acceptance of results:

- OTHER EFFECTS:
- Visible damage on test system: none reported
- Direct-MTT reduction: yes, an assessment found the test item was able to directly reduce MTT. Therefore, an additional procedure using water killed tissues was performed. However, the results obtained showed that no interference due to direct reduction of MTT occurred. It was therefore considered unnecessary to use the results of the water killed tissues for quantitative correction of results or for reporting purposes.
- Colour interference with MTT: no

DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY: yes

ACCEPTANCE OF RESULTS:
- Acceptance criteria met for negative control: The mean OD570 for the negative control treated tissues was 0.656 and the standard deviation value of the viability was 7.3%.
- Acceptance criteria met for positive control: The relative mean tissue viability for the positive control treated tissues was 12.2% relative to the negative control treated tissues and the standard deviation value of the viability was 0.7%.
- Acceptance criteria met for variability between replicate measurements: The standard deviation calculated from individual tissue viabilities of the three identically test item treated tissues was 11.5%.
- Reference to historical values: All of the values for the negative and positive control groups fell within the historical ranges of the testing laboratory obtained in the previous six months. This was taken to show the correct functioning of the test system.

Any other information on results incl. tables

Table 7.3.1/1: EpiSkin™ results

Item	OD570of tissues	Mean OD570of triplicate tissues	±SDof OD570	Relative individual tissue viability (%)	Relative mean viability (%)	± SD of Relative mean viability (%)
Negative Control Item	0.661	0.656	0.048	100.8	100*	7.3
	0.701			106.9
	0.606			92.4
Positive Control Item	0.084	0.080	0.005	12.8	12.2	0.7
	0.081			12.3
	0.075			11.4
Test Item	0.549	0.629	0.076	83.7	95.9	11.5
	0.640			97.6
	0.699			106.6

OD=Optical Densit

SD=       Standard deviatio

*=        The mean viability of the negative control tissues is set at 100%

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:

other: not skin irritating

Remarks:

in accordance with EU CLP (EC 1272/2008 and its updates)

Conclusions:

Under the experimental conditions of this study, the test substance is not classified for skin irritation according to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) and to the GHS.

Executive summary:

An in vitro skin irritation study was performed according to the OECD Guideline 439 and in compliance with GLP, using the EPISKIN^TM reconstructed human epidermis model.

Triplicate tissues were treated with the test item for an exposure period of 15 minutes. At the end of the exposure period each tissue was rinsed before incubating for 42 hours. The test item was found to directly reduce MTT and therefore additional non-viable tissues were incorporated into the testing for correction purposes. At the end of the post-exposure incubation period each tissue was taken for MTT-loading. The maintenance medium from beneath each tissue was transferred to pre-labeled micro tubes and stored in a freezer for possible inflammatory mediator determination. After MTT-loading a total biopsy of each epidermis was made and placed into micro tubes containing acidified isopropanol for extraction of formazan crystals out of the MTT-loaded tissues. At the end of the formazan extraction period each tube was mixed thoroughly and duplicate 200 µL samples were transferred to the appropriate wells of a pre-labeled 96-well plate. The optical density was measured at 570 nm.

 

The relative mean viability of the test item treated tissues was 95.9% after the 15-Minute exposure period and 42-Hours post-exposure incubation period.

The relative mean tissue viability for the positive control treated tissues was 12.2% relative to the negative control treated tissues and the standard deviation value of the viability was 0.7%. The positive control acceptance criteria were therefore satisfied.

The mean OD570 for the negative control treated tissues was 0.656 and the standard deviation value of the viability was 7.3%. The negative control acceptance criteria were therefore satisfied.

The standard deviation calculated from individual tissue viabilities of the three identically test item treated tissues was 11.5%. The test item acceptance criterion was therefore satisfied.

All of the values for the negative and positive control groups fell within the historical ranges of the testing laboratory obtained in the previous six months. This was taken to show the correct functioning of the test system.

 

Under the experimental conditions of this study, the test substance is not skin irritating.

This study is considered as acceptable and satisfies the requirement for skin irritation endpoint.