Copper, [29H,31H-phthalocyaninato(2-)-N29,N30,N31,N32]-, aminosulfonyl sulfo derivs., ammonium sodium salts

Skin sensitisation

Administrative data

Endpoint:

skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA)

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Study period:

October from 9th to 23th, 2002

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

test procedure in accordance with generally accepted scientific standards and described in sufficient detail

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2002

Report date:

2002

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Test guideline 1

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay)

Version / remarks:

adopted 24 June 2002

Test guideline 2

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation)

Version / remarks:

adopted by the Council on July 17, 1992

GLP compliance:

yes (incl. QA statement)

Type of study:

mouse local lymph node assay (LLNA)

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

Direct Blue 199_Na

IUPAC Name:

Direct Blue 199_Na

In vivo test system

Test animals

Species:

mouse

Strain:

CBA

Sex:

female

Details on test animals and environmental conditions:

TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Harlan Netherlands.
- Age at study initiation: 8 - 12 weeks.
- Weight at study initiation: 18.0 -21.1 g.
- Housing: animals were housed in groups of four in Makrolon type-3 cages with standard softwood bedding (Lignocel, Schill AG).
- Water: community tap water from Itingen, ad libitum.
- Diet: pelleted standard Kliba 3433, batch no. 57/02 mouse maintenance diet (Provimi Kliba AG, Kaiseraugst), ad libitum.
- Acclimation period: 6 days, under test conditions after health examination. Only animals without any visible signs of illness were used for the study.
- Females: nulliparous and non-pregnant.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature: 22 ± 3 °C
- Humidity: 30 - 70 %
- Air changes: 10 - 15 air changes per hour.
- Photoperiod: 12 hours fluorescent light / 12 hours dark cycle.
- Others: at least 8 hours music during the light period.

Study design: in vivo (LLNA)

Vehicle:

other: ethanol/water, 1:1 (v/v)

Concentration:

2.5 %, 5 %, 10 % (w/v)

No. of animals per dose:

4 females per group

Details on study design:

TEST ITEM PREPARATION
The test item was placed into a volumetric flask on a tared Mettler balance and the vehicle was quantitatively added. The weight/volume dilutions were prepared individually using a magnetic stirrer as homogenizer. Homogeneity of the test item in the vehicle was maintained during treatment with the magnetic stirrer. The preparations were made shortly before each dosing occasion.

RANGE FINDING TESTS
To determine the highest non-irritant and technically applicable test item concentraqtion, a non-GLP pretest was performed in 2 mice with concentrations of 1, 2.5, 5 and 10 % (w/v).
The top dose is the highest non-irritant and technically achievable concentration whilst avoiding systemic toxicity and excessive local irritation. 10 % (w/v) was the highest technically applicable concentration that could sufficiently be dosed to achieve optimal skin contact.

MAIN STUDY
- Purpose: the purpose of this Local Lymph Node Assay was to identify the contact allergenic potential of the test item when administered to the dorsum of both ear lobes of mice.
- Interpretation of raw data: the proliferative response of lymph node cells is expressed as the number of radioactive disintegrations per minute per lymph node (DPM/NODE) and as the ratio of 3HTdR incorporated into lymph node cells of test lymph nodes relative to that recorded for control lymph nodes (STIMULATION INDEX). Before DPM/NODE values were determined, mean scintillation-background DPM was subtracted from test and control raw data.
- Criteria used to consider a positive response: a test item is regarded as a sensitizer if the following criteria are fulfilled. First, that exposure to at least one concentration of the test item resulted in an incorporation of 3HTdR at least 3-fold or greater than that recorded in control mice, as indicated by the Stimulation Iindex.
Second, that the data are compatible with a conventional dose response, although allowance must be made (especially at high topical concentrations) for either local toxicity or immunological suppression.
The decision to select a stimulation index of 3 as an arbitrary indication of sensitizing activity was made on the basis of investigations performed with a wide range of chemicals. This criteria is valid for the positive control.

TEST SYSTEM
- Number of test groups: 4
- Number of control (vehicle) group: 1

TREATMENT PROCEDURES
Topical application
Each test group of mice was treated by topical (epidermal) application to the dorsal surface of each ear lobe (left and right) with different test item concentrations. The application volume, 25 µl, was spread over the entire dorsal surface (Ø ~ 8 mm) of each ear lobe once daily for three consecutive days. The control group of four mice were treated with the vehicle alone. A hair dryer was used to dry the ear's surface as quickly as possible to avoid loss of test item applied.

Administration of 3H-methylthymidine
3H-methyl thymidine (3HTdR) was purchased from Amersham International (Amersham product code no. TRA 310; specific activity, 2 Ci/mmol; concentration, 1 mCi/ml). Five days after the first topical application, 250 µl of 82.43 µCi/ml 3HTdR (equal to 20.6 µCi 3HTdR) was intravenously administered to all mice via a tail vein.

Determination of incorporated 3H-methylthymidine
Approximately 5 hours after treatment with 3HTdR, all mice were euthanized by intraperitoneal injection of VETANARCOL (Veterinaria AG, Zürich). The draining lymph nodes were rapidly excised and pooled for each experimental group (8 nodes per group). Single cell suspensions (phosphate buffered saline) of pooled lymph node cells were prepared by gentle mechanical disaggregation through stainless steel gauze (200 µm mesh size). After washing three times with phosphate buffered saline (approx. 10 ml), the lymph node cells were resuspended in 5 % trichloroacetic acid (approx. 3 ml) and incubated at approximately +4 °C for about 42 hours for precipitation of macromolecules. The precipitates were then resuspended in 5 % trichloroacetic acid (1 ml) and transferred to glass scintillation vials with 10 ml of 'Ultima Gold' scintillation liquid and thoroughly mixed.
The level of 3HTdR incorporation was then measured on a β-scintillation counter. Similarly, background 3HTdR levels were also measured in two 1 ml-aliquots of 5 % trichloroacetic acid. The β-scintillation counter expresses 3HTdR incorporation as the number of radioactive disintegrations per minute (DPM).

OBSERVATIONS
In addition to the sensitizing reactions the following observations and data were recorded during the test and observation period:
- mortality / Viability, twice daily from acclimatization start to the termination of in-life phase.
- body weights, at acclimatization start and prior to necropsy.
- clinical signs (local / systemic), daily from acclimatization start to the termination of in-life phase. Especially the treatment sites were recorded carefully.

Positive control substance(s):

hexyl cinnamic aldehyde (CAS No 101-86-0)

Results and discussion

Positive control results:

No test item-related clinical signs were observed.
All treated animals survived the scheduled study period.
The Stimulation Indices of the positive control substance were 2.9, 2.6 and 7.1, at concentrations of 5 %, 10 % and 25 % (w/v) in acetone:olive oil, 4:1 (v/v) respectively. The positive control substance was found to be a non-sensitiser at 10 % (w/v) and showed allergenic potency at 25 % (w/v).
The EC3 of the test substance was 11.3 % (w/v), calculated from the stimulation indices 2.6 and 7.1, which resulted from testing at 20 % and 25 % (w/v) respectively.

In vivo (LLNA)

Results

Results 1

Parameter:

SI

Value:

2.6

Variability:

no deaths occurred

Test group / Remarks:

at 2.5 %

Results 2

Parameter:

SI

Value:

2.2

Variability:

no deaths occurred

Test group / Remarks:

at 5 %

Results 3

Parameter:

SI

Value:

2.1

Variability:

no deaths occurred

Test group / Remarks:

at 10 %

Any other information on results incl. tables

MAIN STUDY RESULTS

An exact EC3 value could not be calculated because the calculation requires data laying immediately above and below S.I. value of 3.

Calculations and results of individual data (main study)

Test item conc. % (w/v)		Measurement dpm	Calculation			Stimulation Index
			dpm Background*	Number of lymph nodes	dpm per lymph nodes
–	Background I	0	–	–	–	–
–	Background II	0	–	–	–	–
–	Control Group 1	1230	1230	8	154	–
2.5	Test group 2	3240	3240	8	405	2.6
5	Test group 3	2720	2720	8	340	2.2
10	Test group 4	2547	2547	8	318	2.1

Background was 1 ml of 5 % trichloroacetic acid in duplicate

*The mean value was taken from the figures background I and background II

** Since the lymph nodes of the animals of a dose group were pooled, DPM per node was determined by dividing the measured value by the number of lymph nodes pooled

Mortality / Viability: no deaths occurred during the study period.

Clinical signs: no symptoms of local toxicity at the ears of the animals and no systemic findings were observed during the study period.

Body weights: the body weight of the animals, recorded at the start of acclimatization period and prior to necropsy, was within the range commonly recorded for animals of this strain and age.

Body weights at the start of acclimatization (day 1) and prior to necropsy (day 6)

Group	Animal	Weight day 1 (g)	Weight day 6 (g)	Mean day 1 (g)	Standard deviation day 1	Mean day 6 (g)	Standard deviation day 6
Control	1	20.1	20.4	19.4	1.4	20.5	1.4
	2	21.1	20.1
	3	18.3	22.5
	4	18.1	19.1
2.50%	5	18.7	19.6	18.9	0.9	22	1.6
	6	18.0	22.9
	7	18.9	22.9
	8	20.1	22.6
5%	9	19.4	21.6	20.1	0.9	22.2	0.6
	10	19.3	22.8
	11	20.5	21.9
	12	21.1	22.6
10%	13	18.0	20.2	19.5	1.3	22	2
	14	19.2	24.3
	15	21.0	20.5
	16	19.9	22.9

POSITIVE CONTROL RESULTS - ALPHA-HEXYLCINNAMALDEHYDE

Calculations and results of individual data (positive control study)

Test item conc. % (w/v)		Measurement DPM*	Calculation			Stimulation Index
			dpm Background	Number of lymph nodes	dpm per lymph node (y)
–	Background I	3	–	–	–	–
–	Background II	3	–	–	–	–
–	Control Group 1	4232	4229	8	529	–
5	Test group 2	12169	12166	8	1521	2.9
10 (a)	Test group 3	10977	10974	8	1372	2.6
25 (c)	Test group 4	29853	29853	8	3732	7.1

Background was 1 ml of 5 % trichloroacetic acid in duplicate

*The mean value was taken from the figures background I and background II

**Since the lymph nodes of the animals of a dose group were pooled, DPM per node was determined by dividing the measured value by the number of lymph nodes pooled

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:

other: not classified, according to the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008)

Conclusions:

Not sensitising

Executive summary:

In order to study a possible allergenic potential of the test substance three groups of four female mice were each treated with the test item at concentrations of 2.5 %, 5 % and 10 % (w/v) in ethanol:water, 1:1 (v/v) by topical application to the dorsum of each ear lobe (left and right) on three consecutive days. A control group of four mice was treated with the vehicle (ethanol:water, 1:1 (v/v)) only. Five days after the first topical application the mice were injected intravenously into a tail vein with radio-labelled thymidine (3H-methyl thymidine). Approximately five hours after intravenous injection, the mice were sacrificed, the draining auricular lymph nodes excised and pooled per group. Single cell suspensions of lymph node cells were prepared from pooled lymph nodes which were washed subsequently and incubated with trichloroacetic acid overnight. The proliferative capacity of pooled lymph node cells was determined by the incorporation of 3H-methyl thymidine measured in a β-scintillation counter.

No test item-related clinical signs were observed. All treated animals survived the scheduled study period.

A test item is regarded as a sensitizer in the LLNA if the exposure to at least one concentration of the test item resulted in an incorporation of 3HTdR at least 3-fold or greater than that recorded in control mice, as indicated by the Stimulation Index (S.I.).

The S.I. resulted to be 2.6, 2.2 and 2.1 in the groups treated at the test item concentration of 2.5, 5 and 10 %, respectively.

An exact EC3 value could not be calculated because the calculation requires data laying immediately above and below S.I. value of 3.

Conclusion

The test item was found to be a non-sensitizer when tested up to 10 % (w/v) in ethanol:water, 1:1 (v/v).

The EC3 value could not be calculated because the calculation requires data laying immediately above and below S.I. value of 3, thus the substance does not meet the criteria to be classified as skin sensitizer, according to the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008).